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MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 1944-03-03. COPY OF A SCENE FROM A CINE STRIP OF AUSTRALIAN STRETCHER BEARERS CARRYING A WOUNDED SOLDIER DOWN A STEEP PATH SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-24. THE VEHICLE ENTRANCE TO HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB-AREA SHOWING THE TRANSPORT OFFICE, CAR PARK, AND THE REGIMENTAL AID POST. (JOINS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS NUMBERED 71668 TO ..

WASU, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-25. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR LEAVING WASU FOR THE AS27 WATER TRANSPORT BOAT IN THE BACKGROUND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: WX8342 LIEUTENANT H. E. READ, PAPUAN ..

GABENSIS, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. STUMP GRUBBING WITH A BULLDOZER ALONG A RAIN FOREST SECTION OF THE WAU - LAE ROAD. NATIVES IN THE BACKGROUND ARE PICTURED BURNING OUT STUMPS

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1944-03-27. THE ANTI-SUBMARINE BOOM VIEWED FROM NO. 13 DIRECTOR PEDESTAL AT PAGA BATTERY, COAST ARTILLERY INDICATING MEASURES TO PROTECT PORT MORESBY HARBOUR

LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-10. LATHES AND OTHER MACHINERY USED AT THE 1ST WATERCRAFT WORKSHOPS, AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS FOR REFITTING SHIPS ENGINES. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- ..

ZENAG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-28. THE NO. 2 SECTION, 8TH TRANSPORT WORKSHOPS, LOCATED 59 MILES FROM WAU, SHOWING THE LATHE TO THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE, PLANER TO THE RIGHT, AND JEEPS UNDERGOING ..

TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-01-28. THE TROOPSHIP, "VAN HEUTSZ" PASSING THE BREAKWATER AS SHE COMES IN TO BERTH, WITH TROOPS OF THE 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE ABOARD. THIS UNIT HAS HAD MANY ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1944-03-27. THE CAMOUFLAGED COMMAND POST AT PAGA BATTERY, COAST ARTILLERY VIEWED FROM THE FRONT OF THE GUN FLOOR. THE BATTERY, EQUIPPED WITH A SEARCHLIGHT AND TWO SIX INCH ..

TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1944-01-28. PERSONNEL OF THE 2/28TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PROCEEDING DOWN THE GANGWAY OF THE TROOPSHIP, "VAN HEUTSZ" ON THEIR RETURN HOME FROM NEW GUINEA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- ..

NAMBARIWA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. OFFICERS OF THE 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION DISCUSSING PLANS OF OPERATIONS AT THEIR COMMAND POST. SHOWN ARE:- NX112661 LIEUTENANT COLONEL P.W. CROSKY, COMMANDING ..

DREGER, FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-19. 0729271 FIRST LIEUTENANT J.G. TULEY OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, EXAMINING THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF HIS DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT AFTER HIS PORT TYRE BLEW ..