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Milne Bay, Papua. 1949-08. War salvaged materials have been utilised by Papuans in building their houses which look like part of a housing estate. This photograph was taken seven years after World ..

Bisiatabu, New Guinea. 1943-07-01. Members of the 1st Papuan Infantry Battalion during a training exercise in which a grass hut containing an imaginary enemy is set on fire by means of a burning ..

Sogeri, New Guinea. 1943-06-26. Native labourers carrying a log across the Laloki River suspension bridge at the New Guinea School of Signals. The labourers were supplied by the Australian and New ..

Rabaul, New Britain. 1949-09. A large floating crane which was sunk by Japanese bombers in early 1942. It had been towed pre-war from Singapore and is seen here lying half under water in the ..

Milne Bay, Papua. 1949-08. Papuan native boys clambering over dumped and wrecked army vehicles being reclaimed by jungle growth. This photograph was taken seven years after World War 2 fighting ..

New Guinea. 1943-07-20. Two Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft of the United States Air Force en route to the Wau and Bulolo area to carry out supply dropping missions to Allied troops in forward ..

New Guinea. 1943-07-20. A jeep experiencing problems in towing an ambulance trailer through mud on the road between Skindewai and Barara Staging Camps

Donadabu, New Guinea. 1943-06-29. A section of the Donadabu training camp, in the Sogeri Valley, occupied by the 7th Australian Brigade and the 2/5th Australian Field Regiment. A despatch rider on ..

Sogeri, New Guinea. 1943-06-25. The main ward of the 11th Australian Field Ambulance with the flagpole in "Snifter Park" and the orderly room tent on the left

Kwiara, New Guinea. 1943-07-06. The Royal Australian Air Force vessel O16-2 on the slips for repairs at the 1st Australian Water Transport Group (Small Craft) Maintenance Base situated on the China ..

New Guinea. 1943-07-20. Members of the 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF, at the House Banana Staging Camp which was about five miles south west of Mubo. The soldiers are, from the left, ..

New Guinea. 1943-07-20. Walking wounded and sick personnel of the 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF, moving along a jungle track to House Banana Staging Camp near Mubo. From the left they ..