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NX10251 LIEUTENANT E.V. STEPHENSON (FOREGROUND) OF "A" COMPANY, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND QX54942 SIGNALMAN J.J. O'CONNOR (LEFT BACKGROUND) AT A NEWLY ESTABLISHED SIGNAL POST DURING THE BATTLE ..

FINISTERRE RANGES, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-23. QX37895 CORPORAL J.P. WALDIE (1) AND QX13779 SERGEANT R.A. MCDOWELL (2) NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, WHO LED NO. 9 PLATOON, "A" COMPANY, 2/9TH INFANTRY ..

ELA BEACH, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-21. MISS GLADYS MONCRIEFF, WHO CAME TO NEW GUINEA WITH A CONCERT PARTY SINGING TO THE TROOPS

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 1944-03-03. COPY OF A SCENE FROM A CINE STRIP OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AND NATIVE CARRIERS MOVING THROUGH THE JUNGLE SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA

UBERI AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-19. A MEMBER OF THE 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO ACTED AS AN EXTRA DURING THE FILMING OF THE FINAL SEQUENCES OF THE "RATS OF TOBRUK" WHICH WAS PRODUCED BY CHAUVEL ..

ELA BEACH, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-21. MEMBERS OF THE GLADYS MONCRIEFF CONCERT PARTY, WHO ENTERTAINED THE TROOPS AT THE ELA BEACH SPORTS GROUND, RECEIVING BOUQUETS FROM THE AUDIENCE AT THE CONCLUSION ..

LABU POINT, LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-24. NX67984 SERGEANT R. J. HUDSON (1), NX65860 CRAFTSMAN (CFN) J. D. MITCHELL (2); AND QX31258 CFN C. R. NOUD (3), WORKSHOP CARPENTERS OF THE 1ST WATERCRAFT ..

WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. A JEEP PICTURED IN DIFFICULTIES ABOUT 66 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTION. SOME JEEPS CARRYING ABOUT A TON WEIGHT OF NATIVE RATIONS RECEIVE TROUBLE AT ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1944-03-24. Q271046 PRIVATE C.E. BESS (1), QX54630 PRIVATE J.W. MILES (2) AND Q144463 PRIVATE J. LENTELL (3), POSING FOR A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FOR V93667 CAPTAIN G.H. ALLEN, A ..

KELANOA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-04. 417 SERGEANT WILLIAM MATPI, A MEMBER OF "A" COMPANY, 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION, PICTURED LIGHTING HIS PIPE WITH A PIECE OF WOOD FROM THE FIRE. MATPI, WHO COMES ..

TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1944-01-28. TROOPS OF THE 2/28TH INFANTRY BATTALION, ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP "VAN HEUTSZ" IMPATIENTLY WAITING TO LAND IN AUSTRALIA ON THEIR RETURN HOME AFTER A LONG TOUR OF DUTY IN ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-24. THE GENERAL LAYOUT OF BUILDINGS AT HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB-AREA SHOWING THE REGIMENTAL AID POST TO THE LEFT, AND THE SIGNAL BRANCH LOCATED AMONG ADMINISTRATION ..