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1943-09-28. NEW GUINEA. PARATROOPS AT PRACTICE IN AUSTRALIA PRIOR TO THEIR DROP IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. L/CPL. L. HANN OF ADELAIDE, SA, IN A JAPANESE MARINE'S UNIFORM TAKING IN THE WASHING OF THE JAPANESE COMMANDING OFFICER. THE WASHING WAS LEFT BEHIND WHEN THE ..

1943-09-28. LAE SALAMAUA ISOLATED. THROUGH A V FOR VICTORY MADE BY A DOOR IN THE BOW OF A BEACH LANDING CRAFT AND THE HULL, AUSTRALIANS STREAM ON TO THE BEACH AFTER THE LANDING NORTH WEST OF LAE

1943-09-29. NEW GUINEA. ATTACK ON FINSCHHAFEN. SUPPLIES COME ASHORE AT THE DISEMBARKATION POINT AT A BEACH SIX MILES FROM FINSCHHAFEN

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON LAE. BULLDOZERS PLAYED A GREAT PART IN FORMING ROADS THROUGH THE JUNGLE TO ENABLE ARTILLERY TO BE BROUGHT UP FOR THE FINAL ASSAULT ON LAE

1943-10-01. NEW GUINEA. ATTACK ON KAIAPIT. CPL. G. MURPHY ONE OF THE AUSTRALIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE KAIAPIT ACTION. (NEGATIVE BY MILITARY HISTORY NEGATIVES)

1943-09-28. NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. CLOUDS OF SMOKE RISING DURING A BOMBING ATTACK BY LIBERATORS ON THE ADVANCED POSITION AT BOBDUBI RIDGE, SALAMAUA. (NEGATIVE BY PARER NEWSREEL)

1943-10-01. NEW GUINEA. ATTACK ON KAIAPIT. SOME OF THE AUSTRALIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE KAIAPIT ACTION, PHOTOGRAPHED AT KAIAPIT VILLAGE. (NEGATIVE BY MILITARY HISTORY NEGATIVES)

1943-10-02. NEW GUINEA. MARKHAM VALLEY. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS BRIDGE A TRIBUTARY OF THE MARKHAM RIVER WHICH FLOWS AT SIX KNOTS AN HOUR. (NEGATIVE BY MILITARY HISTORY NEGATIVES)

1943-10-01. NEW GUINEA. ATTACK ON KAIAPIT. AT KAIAPIT AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS PUT A JEEP IN A NEW USE. HERE A JEEP IS BEING USED AS A MESS TABLE. (NEGATIVE BY MILITARY HISTORY NEGATIVES)

1943-10-02. NEW GUINEA. MARKHAM VALLEY. OLD MUNUM. PTE. A. COCKBURN OF FIVE DOCK, N.S.W. WITH AN IMPROVISED STOVE MADE FROM A DEHYDRATED MUTTON TIN. HE IS ABOUT TO COOK A THREE MINUTE DAMPER. ..

1943-10-06. NEW GUINEA. ATTACK ON LAE. THIS PLATOON OF FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN BATTALION TOOK PART IN THE VICTORIOUS ADVANCE ON LAE. THEY INFLICTED HEAVY CASUALTIES ON THE JAP. LT. JACK SCOTT FROM ..