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4th Infantry Battalion Headquarters on high ground standing on the site of the Sio Mission which is now destroyed. ‘Doovers’ in which officers and men shelter are constructed using any available ..

SIO, WEST NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-24. "B" COMPANY PERSONNEL OF THE 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION ENCAMPED IN THE BOMB SCARRED AREA BELOW SIO MISSION

SIO, WEST NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-24. MR ALAN SCOTT, A YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN (YMCA) REPRESENTATIVE AND THE 8TH BRIGADE WELFARE OFFICER, AT HIS STAND ON SIO BEACH SERVING TEA AND BISCUITS TO TROOPS ..

SIO, WEST NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-24. NX112681 LIEUTENANT E.A. VALENTIN (1) THE BATTALION INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IS PICTURED PLOTTING HIS PATROLS AND BRINGING HIS MAP UP TO DATE. THE 4TH INFANTRY ..

SIO, WEST NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-24. 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION SIGNALLERS BUILDING SHELTERS IN THE VALLEY WEST OF SIO MISSION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: NX156964 PRIVATE John Franklin VAUGHAN (1); ..

KELANOA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-24. TROOP TRAFFIC BETWEEN KELANOA AND SIO IS BY LANDING CRAFT MECHANIZED. THIS LANDING CRAFT MECHANIZED HAS EIGHTY MEN OF THE 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND THEIR ..

SIO, WEST NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-24. MEN OF THE 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A GOOD BEACH NEAR SIO MISSION. GOOD BATHING IS POSSIBLE AT VARIOUS BEACHES ON THE COAST

SIO, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-24. 6960611 C.M. STEWART (1) OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE IN 1939. SEEKING COMBAT HE TRANSFERRED FROM AN AMERICAN PROVISION TRUCK COMPANY AT TAYLORS ..

NAMBARIWA POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-25. NX131656 LIEUTENANT C.F. WATSON, EDUCATION OFFICER OF THE 8TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (1) NOW ACTING AS MILITARY LANDING OFFICER IS KEPT BUSY SUPERVISING THE ..

GOALING RIVER AREA, WEST NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-25. AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVES AND MEMBERS OF THE 9TH DIVISION SALVAGE UNIT LOADING ABANDONED JAPANESE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INTO A ..

GOALING RIVER AREA, WEST NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-25. A JAPANESE BARGE ABANDONED BY THE RETREATING ENEMY LYING UNDER THE SHELTER OF OVERHANGING TREES ON THE BANKS OF GOALING RIVER, AND PARTIALLY ..

GOALING RIVER AREA, WEST NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-24. THIS JAPANESE BARGE WAS DISCOVERED BY AN INDIAN ARMY OFFICER ATTACHED TO THE 2/13TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, LIEUTENANT WALLACE. ..