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ON TADJI AIRSTRIP RAAF KITTYHAWK PILOTS BEING BRIEFED BY CONGO KINNINMONT (IN HAT) THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 75 SQUADRON RAAF BEFORE GOING OUT TO PROVIDE TOP COVER FOR BOMBER AIRCRAFT ATTACKING ..

1944-08-23. NEW GUINEA. LIEUTENANT STEVE CRANFIELD, OF AN AUSTRALIAN PIGEONS COMPANY (POSSIBLY 1 PIGEON SECTION) FEEDING CAPTURED JAPANESE PIGEONS AT LAE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PIGEONS WOULD ..

NATIVE CHIEFS OF THE REWA DISTRICT, ON BOARD H.M.A.S. "ENCOUNTER", PRESENTING QUANTITIES OF FRUIT FOR THE USE OF THE FLEET, AT SUVA IN 1914-11. (DONATED BY COMMANDER G.F. LANGFORD, R.A.N.)

1944-09-15. NEW GUINEA: BOB HOPE AND PARTY RECEIVE A TUMULTUOUS WELCOME FROM LIBERATOR FORMATION BASED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. HOPE CHRISTENED THE MACHINE WHICH WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR. THE PERSONNEL ..

New Britain. 15 December 1943. Landing craft approach the inhospitable shores near Arawe, where American troops forced a landing at drawn in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet ..

NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-11. FINSCHHAFEN AREA. WEST AUSTRALIAN MEMBERS OF AN A.I.F. UNIT KNOCK OFF FOR A MIDDAY MEAL. JOURNALIST, PRIVATE C. AMMON OF NORTH PERTH, WA (BACK ROW, SECOND FROM LEFT), EATS ..

NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-19. LYING IN BED AT AN AUSTRALIAN FIELD HOSPITAL PTE. HAROLD HERMAN, THE HOSPITAL'S "CHEERIEST PATIENT", SHOWS A MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE (AAMWS), ..

NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-22. AT AN AUSTRALIAN FIELD HOSPITAL DOCTORS IN THEATRE OPERATE ON A PATIENT

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-19. ON A WATERLOGGED TRACK DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION CAMERAMAN FRANK BAGNALL AND PHOTOGRAPHER NORMAN BROWN EN ROUTE TO A FORWARD AREA

NEW GUINEA. 17 DECEMBER 1943. CPL. A.B. RUTLEDGE OF BERRY, N.S.W. HOLDING TWO OF MANY JAPANESE LAND MINES WHICH WERE DUG UP BEFORE ANY DAMAGE WAS CAUSED IN THE VICINITY OF GUSIKA. THIS AREA WAS ..

Australian troops moved in behind Matilda tanks for a dawn attack on the Japanese held village of Sattelberg. Australian troops advance through the jungle in the wake of the tanks.the wounded man ..

NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-22. FILM STAR GARY COOPER AND UNA MERKEL SIGN AUTOGRAPHS ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT AN AERODROME