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SHAGGY RIDGE, DUMPU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-018. MEMBERS OF A PATROL FROM 11TH DIVISION CARRIER COMPANY WHO HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANYING MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY HISTORY SECTION ON AN EXPEDITION ..

DUGUMUR BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-14. MEMBERS OF 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION SUNBAKING ON THE BEACH UNDER THE GUARD OF A SENTRY, AT A TWO POUNDER ANTI-TANK GUN SITED FOR BEACH DEFENCE AGAINST BARGE ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-20. OFFICERS OF 11TH DIVISION CARRIER COMPANY. LEFT TO RIGHT: VX53824 LIEUTENANT R. W. STEIN; VX111035 MAJOR A. A. ARMSTRONG AND VX117006 CAPTAIN B. M. B. OGILVIE

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-20. PERSONNEL OF COMPANY HEADQUARTERS, 11TH DIVISION CARRIER COMPANY. LEFT TO RIGHT: FRONT ROW: NX146988 PRIVATE (PTE) N. T. MARONEY; NX146989 PTE P. V. MANNING; NX136710 ..

DUGUMUR BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-14. NX120971 STAFF SERGEANT B. SCANLAN (LEFT) AND NX175734 SERGEANT S. DOWSE, MEMBERS OF 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, USING ABANDONED JAPANESE RIFLES AS FIRE BARS TO ..

DUGUMUR BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-14. NX156259 PRIVATE G. C. CAMERON (RIGHT) AND NX131037 LANCE CORPORAL J. W. ANDERSON, MEMBERS OF 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, CUTTING AND PLACING BREAD ROLLS INTO TINS ..

NEW GUINEA. 1943-02. SERGEANT J. W. WRIGHT, ONE OF ITS TWO DESIGNERS, DEMONSTRATING THE ARROWSPEED CROSS BOW GUN DESIGNED TO FIRE INCENDIARY, HIGH EXPLOSIVE AND OTHER TYPES OF ARROWS. (DONOR: L. J. ..

DUGUMUR BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-14. N210482 PRIVATE R. HOUGH, 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, CARRYING BREAD ROLLS FRESHLY BAKED AT THE UNIT COOKHOUSE

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-10. THE REMAINS OF A CATHEDRAL SHOWING THE RESULTS OF ALLIED BOMBING AND STRAFING, NEAR THE CAMP SITE OF 2/15TH FIELD AMBULANCE

DUGUMUR BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-14. NX156259 PRIVATE G. C. CAMERON (LEFT) AND WX39948 PRIVATE D. N. ASHTON, MEMBERS OF 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, REMOVING BREAD ROLLS FROM OVENS WHICH HAVE BEEN ..

DUGUMUR BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-14. A MORTAR CREW FROM 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION. LEFT TO RIGHT: NX120990 PRIVATE (PTE) R. V. BOULDEN; W21475 PTE G. CRAVEN; NX120921 PTE D. G. HESTER AND NX156597 ..

DUGUMUR BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-14. STORES FOR 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION BEING UNLOADED FROM BARGES. AN ANTI-TANK GUN STANDS IN THE FOREGROUND