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PORT MORESBY - NATIVE CONSTABULARY BEARING SIR HUBERT MURRAY'S COFFIN TO AIR FORCE TRAILER, AFTER BEING FLOWN FROM SAMARAI. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - WINNER OF 100 YARDS' DASH A.A.C. SPORTS, LIGHT TOO BAD TO ALLOW SPEED OF LENS SUFFICIENT TO STOP MOVEMENT IN FIGURE. DENSE OVERHANGING FOLIAGE. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1943-05. NOSE SECTION OF BRISTOL BEAUFORT BOMBER NO. A9-193 OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF AT GURNEY AIRFIELD. PAINTED ON THE NOSE IS A CARTOON OF A TORPEDO BREAKING A JAPANESE SHIP IN ..

PORT MORESBY - ROAD LEADING TO RADIO STATION AND SAPPHIRE CREEK MINES, NORTH FROM PORT MORESBY. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - APPROACHING GUTA - ONE OF NEW GUINEA'S FAMOUS STORMS. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - F/O K.M. HAMPSHIRE, WINNING HOP-STEP AND JUMP AT A.A.C. SPORTS. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - SIR HUBERT MURRAY'S COFFIN ON AIR FORCE TRAILER. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - SIR HUBERT MURRAY'S FUNERAL CORTEGE MOVING OFF. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

WABAG, NEW GUINEA. NATIVES OF CENTRAL NEW GUINEA BRINGING IN SUGARCANE ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST AEROPLANE. THE PILOT, F. T. O'DEA (CENTRE), LATER BECAME A RAN COASTWATCHER. (NAVAL HISTORICAL ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1943-05. AN ARMOURER FROM NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF SITTING ON AN ENGINE COWLING OF ONE OF THE SQUADRON'S BRISTOL BEAUFORT BOMBERS, AS HE WORKS ON THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT, PROBABLY ..

Probably VIC, AUSTRALIA, 1940-1944. STUDIO PORTRAIT OF 10424 FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT SGT) LAURENCE MICHAEL DEVITT OF NO. 12 SQUADRON RAAF, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN NEW GUINEA ON 1944-03-05. FLT ..

WABAG, NEW GUINEA. NATIVES SURROUND THE FIRST AEROPLANE TO LAND AT WABAG WITH SUPPLIES FOR THE TAYLOR AND BLACK EXPEDITION. THE AIRCRAFT, A FORD TRIMOTOR, WAS REQUISITIONED BY THE RAAF ON THE ..