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LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-11-26. THESE PILES, MADE OF TURPENTINE IMPORTED FROM QUEENSLAND, ONCE FORMED PART OF THE LAE WHARF WHICH WAS DESTROYED. THE WHARF WAS USED BY GUINEA AIRWAYS IN PRE- WAR DAYS ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. G.H.S. MORAN, INSPECTING TROOPS OF LAE BASE SUB AREA WORKSHOP, CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, DURING A PARADE HELD ON THE OCCASION OF THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. COLONEL G.H.S MORAN (1) INSPECTING TROOPS OF 2/1 BASE WORKSHOP, ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-3. THE CAMP ORDERLY ROOM AND THE PRISONER OF WAR TENT LINES, AT NO 3 DETACHMENT, 20 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, LAE

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. COLONEL G.H.S MORAN ACCOMPANIED BY CAPTAIN A.L. KONG, INSPECTING TROOPS OF 2/77 LIGHT AID DETACHMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-20. A DERELICT STEAM ROLLER WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO LAE FROM SINGAPORE

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-26. THE GUINEA AIRWAYS OLD STEAM CRANE. IT WAS WRECKED BY THE NEW GUINEA VOLUNTEER RIFLES BEFORE THE EVACUATION OF LAE. 33 SQUADRON, RAAF, NOW OCCUPY THE AREA

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-20. THE FORMER GUINEA AIRWAYS HANGAR. IT WAS BADLY DAMAGED BUT WITHSTOOD BOMBING BY THE JAPANESE AND LATER BY THE ALLIES BEFORE THE RECAPTURE OF LAE. IT WAS USED BY THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. PERSONNEL AT THE OFFICIAL TABLE IN THE SERGEANTS' MESS, 2/1 BASE WORKSHOP, DURING A FORMAL MESS HELD ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. PERSONNEL ATTENDING A FORMAL MESS IN THE SERGEANTS' MESS, 2/1 BASE WORKSHIP, ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. MEMBERS OF LAE BASE SUB AREA WORKSHOP, CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, PRESENT ARMS DURING A PARADE HELD ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-11-26. MOUNT LUNAMAN, LAE. BETWEEN THE POINT WHERE THIS WAS TAKEN AND THE FOOT OF THE HILLOCK WAS ONCE THE CHINATOWN OF LAE, OF WHICH NOTHING NOW REMAINS