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NEAR LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. SERGEANT J.C. HOLLAND AND LANCE CORPORAL J. FULTON CARRY A WOUNDED MATE FROM THE MUD AND SLUSH TO AN ADVANCED DRESSING STATION NEAR LAE

1943-09-20. NEW GUINEA. FOOD IN THE FRONT LINE. PRACTICAL EVIDENCE OF THE WORK OF OPERATIVES IN PREPARING SPECIAL PACKS FOR TROOPS OPERATING IN FORWARD JUNGLE AREAS. TAKEN AT GOODVIEW JUNCTION THIS ..

1943-09-22. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CAPTURE LAE. INSIDE THE SHATTERED ICE WORKS AT LAE. TROOPS REFRESH THEMSELVES WITH ICE WATER

1943-09-24. NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON LAE. THIS WAS A JAPANESE STRONG POST

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. ARTILLERY PLAYED A BIG PART IN THE FALL OF LAE. DURING THE ADVANCE ARTILLERY WAS HAULED THROUGH JUNGLES AND OVER STREAMS. A BULLDOZER CLEARS A PATH THROUGH THE ..

1943-09-22. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CAPTURE LAE. WRECKED JAPANESE BARGES AT LAE

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. AROUND A DAMAGED JAPANESE MOBILE SEARCHLIGHT ABANDONED AT LAE ARE SGT. BERT HARKNESS OF GLENELG, SOUTH. AUSTRALIA, PADRE E. A. JAMES OF MELBOURNE, VIC., PTE. J. ..

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN ADVANCE ON LAE. MATERIAL BEING BROUGHT IN BY AIRCRAFT AT AN AUSTRALIAN ADVANCED AIR STRIP

During the advance on Salamaua VX89711 Sergeant Gordon Raymond Charles Ayre MM, a 58/59th Battalion bandsman from Shepparton, Victoria, in pouring rain assists a wounded mate, VX132355 Private ..

1943-09-27. NEW GUINEA. THUNDERBOLT FIGHTER PLANES ON PATROL IN NEW GUINEA. THESE FIGHTERS, TWICE AS HEAVY AS A SPITFIRE, HEAVILY ARMED AND ARMOURED, AND WITH A SPEED OF ABOUT 400 MILES AN HOUR ..

1943-09-28. NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. FUSING CAPTURED JAPANESE 70 M.M. SHELLS. LATER THE SHELLS WERE FIRED AT THE JAPS FROM A JAPANESE MOUNTAIN GUN CAPTURED DURING THE ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. ..

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. IN THE FORMER HEADQUARTERS OF THE JAPANESE COMMANDING OFFICER, PTE. J. POLLARD OF GERALDTON, W. AUST., ENTERTAINS THE BOYS ON THE JAP C.O'S PIANO