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1943-10-06. NEW GUINEA. ATTACK ON LAE. THIS PLATOON OF A FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN BATTALION TOOK PART IN THE VICTORIOUS ADVANCE ON LAE. LT. JACK SCOTT OF BOGABILLA, N.S.W. WITH A MAP POINTS OUT THE ..

1943-10-02. NEW GUINEA. MARKHAM VALLEY. OLD MUNUM. S. MCKENZIE OF KILLARA AND PTE. R. ANDERSON OF BONDI JUNCTION, N.S.W. PLACES AN ANCIENT CROCODILE GOD TOTEM ON THEIR TENT. MCKENZIE, AN OFFICER, ..

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)

1943-10-07. NEW GUINEA. MARKHAM VALLEY ADVANCE. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CROSS THE TEN KNOT UMI RIVER IN RUBBER BOATS ATTACHED TO FLYING FOXES. (NEGATIVE BY MILITARY HISTORY NEGATIVES & GORDON SHORTS)

1943-10-07. NEW GUINEA. MARKHAM VALLEY. UMI RIVER, ENGINEERS HAUL ON ROPES TO PULL RUBBER BOATS CONTAINING INFANTRY ACROSS THE UMI RIVER. (NEGATIVE BY MILITARY HISTORY NEGATIVES & GORDON SHORT)

1943-09-20. NEW GUINEA. BUSO RIVER - LAE AREA. SAPPER ALAN SKEELES OF SALE, VICTORIA HAS A DIP IN THE BUSO RIVER. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK)

1943-09-20. NEW GUINEA. ROOSEVELT RIDGE. TWO AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS WATCH THE RESULT OF SMOKE SHELLS FINDING THE RANGE ON ROOSEVELT RIDGE. (NEGATIVE BY W. CARTY)

1943-09-20. NEW GUINEA. BUSO RIVER - LAE AREA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WITH NATIVE POLICE BOYS IN THE VILLAGE OF BUSO. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK)

1943-09-22. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CAPTURE LAE. A GENERAL VIEW OF BOMB BLASTED LAE

1943-09-22. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CAPTURE LAE. AUSTRALIANS INSPECT A JAPANESE ZERO AIRCRAFT ABANDONED AT LAE. LEFT TO RIGHT - PTE. R. KELLY OF PADDINGTON, N.S.W., CPL. J. HARRISON OF ..

1943-09-24. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. SOLDIERS LOOK INSIDE THE WRECKED JAPANESE SHIP MYOKO MARU AGROUND ON A BEACH NEAR LAE

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. LEAH FIFTEEN YEARS OLD NATIVE GIRL WITH A SIX MONTHS OLD BABY. LEAH ESCAPED FROM THE JAPANESE LINES JUST BEFORE THE FALL OF LAE