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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-02. PERSONNEL OF G. BRANCH AND I BRANCH, HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: LANCE CORPORAL R. CORDAI (2); SX26121 SERGEANT C.F. MAY (3); CORPORAL A. ..

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01. TROOPS CLEANING UP AT HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, 5TH DIVISION

GILI GILI, MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-12. THE CARGO STEAMER "ANSHUN", WHICH WAS SUNK BY SHELLFIRE FROM A JAPANESE CRUISER WHILE UNLOADING AT GILI GILI WHARF ON THE 1942-09-06, DURING THE BATTLE ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. NX142851 LIEUTENANT D. M. SELBY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, ANTI TANK AIRCRAFT BATTALION RABAUL (1), ONE OF THE EVACUEES, WHO WITH 155 OTHERS, COMPRISING ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. SERVICE PERSONNEL, WHO, WITH 155 OTHERS, INCLUDING CIVILIANS WHO WERE SUCCESSFULLY WITHDRAWN FROM PALMALMAL ON THE SOUTH COAST OF NEW BRITAIN PHOTOGRAPHED ON ..

Dowa Dowa, Milne Bay, New Guinea. c February 1943. Camouflaged 155 mm guns of E Heavy Battery, AIF

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ATTACKING ALLIED SHIPPING IN THE BAY

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01. TURNBULL FIELD, SO NAMED AS A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF SQUADRON LEADER PETER TURNBULL, DFC, COMMANDING OFFICER, 76 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, WHO WAS ..

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-03. A VIEW OF THE BAY FROM THE HILL STATION ROAD

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-03. HILL STATION ROAD, WHICH IS BEING BUILT BY "D" COMPANY, 2/1ST PIONEER BATTALION, UNDER THE COMMAND OF SX2890 MAJOR R.A. SIMPSON

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-03. A VIEW OF THE BAY TAKEN FROM THE PARTLY CONSTRUCTED HILL STATION ROAD

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-03. SIGN ERECTED ON A COCONUT PALM STUMP NEAR NO. 3 AIRSTRIP (TURNBULL FIELD) TO MARK THE LIMIT OF THE JAPANESE ADVANCE TOWARDS GILI GILI IN 1942-09