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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-24. THE STAFF OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT HQ FIRST ARMY. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 24 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR ..

BUNA-GONA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-15. GONA, THREE YEARS AFTER THE TIDE OF WAR HAD PASSED THE AREA, NOW A PEACEFUL VILLAGE SITUATED ON BOTH SIDES OF A CANAL LIKE RIVER

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-24. THE STAFF OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT HQ FIRST ARMY. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 24 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-3. THIS JAPANESE TOMBSTONE, NOW AT THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WAR GRAVES, LAE, WAS DISCOVERED WHEN ONE OF THE SERGEANTS MESSES WAS BEING ERECTED. IT IS ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-3. SERGEANT T.D. CHAPPLE, CAMP INTERPRETER, 20 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, LAE. HE ACQUIRED A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF JAPANESE WHILST ENGAGED IN THE PEARLING INDUSTRY AT BROOME, ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-3. THE GARDENS AT 20 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, LAE, WITH TENTS USED BY THE OCCUPANTS IN THE BACKGROUND. CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF VEGETABLES HAVE BEEN GROWN BY THESE FORMOSANS

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. COLONEL G.H.S. MORAN INSPECTING AWAS PERSONNEL ATTACHED TO 2/1 BASE WORKSHOP, CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-26. A NATIVE SCHOOL FORMERLY OPERATED BY THE LUTHERAN MISSION SOCIETY. IT WAS USED BY THE JAPANESE AS PART OF THEIR HOSPITAL. AFTER THE RECAPTURE OF LAE IT WAS USED BY THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-20. THE FRONT VIEW OF THE ICEWORKS FORMERLY OPERATED BY BURNS PHILP. THE SMALL ADDITION AT THE LEFT OF THE MAIN BUILDING WAS MADE BY 615 UNITED STATES ENGINEERS. MEMBERS OF ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. COLONEL G.H.S. MORAN ADDRESSING A PARADE OF TROOPS OF 2/1 BASE WORKSHOP AND THEIR ATTACHMENTS, WHICH INCLUDED TROOPS OF 2/77 LIGHT AID DETACHMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-11-26. THE GUINEA AIRWAYS "STIFF-LEG" CRANE. IT IS NO LONGER USED BUT WAS STILL SERVICEABLE WHEN AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN FORCES ENTERED LAE. THE AREA IS NOW OCCUPIED BY 33 ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-26. THE BUTIBUM MISSION CHURCH, FORMERLY CONTROLLED BY THE LUTHERAN MISSION SOCIETY. IT WAS USED BY THE JAPANESE AS A HOSPITAL AND LATER, AS AN AUSTRALIAN DISPATCH RIDER ..