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SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-01. VX61309 SERGEANT M.A. BARR, NEW GUINEA PRESS UNIT, EXAMINING THE GRAVE OF HIS BROTHER IN THE AUSTRALIAN WAR CEMETERY (VX39195 CAPTAIN F.A. BARR, 2/7TH INFANTRY ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-03. THE CREW OF THE AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT, AB1179, 43RD LANDING CRAFT COMPANY. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX166613 SAPPER JU.R. MOFFET, SKIPER (1); NX192782 SAPPER H.R. ..

LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-03. CRAFTSMAN J.L. EASON TURNING UP ONE OF THE 14 INCH DIAMETER PISTONS OF THE VESSEL THE "FRANCES PEAT" ON A LARGE LATHE IN THE WORKSHOP OF THE 1ST WATERCRAFT WORKSHOPS. ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-07. A MARCH PAS OF THE 2/8TH COMMANDO SQUADRON. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: QX765 LIEUTENANT R.G. BUCKRIDGE (1) CORPORAL W. TAPSFIELD (2); CORPORAL W. FLETCHER (3); CORPORAL ..

SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-01. A MEMBER OF A NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION WITH HIS DOG ABOARD AN AUSTRALIAN LANDING BARGE WHILE ON HIS WAY FROM SALAMAUA TO LAE

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-04. PERSONNEL OF THE 10TH FIELD COMPANY, BUILDING A NEW WHARF AT MILFORD HAVEN

Outdoors group portrait of twenty four personnel of the Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, Headquarters, New Guinea Force. Identified, back row, left to right: VX72878 Corporal (Cpl) H J King ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-04. VX75368 SAPPER R. MATTINSON, 10TH FIELD COMPANY, DRILLING HOLES IN BRACINGS FOR A NEW "LIBERTY" WHARF

LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-03. PERSONNEL OF THE 1ST WATERCRAFT WORKSHOPS, COLLECTING THE FISH CAUGHT IN A NET OFF THE BEACH NEAR THEIR CAMP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SERGEANT O.S. KEALLEY (1); ..

SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-01. V43197 PRIVATE J. HOSIE 91); VX131074 PRIVATE G.H. SAUNDERS (2) AND NX167093 PRIVATE J.W. TIERNEY (3) ENJOYING THEIR MORNING TEA IN THE COOKHOUSE, AT HEADQUARTERS ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-07. A MARCH PAST THE 2/8TH COMMANDO SQUADRON. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- CORPORAL M.J. CHALMERS (1); NX125328 LIEUTENANT H.F. HARDMAN (2); CORPORAL I. VINCENT (3); CORPORAL ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-03. MEMBERS OF THE SOFTBALL TEAM OF HEADQUARTERS, 6TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- N268213 PRIVATE R. GOTTAAS (1); VX107445 PRIVATE A.W. JOHNSON (2); ..