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EMIRAU ISLAND. SOME OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW AMONG THE 496 SURVIVORS WHO HAD BEEN CAST AWAY ON EMIRAU ISLAND IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO AFTER THEIR MERCHANT SHIPS WERE SUNK BY GERMAN RAIDERS ..

LUMI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-07-09. GROUP PORTRAIT OF SOME MEMBERS OF M SPECIAL UNIT, SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT, ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU, AT LUMI, ABOUT 50 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF AITAPE. SHORTLY ..

EMIRAU ISLAND. 1940-12. PASSENGERS AND CREW, AMONG THE 496 SURVIVORS WHO HAD BEEN CAST AWAY ON EMIRAU ISLAND IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO AFTER THEIR MERCHANT SHIPS HAD BEEN SUNK BY GERMAN RAIDERS ..

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MILNE BAY. C.1943-04-14. DAMAGE TO THE FORECASTLE DECK AT THE FOOT OF THE VENTILATOR ABAFT THE 12 POUNDER GUN OF HMAS PIRIE. IT WAS CAUSED BY A BOMB HIT FROM A JAPANESE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE CORVETTE ..

MILNE BAY. C.1943-04-14. DAMAGE CAUSED BY A BOMB WHICH PENETRATED THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE OF HMAS PIRIE BEFORE EXPLODING ON THE FORECASTLE. THE BOMB WAS DROPPED BY A JAPANESE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE ..

WABAG, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01. CORPORAL TOPMAN (LEFT) AND LIEUTENANT HARRY AIKEN, M SPECIAL UNIT, SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT, ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU, WATCH THE HAUS KUK (COOKHOUSE) GOING ..

LUMI, NEW GUINEA. 1943-07. TX8688 SERGEANT LESLIE J. BAILLIE, WIRELESS OPERATOR, `LOCUST' PARTY, M SPECIAL UNIT, SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT, ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU, CHARGING A BATTERY ..

LUMI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-07-09. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF M SPECIAL UNIT, SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT, ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU, WITH NATIVE GUERRILLA TROOPS AT LUMI, ABOUT 50 KILOMETRES ..

A Douglas Dakota C47 aircraft of the United States Air Force taking off from the airstrip at Bena Bena in the Mount Hagen area. The aircraft has just brought in several members of M Special Unit, ..

EMIRAU ISLAND. 1940-12. PASSENGERS AND CREW, AMONG THE 496 SURVIVORS WHO HAD BEEN CAST AWAY ON EMIRAU ISLAND IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO AFTER THEIR MERCHANT SHIPS HAD BEEN SUNK BY THE GERMAN ..

SEPIK RIVER AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-08-13. LIEUTENANT GUY BLACK (LEFT) AND LIEUTENANT HARRY AIKEN, `LOCUST' PARTY, M SPECIAL UNIT, SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT, ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU, ..