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1944-03-29. NEW GUINEA. RAAF MANNED LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT BLAST JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA. BACK FROM A SUCCESSFUL RAID ON WEWAK FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A H SMITH OF INGHAM, QLD HAS A ..

1944-03-23. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIANS PLOUGH THROUGH THE MUD DURING A 3000 FEET CLIMB AT CAMERON'S KNOLL IN THE TOUGH FINISTERRE RANGES. THIS UNIT IS MOVING ALONG THE TRACK THAT LEAD TO JAPANESE-HELD ..

NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-15. AN AUSTRALIAN LANDING ON KARKAR ISLAND WAS MADE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING WITHOUT OPPOSITION FROM THE JAPANESE. THE OPERATION HAD BEEN CAREFULLY PLANNED AND WAS ..

1944-04-17. NEW GUINEA: AN AUSTRALIAN, WOUNDED DURING PATROL DUTY, IS ATTENDED TO BY A FIELD DOCTOR AND A.M.C. PERSONNEL, SOMEWHERE IN THE FINISTERRE RANGES, PREPARATORY TO BEING TRANSPORTED BY ..

1944-04-11. NEW GUINEA. A KAYA-KAYA NATIVE MAN SHOWS AN AUSSIE HOW TO USE A BOW AND ARROW IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA WHILE NEI SOLDIER AND ANOTHER KAYA-KAYA WATCH THE RESULTS

PACIFIC AREA NO. 6. 16 OCTOBER 1944. LARGE CONCENTRATION OF ALLIED SHIPPING AT A DUTCH NEW GUINEA BASE PREPARATORY TO THE INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINES

NEW GUINEA 300: 12 JANUARY 1945. AITAPE AREA. PTE BOB YOUNG OF PORTLAND, VIC., CLEANS UP HIS MACHINE-GUN, FOR FUTURE USE AGAINST THE JAPS AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER. NOTE THE TENTS SUNKEN INTO SAME ..

MANUS VILLAGE AND LANDING PIER, WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICER'S HOUSE ON THE HILL AT THE REAR. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN IN 1921, WHEN THE H.M.A.S. "BRISBANE", USING A GERMAN CHART, VISITED MANUS. ..

Jacqinot Bay, New Britain: 9 March 1945. Australian troops disembarking from a transport

NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-19. RED CROSS WORK FROM A VAN AT A PICNIC FOR CONVALESCENTS OF AN AUSTRALIAN FIELD HOSPITAL. SISTER HOARE, MRS ALLEN, MRS SCHAEFER, MISS LARKE AND PTE. K. DORAN HAND OUT TEA AND ..

NEW GUINEA. 17 NOVEMBER 1943. AT AN AUSTRALIAN FIELD HOSPITAL MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE (AAMWS) NURSING SISTERS RELAX WITH A CUP OF TEA. IN THE HAMMOCK IS SISTER M.A. ..

NEW GUINEA. 17 NOVEMBER 1943. MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE (AAMWS) ON SERVICE AT AN AUSTRALIAN FIELD HOSPITAL. SERGEANT H. BEALE POURS A DRINK FOR PRIVATE (PTE) W.H. GOUGH ..