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Donadabu, New Guinea. 1943-07-26. Three members of the 61st Battalion collecting supplies which had been air dropped. Left to right: Privates A. Rush, G.Hallion and R.Geoghagan

Large group portrait of pilots and administrative staff of No. 77 Squadron RAAF assembled on and in front of one of the squadron’s Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk aircraft, at Gurney airstrip. Left to ..

Mubo-Salamaua, New Guinea. 1943-07-21. Private First Class L. Simon, United States Army, of Los Angeles with the Allied Supply Corps, leading a food line of native bearers across the Bitoi River ..

Donadabu, New Guinea. 1943-07-26. Q28641 Private N. J. Knight of the 61st Battalion eating bully beef and biscuits during a break in a supply dropping exercise

Ramu Valley, New Guinea. 1943-10-05. Members of A Company, 2/27th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF, crossing the Surinam River

Finschhafen, New Guinea. 1943-09-22. Allied troops of the Finschhafen Force disembarking on to the assault beach from a Landing Craft Tank

Kaiapit, New Guinea. 1943-09-22. The bound bodies of local natives inside a grass hut. It was believed that the Japanese had been torturing these natives to gain information and killed them just ..

Wau Lae Road, New Guinea. 1944-02-26. A point on the road twenty eight miles from Wau showing a good surface resulting from the use of gold dredge tailings. This area of road was maintained by the ..

Milne Bay, New Guinea. 1944-04-05. The United States Army coastal tanker Y 18 taking on aviation fuel at the oil wharf. The shore fuel installation was manned by the 2nd Australian Bulk Petroleum ..

Finschhafen, New Guinea. 1943-11-09. A 40 mm Bofors M1 anti aircraft gun crew of the 870th United States Engineer Aviation Battalion on the alert protecting personnel constructing a road between ..

Finschhafen New Guinea. 1943-10-02. Heavy damage to palm trees and other vegetation resulting from Allied bombing and shelling

Katika, Finschhafen Area, New Guinea. 1944-03-21. A battle sign marking the enemy rallying point in prepared positions following their retreat from Scarlet Beach. This position was captured in ..