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NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-19. RED CROSS WORK AT A PICNIC HELD FOR CONVALESCENTS AT AN AUSTRALIAN FIELD HOSPITAL. SISTERS AND CONVALESCENTS SET OFF IN A RUBBER BOAT

NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE (AAMWS) DELL POWER OF TOOWOOMBA, QLD AND JEANNINE LEWIS OF POTTS POINT, NSW WATCH A LOCAL, NAGADA, MAKE REPAIRS TO HIS ..

NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-22. AT AN AUSTRALIAN FIELD HOSPITAL SISTER C. CLARKE BANDAGES THE ARM OF AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER LYING IN BED

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 19 NOVEMBER 1943. A BULLDOZER BUILDS UP A CROSSING IN THE QUOJA RIVER ON THE MAIN TRACK TO THE FORWARD AREAS FROM FINSCHHAFEN. THE CROSSING HAD BEEN WASHED AWAY BY ..

NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-22. AT AN AUSTRALIAN FIELD HOSPITAL CORPORAL J. BELL OF RICHMOND SHAVES PRIVATE J. WILLIAMS WHILE SISTER M. GRAY LOOKS ON

NEW GUINEA. 13 DECEMBER 1943. A.I.F. OFFICERS CLIMBING THE LAST STEEP PINCH OF SATTELBERG ROAD JUST PRIOR TO REACHING THE SUMMIT. THEY ARE ON TOUR OF INSPECTION TWO DAYS FOLLOWING THE FALL OF THE ..

NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-27. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS MOVED IN BEHIND MATILDA TANKS FOR A DAWN ATTACK ON THE JAPANESE HELD VILLAGE OF SATTELBERG. N.B. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN DURING THE ACTUAL ATTACK

NEW GUINEA. SATTELBERG AREA. 3 DECEMBER 1943. PTE. K. BRAWN OF ALBERT PARK, MELBOURNE, VIC., AND PTE. J.K. WRIGHT OF GEELONG, VIC., HAVE A SNACK IN THE FRONT LINE

1943-12-30. NEW GUINEA. LIEUTENANT GENERAL WALTER C. KRUEGER, COMMAND OF THE U.S. SIXTH ARMY, WHO IS LEADING THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS LANDING OF MARINES IN THIS WAR

NEW GUINEA. 3 DECEMBER 1943. ATTACK ON JAPANESE HELD VILLAGE OF SATTELBERG. MATILDA TANKS WERE USED TO BLAST JAPANESE POSITIONS AT SATTELBERG. PTE. K.E. WADE OF ESSENDON, VIC., CPL. L.E. FOYZER OF ..

NEW GUINEA. 20 DECEMBER 1943. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY OF 29TH/46TH BATTALION ADVANCING THROUGH THE TALL KUNAI GRASS IN CLOSE SUPPORT OF TANKS ADVANCING AGAINST JAPANESE POSITIONS IN WELL DEFENDED ..

NEW GUINEA. 3 DECEMBER 1945. FALL OF JAPANESE HELD SATTELBERG. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS STORMED THE STEEP HEIGHTS TO WREST THE VILLAGE OF SATTELBERG FROM THE JAPANESE. SGT. T.C. DERRICK D.C.M. OF ..