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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-14/02. CREW MEMBERS OF THE AK94, A VESSEL OF THE 12TH WATER TRANSPORT OPERATING COMPANY, WASHING THEIR SHIP DOWN IN PREPARATION FOR A NEW LOAD OF CARGO FOR MADANG

TOWNSVILLE, NORTH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-06-27. AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE PERSONNEL ENTRAINING ON THE WHARF AFTER THEIR RETURN TO AUSTRALIA FROM NEW GUINEA

STRATHPINE, QLD. 1944-07-20. QX11325 LANCE-SERGEANT J.M. BALL (1) OF THE 2/25TH INFANTRY BATTALION, RECEIVING THE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL RIBBON FROM QX6305 MAJOR T.J.C. O'BRYEN, ADMINISTRATION ..

NEW GUINEA. 1944-07. NX95472 LIEUTENANT F.S. WOOD, CINEMATOGRAPHER OF THE MILITARY HISTORY SECTION

BARRINE, QLD. 1944-08-08. OPERATIONAL MAP OF THE MADANG AREA USED BY OFFICERS DOING THE STAFF AND COMMAND COURSE CONDUCTED BY HEADQUARTERS, 1ST AUSTRALIAN CORPS

BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-08. VX9 MAJOR GENERAL G.A. VASEY, CB, CBE, DSO, AT THE SALUTING BASE FOR THE MARCH PAST OF THE 7TH DIVISION, MAJOR GENERAL VASEY COMMANDED THE DIVISION ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942. PPI. MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, COMMANDING OFFICER, NEW GUINEA LINES OF COMMUNICATION AREA AND THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (1) ACCOMPANIED BY PX134 ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942. NATIVE CHILDREN FROLICING IN THE SEA AT ONE OF THE VILLAGES VISITED BY PPI. MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, COMMANDING OFFICER, NEW GUINEA LINES OF COMMUNICATION AREA AND THE ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942. A VILLAGE ELDER, RESPLENDENT IN HIS CEREMONIAL DRESS, WELCOMES PPI, MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, COMMANDING OFFICER, NEW GUINEA LINES OF COMMUNICATION AREA AND THE AUSTRALIAN ..

BIAMU, ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-11-11. GUNNERS OF THE 2/5TH FIELD REGIMENT, ASSISTED BY LOCAL NATIVES, DRAGGING ONE OF THEIR GUNS OFF A CAPTURED JAPANESE BARGE AT BIAMU

BIAMU, ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-11-11. UNITED STATES TROOPS OF THE 1ST BATTALION, 128TH REGIMENT, 32ND UNITED STATES DIVISION LANDING AT BIAMU VILLAGE, ABOUT 17 MILES FROM FORCES OCCUPYING THE ..

AVRO 504L CONVERSION OF HMAS "MELBOURNE", RABAUL, NEW GUINEA. (PHOTO PURCHASED FROM C N KING, CANBERRA)