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Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-13. Lieutenant P. B. Stevens (left), Ophthalmic Section, 128th Australian General Hospital, removing a steel filing from a patient's eye, assisted by Private R. E. ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-09. SX39492 Lieutenant W. Hames, Physiotherapy Department, 128th Australian General Hospital, inspecting the plaster casing he made for this Japanese prisoner who ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-08. An elevated view of the New Guinea Force camp at Four-mile on the Port Moresby-Boroko-Taruha Road, viewed from Pyramid Hill

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-09. VFX138546 Lieutenant M. Chalmers, of the Physiotherapy Department, 128th Australian General Hospital, using the Bristow electric coil to stimulate the weak leg ..

Berry airstrip, New Guinea. 1944-05-09. Two soldiers stand in a section of the Bomana War Cemetery, conducted by 1 Graves Registration Unit. Australians and members of the Papuan Infantry Battalion ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-09. Kararo, a young Javanese boy, rescued from the Japanese when the United States Marine Corps captured Karako near Hollandia on 1944-04-22, lies in bed at the ..

Ela Beach, New Guinea. 1944-05-10. Archie Pon-Tung, Chinese tailor, operating a treadle sewing machine (second right), and supervising his native staff making household linen on the verandah of the ..

Yule Island, New Guinea. c. 1944-05-15. Members of 1 Marine Food Supply Platoon having breakfast before going fishing. In civilian life most of these men were professional fishermen. (For ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-09. Portrait of Brigadier W. C. D. Veale MC DCM, Commanding Moresby Base Sub area

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-09. VFX92823 Lieutenant J. Dickson, of the Physiotherapy Department at the 128th Australian General Hospital, removing a plaster cast from the wrist of NX13391 ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-09. Brigadier W. C. D. Veale MC DCM , Commanding Moresby Base Sub area, sitting working at his desk

Berry airstrip, New Guinea. 1944-05-09. A section of the Bomana War Cemetery conducted by 1 Graves Registration Unit. Australians and members of the Papuan Infantry Battalion are buried here