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1943-08-03. NEW GUINEA. PTE. A. KEAN OF SWAN HILL, VIC., DOZES DURING A HALT NEAR MUBO. WITH HIM IS PTE. FRANK SOUTTER, OF CLIFTON HILL, VIC. WHO WAS SHOT THROUGH THE ARM DURING FIGHTING IN THE ..

1943-08-04. NEW GUINEA. MUBO CAMPAIGN. FIRST AID AND MEDICINE BEING ADMINISTERED TO NATIVE CARRIERS WITH ALLIED TROOPS IN THE MUBO AREA. THIS NATIVE HOSPITAL IS IN CHARGE OF WARRANT OFFICER W. ..

1943-08-04. NEW GUINEA. ON A SITE CUT ON THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN, THIS KITCHEN SUPPLIED HOT MEALS TO ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCING ON MUBO. LEFT TO RIGHT: PTE. LES. WOOLLEY, OF FOOTSCRAY, VIC., PTE. LES ..

1943-08-03. ALLIED CAPTURE OF MUBO. CPL. RALPH JONES, OF DULWICH, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, TALKING WITH MAJOR ARCHIBALD ROOSEVELT, NEAR NASSAU BAY. MAJOR ROOSEVELT IS A SON OF MR. "TEDDY" ROOSEVELT A ..

1943-06-29. NEW GUINEA. VEGETABLE GARDENS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW GUINEA. THIS GARDEN SUPPLIES VEGETABLES FOR TROOPS IN THE WAU-MUBO AREA. THE MAJORITY OF THE OUTPUT GOES TO HOSPITALS AND REST ..

1943-06-29. NEW GUINEA. VEGETABLE GARDENS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW GUINEA. THIS GARDEN SUPPLIES VEGETABLES TO TROOPS IN THE WAU-MUBO AREA. THE MAJORITY OF THE OUTPUT GOES TO HOSPITALS AND REST ..

1943-06-28. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. NATIVE CARRIERS SET OUT ALONG THE TRACK IN THE WAU-MUBO AREA. CARRYING SUPPLIES TO FORWARD AREAS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-06-28. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. NATIVE CARRIERS SET OUT ALONG THE TRACK IN THE WAU-MUBO AREA, CARRYING SUPPLIES TO FORWARD AREAS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-06-29. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. TRANSPORT PLANES UNLOADING AT AN ADVANCED LANDING GROUND. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-07-08. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. AN AUSTRALIAN PATROL MOVES ALONG THE MUBO TRACK IN A FORWARD AREA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

Wau-Mubo Area, along the Mubo track - an Observation Post. Identified, left to right: VX136020 Corporal John Hugh Brice, 24th Battalion, of Croydon, Vic; V321392 Private (Pte) Wilfred Geoffrey ..

Wau-Mubo Area. This Transport Unit carries stores to men at forward areas over some of the roughest country in New Guinea. Pictured are: VX9552 Sergeant David Hutchins, 2/6th Battalion, of ..