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1943-10-01. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. SEATED ON A BARGE AT LAE ARE W. CARTY D.O.I. CAMERAMAN, BARRY YOUNG DAILY MIRROR CORRESPONDENT AND STAFF SERGEANT JACK THOMSTON OF YASS, N.S.W

1943-09-29. NEW GUINEA. ATTACK ON FINSCHHAFEN. ARTILLERY WAS AMONG THE HEAVY WEAPONS LANDED. IT WAS USED TO POUND A WAY THROUGH THE JUNGLE. (NEGATIVE BY MILITRAY HISTORY NEGATIVES)

1943-10-02. NEW GUINEA. MARKHAM VALLEY. OLD MUNUM. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS MARCH FORWARD FROM OLD MUNUM. (NEGATIVE BY MILITARY HISTORY NEGATIVES)

1943-10-02. NEW GUINEA. NADZAB AERODROME. LIEUT J. SANDELL FO MIDDLE PARK, VICTORIAN, WITH THE LANDING FLAG THE JAPANESE USED AT NADZAB AIRSTRIP. THE FLAG IS NOW USED TO SIGNAL OUR PLANES. ..

1943-10-06. NEW GUINEA. ATTACK ON LAE. THIS PLATOON OF A FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN BATTALION (PROBABLY THE 2/33 BATTALION) TOOK PART IN THE VICTORIOUS ADVANCE ON LAE. BESIDE A JUNGLE STREAM J. SHERRY OF ..

1943-10-02. NEW GUINEA. MARKHAM VALLEY. OLD MUNUM. MEMBERS OF A FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN BRIGADE BACK AFTER A FOOD HUNT. THEY FOUND PAW-PAWS, MANGOES, PINEAPPLES, COCONUTS, LIMES AND BANANAS. LEFT TO ..

1943-10-06. NEW GUINEA. ATTACK ON LAE. THIS PLATOON OF A FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN BATTALION TOOK PART IN THE VICTORIOUS ADVANCE ON LAE. THE PATROL FORCES ITS WAY ALONG THE JUNGLE TRACKS. (NEGATIVE BY ..

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)

1943-10-06. NEW GUINEA. ATTACK ON LAE. THIS PLATOON OF A FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN BATTALION TOOK PART IN THE VICTORIOUS ADVANCE ON LAE. J. STEWART OF GLADESVILLE, N.S.W. ONE OF THE AIDE POST STRETCHER ..

1943-10-07. NEW GUINEA. MARKHAM VALLEY ADVANCE. EQUIPMENT BEING TAKEN ACROSS THE 10 KNOT UMI RIVER. (NEGATIVE BY MILITARY HISTORY NEGATIVES & GORDON SHORT)

1943-10-08. NEW GUINEA. MARKHAM VALLEY. A JEEP STRIKES TROUBLE IN A MUDDY SECTION OF THE ROAD BETWEEN KAIAPIT AND ANTIRIGAN. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-10-08. NEW GUINEA. AT KAIAPIT. SGT. H. COX OF BURWOOD, N.S.W. GIVES MEDICAL ATTENTION TO NATIVES. A WEEK PREVIOUSLY THESE NATIVES HAD BEEN CONTROLLED BY THE JAPANESE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)