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GOALING RIVER AREA, WEST NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-25. NATIVES PICTURED PADDLING TO THE SHORE OF THE GOALING RIVER IN AN ABANDONED JAPANESE BOAT WHICH HAS BEEN LOADED WITH JAPANESE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-05. VX144774 PRIVATE K.J. SHARROCK (1) DISPLAYING ROLLS AT THE 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE BAKERY

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-04. W8605 PRIVATE A.X.G. NETTLETON (1); NX123634 PRIVATE L.N. HILL (2); NX163972 PRIVATE R.C. HIGGINS (3); VX136340 SERGEANT J.E. BOWLER (4), PICTURED AT A STORES ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-06. VX60598 PRIVATE V. DAVIS (3) SOUNDING THE "LAST POST" AT THE DEDICATION SERVICE OF THE DUMPU WAR CEMETERY. THE SERVICE WAS JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY VX39632 CHAPLAIN F.J. ..

GOALING RIVER AREA, WEST NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-24. THIS JAPANESE BARGE WAS DISCOVERED BY AN INDIAN ARMY OFFICER ATTACHED TO THE 2/13TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, LIEUTENANT WALLACE. ..

NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-30. VX90176 SERGEANT R.J. BUCHANAN (1) OF THE MILITARY HISTORY SECTION

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-25. OFFICERS OF HEADQUARTERS 7TH DIVISION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: SX11102 CAPTAIN D.F. SAUNDERS, GSO.III (LEARNER) (1); NX325 MAJOR A,S, MACKINNON (LIAISON OFFICER) ..

GOALING RIVER AREA, WEST NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-25. AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVES SHOWN WITH A MEMBER OF THE 9TH DIVISION SALVAGE UNIT AT A HOSPITAL STORES DUMP LEFT BY RETREATING ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-25. THE QUARTERMASTERS STAFF AT HEADQUARTERS 7TH DIVISION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: QX48823 PRIVATE R.G. CUMMINGS (1); SX2083 PRIVATE A.W. HALLETT (2); NX12770 SERGEANT ..

KETOBA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-29. PRIVATE A.N. BENNEWORTH (1) AND CORPORAL D.T.T. BOURKE (2) OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION AT AN IMPROMPTU PRAYER MEETING HELD ON THE EDGE OF A SMALL STREAM NOT ..

KETOBA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-29. V76017 SIGNALMAN P.J. RYAN A FORWARD SCOUT OF SIGNAL PLATOON, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION, KEEPING A KEEN LOOKOUT FOR JAPANESE DURING THE ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-25. NEAT WHITE CROSSES MARK THE GRAVES OF MEN WHO FELL IN THE MARKHAM AND RAMU VALLEY CAMPAIGNS. THE CEMETERY WILL ALSO BE THE BURIAL PLACE OF ALL MEN KILLED BETWEEN ..