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NEW GUINEA, 1942-07. NATIVE CARRIERS MANHANDLE SUPPLIES FOR AUSTRALIAN KANGA FORCE OPERATING IN THE WAU AREA 120 MILES FROM BULLDOG CAMP. (FILM STILL)

ELA BEACH, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-21. MISS KITTY BLUETT OF THE GLADYS MONCRIEFF CONCERT PARTY SINGING TO THE TROOPS AT A CONCERT HELD ON THE ELA BEACH SPORTS GROUND

UBERI AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-19. A PARTY FROM THE CHAUVEL ENTERPRISES LTD., A FILM MAKING COMPANY, PROCEEDING TO UBERI ACROSS A TEMPORARY BRIDGE TO TAKE THE FINAL SEQUENCES OF THE "RATS OF ..

AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY JEEP ABOUT TO LEAVE OWERS' CORNER LOADED WITH THE CAMERAS AND EQUIPMENT OF CHAUVEL ENTERPRISES LTD., WHO ARE PHOTOGRAPHING THE FINAL SEQUENCES OF THE "RATS OF TOBRUK" IN THE AREA

NEW IRELAND. JAPANESE TROOPS OCCUPY KAVIENG (FORMERLY KAWIENG) ON 23 JANUARY 1942

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 1944-03-03. COPY OF A SCENE FROM A CINE STRIP OF AUSTRALIAN WALKING WOUNDED MOVING ALONG A TRACK IN THE HIGHLANDS OF NEW GUINEA

UBERI AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-19. NATIVE CARRIERS AND TROOPS OF THE 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION FORDING GOLDIES CROSSING BELOW OWERS' CORNER, AS THEY PLAY THE PART OF EXTRAS DURING THE FILMING OF ..

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-04. TROOPS FROM TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, LEAVING IN TRUCKS AFTER DISEMBARKING AT LYALL WHARF

KELANOA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. QX2381 PRIVATE S.G. GRAY (2) REGIMENTAL AID POST ORDERLY PAINTING GENTIAN VIOLET ON PATCHES OF TINEA ON THE BACK OF QX8109 CORPORAL V. ANDERSON, DCM, "A" COMPANY IN ..

KELANOA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. A CHURCH PARADE BEING CONDUCTED BY NX139075 CHAPLAIN T.J. YATES, CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE 2/15TH INFANTRY BATTALION REST AREA

TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1944-01-28. PERSONNEL OF THE 2/28TH INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING ALONG THE WHARF TO THEIR TRAIN ON THEIR RETURN HOME FROM NEW GUINEA, PASSING UNITED STATES COLOURED (NEGRO) SOLDIERS ..

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