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SX7964 Sergeant T. C. Derrick, VC. DCM, 2/48th Infantry Battalion

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 ..

RAVENSHOE, ATHERTON TABLELAND, NORTH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-10. STUDENTS OF THE 3RD ARMY AIR PHOTO INTERPRETATION UNIT EXAMINING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WEWAK AREA UNDER A STERERSCOPE. ..

MENDAROPU, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. P391 CAPTAIN B.W. FAITHORN, AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, INSPECTING TAPA CLOTH, HELD BY MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABULARY. THIS CLOTH WAS ..

MENDAROPU, NEW GUINEA, 1942-10. A NATIVE MOTHER FROM AN OUTLYING VILLAGE OFFERING COCONUTS FOR SALE TO TROOPS OF THE 128TH REGIMENT, 32ND UNITED STATES DIVISION

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 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 BUNA, DURING THE ADVANCE ..

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 ..

BIAMU, ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-11-11. PX123 CAPTAIN T. GRAHAMSLAW, DISTRICT OFFICER FOR THE BUNA AREA, ACCEPTING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FROM NATIVES OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AT BIAMU VILLAGE

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. SERGEANT S. COSTELLO, NEW GUINEA VOLUNTEER RIFLES, AN ACCOUNTANT OF RABAUL IN PRIVATE LIFE, ONE OF THE EVACUEES WHO WAS SUCCESSFULLY RESCUED BY THE HMAS ..

NEW GUINEA. APRIL, 1944. THATCHED HUTS WHICH WERE USED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 500 YARDS FROM THE TOP OF SHAGGY RIDGE

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. ONE OF THE EVACUEES FROM NEW BRITAIN LEAVING THE HMAS "LAURABADA". HE AND OTHER EVACUEES TOOK TO THE JUNGLE FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL JAPANESE LANDING AT RABAUL ..