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SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-20. NATIVE CARRIERS ARRIVING AT THE RIDGE WITH RATIONS AND AMMUNITION FOR THE 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION BEING ESCORTED BY QX31266 PRIVATE J. E. MARTIN

FARIA RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-20. MEMBERS OF THE 2/5TH FIELD AMBULANCE CROSSING THE FARIA RIVER BELOW THE PLATEAU. THIS UNIT IS MOVING INTO POSITION IN PREPARATION FOR THE CASUALITIES DURING THE ..

FARIA RIVER, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-18. NX136443 GUNNER R. FOLEY OF NO. 7 BATTERY, 2/4TH FIELD REGIMENT FORDING THE FAST FLOWING FARIA RIVER ON HIS WAY TO THE FORWARD POSITIONS

LAKES AREA, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-01. VIEW FROM BERT'S POST LOOKING DOWN ON THE LAKES AREA. HEADQUARTERS 21ST INFANTRY BRIGADE CAN BE SEEN ON THE LEFT, WHILE BELOW AGAIN IS THE 2/14TH ..

DUMPU, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-03. TROOPS OF THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION ENJOYING A CUP OF TEA AT THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION HUT AT DUMPU

KILIGIA BEACH, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-28. A JOIN-UP PHOTOGRAPH OF KILIGIA BEACH (TO JOIN TO PHOTOGRAPH NO. 63190)

KILIGIA BEACH, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-28. MEMBERS OF THE INTELLIGENCE SECTION, HEADQUARTERS 9TH DIVISION ASSEMBLING A LARGE MAP OF THE KILIGIA BEACH AREA. SHOWN ARE: QX27726 CORPORAL C. MCNAUGHT (1); ..

SOUTHPORT, QLD. 1944-01-18. NEW GUINEA NATIVE POLICE BOYS INSPECTING A MATILDA TANK AT THE 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS

SOUTHPORT, QLD. 1944-01-18. NEW GUINEA POLICE BOYS PREPARING TO LEAVE THE 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE CAMP FOR A TOUR OF THE BRISBANE AREA

SOUTHPORT, QLD. 1944-01-18. A NEW GUINEA POLICE BOY IN THE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT OF A MATILDA TANK OF THE 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE

SOUTHPORT, QLD. 1944-01-18. A NEW GUINEA POLICE BOY SEATED IN THE TURRET OF A GENERAL GRANT M3 MEDIUM TANK OF THE 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE

HUON GULF, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-01. WX4794 CORPORAL A. W. JAMES (1) AND WX11709 PRIVATE E. T. CARROLL (2) OF THE 9TH DIVISION SALVAGE UNIT CHECKING A PILE OF ROPE ABANDONED BY THE RETREATING ..