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KILIGIA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-20. MR. PAUL BECKER OF THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC RELATIONS FIELD UNIT IN THE WATER, WITH HIS BREATHING APPARATUS SITTING ON HIS HEAD

ROYAL PARK CAMP, VICTORIA, 1946-09-06. PRIVATE R. KELLIHER, VC, QX20656, 2/25TH BATTALION, AIF. PRIVATE KELLIHER WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR BRAVERY AT HEATH PLANTATION NEAR LAE, NEW GUINEA, ..

KILIGIA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-20. SX23588 SERGEANT THOMAS HENRY FARRELL OF THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC RELATIONS FIELD UNIT, USING A TYPEWRITER ON HIS LAP

Portrait of a German Reservist in uniform shortly before the arrival of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Forces (AN&MEF)

MAREEBA, QLD. 1944-04-10. TAXIING OUT ON THE RUNWAY, THE DOUGLAS C47 AIRCRAFT, MILITARY VERSION OF THE DC3 AIRLINER, "IRENE" (CALL SIGN VH-CFB) OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE, WITH AN ..

KILIGIA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-20. MR. PAUL BECKER OF THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC RELATIONS FIELD UNIT IN THE JUNGLE

MAREEBA, QLD. 1944-04-10. THE ADVANCE PARTY OF HEADQUARTERS, 1ST AUSTRALIAN CORPS BOARDING A DOUGLAS C47 AIRCRAFT, MILITARY VERSION OF THE DC3 AIRLINER, "IRENE" (CALL SIGN VH-CFB) OF THE UNITED ..

WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-05. BAND OF THE 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION PERFORMING THE COUNTER MARCH AT THE FOOT OF THE JUDGES TOWER AT THE HERBERTON RACECOURSE

WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. A COMPANY OF THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION GIVE "EYES RIGHT" AS THEY MARCH PAST THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER, NX163 LIEUTENANT COLONEL P.A. CULLEN, DSO. (4), WITH THE ..

WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. A SECTION OF THE PARADE OF THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION, IN A CLOSE COLUMN STANDING AT ATTENTION, ON THE HERBERTON RACECOURSE

AN RAAF PBY CATALINA, A24-17, ON THE SURFACE IN NEW GUINEA WATERS DURING WW2

WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. THE SILVER MEMORIAL MUG DEDICATED TO NX7567 CAPTAIN A.G. SANDERSON OF THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN PAPUA ON THE 23 OCTOBER 1942. MEMBERS OF ..