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PORT MORESBY - DENSE TROPICAL BUSH RIGHT TO THE EDGE OF THE SPORTS OVAL. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C. 1943-05. THREE ARMOURERS WITH NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF POSING IN NATIVE GRASS SKIRTS OUTSIDE THEIR TENT, KNOWN AS "THE COCKIES' DEN", AT GURNEY AIRFIELD. LEFT TO RIGHT: IAN ..

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

PORT MORESBY - DISTANT VIEW OF ROAD AROUND FORESHORES, WITH SIR HUBERT MURRAY'S FUNERAL CORTEGE PASSING AROUND CLIFF FACE TO BURIAL PLACE, HAMUABADA. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - AIR FORCE, ARMY, NAVY AND NATIVE CONSTABULARY GUARD OF HONOUR AT SIR HUBERT MURRAY'S FUNERAL. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1943-05. IAN BEAUREPAIRE, AN ARMOURER WITH NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF, SITTING ON AN ENGINE COWLING OF ONE OF THE SQUADRON'S AIRCRAFT, BRISTOL BEAUFORT BOMBER NO. A9-227, AS HE WORKS ..

The A Flight armourers of No. 100 Squadron RAAF gathered around a tractor in front of the section's palm-roofed hut at Gurney Airfield. Left to right: back row: Ian Smith; Keating; Ian ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1943-05. VIEW OF THE CONTROLS INSIDE THE COCKPIT OF BRISTOL BEAUFORT BOMBER NO. A9-193, WHICH BELONGED TO NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF. THE AIRCRAFT, BASED AT GURNEY AIRFIELD, WAS FLOWN ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C. 1943-05. TRUCK AND TENTS OF TRANSPORT SECTION, NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF, AMONG THE PALM TREES AT ROUTE 7, GURNEY AIRFIELD

PORT MORESBY - FINISH OF 880 YARDS' RACE A.A.C. SPORTS. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - FORMER TRIBAL CHIEF'S PLATFORM SUPPORTS. FROM THIS PLACE THE CHIEF AND COUNCILLORS ADDRESSED THE TRIBE ON FESTIVE OCCASIONS OR BEFORE A TRIBAL WAR. ABOUT 4 MILES FROM PORT MORESBY. ..

PORT MORESBY - HANUABADA VILLAGE. HOUSES ABOUT 7,000 NATIVES. BIGGEST VILLAGE ON PAPUAN COAST. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)