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NEW GUINEA. APRIL, 1944. THE "INTERMEDIATE SNIPER'S PIMPLE" ON SHAGGY RIDGE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BATTLE

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 BUNA, DURING THE ADVANCE ..

MENDAROPU, NEW GUINEA. 1942-11. A COOKHOUSE SET UP ON THE EDGE OF THE JUNGLE NEAR THE VILLAGE BY MEMBERS OF A UNITED STATES INFANTRY UNIT

MENDAROPU, NEW GUINEA. 1942-11. NATIVES THATCHING THE ROOF OF A NEW HOSPITAL HUT WHICH THEY ARE BUILDING FOR THE UNITED STATES FORCES

NEW GUINEA. APRIL, 1944. A SECTION OF THE TRACK MADE BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AROUND THE SUMMIT OF SHAGGY RIDGE PHOTOGRAPHED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BATTLE

BULLDOG-WAU ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-20. EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE SECOMBE CAMP OF THE 2/4TH FIELD SQUADRON AT THE 42 MILE

Pilots of No. 457 (Grey Nurse) Squadron RAAF receive final instructions at the airstrip for their flight back to Australia. Of the fifteen aircraft which undertook the flight, ten arrived safely at ..

WONDECLA AREA, QLD. 1944-05-23. PRIVATE L.C. ALLEN, MM., OF THE 2/5TH INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO RECEIVED HIS AWARD FOR OPERATIONS AT WAU, NEW GUINEA

MEMBERS OF THE 3RD BASE ORDNANCE DEPOT AT WILSON STREET, TROPIC PROOFING PACKAGES OF SPARE PARTS BY DIPPING THEM IN HOT WAX BEFORE DESPATCHING THEM TO NEW GUINEA. NOTE THE LABELS DENOTING CONTENTS ..

MEMBERS OF THE TROPIC PROOFING SECTION, 1ST BASE ORDNANCE DEPOT WRAPPING SPARE PARTS FOR SHIPMENT TO NEW GUINEA. LEFT TO RIGHT: VF511263 PRIVATE N. GRINTER, AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (1); ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-14/02. NEW GUINEA BOYS INTERESTEDLY WATCHING THE ENGINES ON ONE OF THE SHIPS OF THE 12TH SMALL SHIPS COMPANY

NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-15. NX178001 LIEUTENANT D.R. ANGUS, SKIPPER OF THE AB442 A VESSEL OF THE 12TH WATER TRANSPORT OPERATING COMPANY