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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

1943-09-22. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CAPTURE LAE. WRECKED JAPANESE BARGES ALONG THE WATERFRONT WERE SEARCHED SOON AFTER THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ENTER LAE

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. PTE. E. MACDONALD OF PERTH, W. AUST., DRINKS OUT OF A TIN AND PTE. D. DOONAN OF BONDI, N.S.W. OUT OF HIS TIN HAT DURING A REST AT LAE

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. NADZAB. PARATROOPER W. FLEENOR OF NEW YORK CITY SHOWS LT. W. WILLIAMS OF MELBOURNE, VIC., THE TREE ON WHICH HE SWUNG FOR 52 HOURS AFTER HE HAD DROPPED FROM A PLANE AT NADZAB

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON LAE. ROAD BEING MADE THROUGH THE JUNGLE FOR HEAVY ARTILLERY TO BE MOVED UP FOR THE ATTACK ON LAE

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON LAE. A NUMBER 6 ARTILLERY TRACTOR TOWING A 40 MM BOFORS GUN ACROSS THE BUREP RIVER ON THE WAY TO LAE

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. NADZAB AERODROME. AUSTRALIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE DRIVE ON LAE LEAVETHEIR TRANSPORT PLANE AT NADZAB AERODROME

1943-09-28. NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. LT. ROY DAWSON FIRING JAPANESE AMMUNITION FROM A CAPTURED JAPANESE MOUNTAIN GUN AGAINST JAPS. THE GUNWAS CAPTURED BY THE AUSTRALIAN DURING THE ADVANCE ..

1943-09-29. NEW GUINEA. ATTACK ON FINSCHHAFEN. AT THE EMBARKATION POINT. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS MARCH TO THE LANDING BARGES. (NEGATIVE BY MILITARY HISTORY NEGATIVES)

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. NADZAB AERODROME. TRANSPORTS BEING UNLOADED

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1943-09-28. NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. NATIVE BEARERS CARRY A WOUNDED AUSTRALIAN OVER A ROUGH BRIDGE ACROSS THE FRANCISCO RIVER. THE AUSTRALIAN WAS WOUNDED IN THE KNEE AND LEG AND WAS FOUR ..