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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-03. A 25 POUNDER "SHORT" (AUSTRALIAN) MARK I GUN WHICH WAS PARACHUTED INTO THE RAMU VALLEY AND USED BY ARTILLERYMEN OF THE 2/4TH FIELD REGIMENT. THE GUN, IS THE FIRST ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-05. PATIENTS WHO ARE RESTING IN THE SUN RECEIVE THEIR WEEKLY TOBACCO ISSUE FROM B2/301 SUPERINTENDENT MISS S. GRAHAM (3), A MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS ..

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-25. NX118459 CORPORAL G. FORD, AND NX57156 SERGEANT A. PARKER, MEMBERS OF 8TH INFANTRY BRIGADE SIGNALS. TESTING NEWLY INSTALLED TELEPHONE LINES AT THE OLD HOTEL MADANG

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-23. THE AUSTRALIAN GUARD OF HONOUR "PRESENTING ARMS" DURING THE SERVICE AT THE OFFICIAL DEDICATION OF THE LAE WAR CEMETERY. UNITED STATES ARMY REPRESENTATIVES STAND TO ..

HIGITURA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-27. A YOUNG OROKAIVAN DANCER WEARING A BRILLIANT HEADDRESS MADE FROM BIRD OF PARADISE FEATHERS, AT A SPECIAL NATIVE DANCE CEREMONY HELD TO HONOUR THE VISIT OF THE ..

HIGITURA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-27. A SMALL PLOT IN THE SANGARA MISSION GROUNDS WHICH CONTAINS THE GRAVES OF MAY HAYMAN, (MARKED BY THE CROSS IN THE PICTURE), MAVIS PARKINSON, AND LUCIAN TAPIEDE, ..

WAU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-25. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (1), WITH MEMBERS OF HIS OFFICIAL PARTY INSPECTING THE WREAKAGE OF THE NO.1 ..

BOGADJIM, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. VX81112 LIEUTENANT G. H. ATKINSON (1), WHO LED A PATROL FROM C COMPANY, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION, HAVING COFFEE WITH MEMBERS OF HIS PATROL AT A SALVATION ARMY ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-28. SUPPLIES BEING UNLOADED FROM THE STEAM SHIP MONTORO ON TO TRUCKS FOR TRANSPORTATION TO NO. 5 BASE SUPPLY DEPOT. THE DOCKS ARE OPERATED BY MEMBERS OF THE 2/1ST ..

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. A JAPANESE TRUCK, ABANDONED IN A RUBBER PLANTATION AT BOGADJIM, WHICH WAS CAPTURED DURING THE ADVANCE OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. MEMBERS OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION BESIDE AN ABANDONED JAPANESE STAFF CAR OUTSIDE NATIVE HUTS ON BOARD THE BOGADJIM ROAD NEAR BOGADJIM. THE HUTS WERE USED AS ..

BOGADJIM, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. LANDING CRAFT COMING INTO THE BEACH. THE CRAFT WILL BE USED TO ASSIST THE ADVANCE OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION TO MADANG