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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-06. MEMBERS OF B COMPANY, 1ST NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION ABOARD THE FORMER HAWKESBURY RIVER (NEW SOUTH WALES) VEHICULAR FERRY, THE FRANCES PEAT, WHICH IS TO ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-06. TROOPS OF B COMPANY 1ST NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION HAULING THEIR LAKATOIS ABOARD THE MOTORSHIP FRANCES PEAT, A FORMER HAWKESBURY RIVER VEHICULAR FERRY, ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-05. A NATIVE WORKING PARTY BOARDING AN LCM (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) AT THE MALMAL MISSION BEACH DURING THE LANDING OF THE 6TH INFANTRY BRIGADE

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-05. TROOPS OF THE 6TH BRIGADE WORKING UNDER VERY ADVERSE CONDITIONS TO GET THEIR STORES AND EQUIPMENT UNDER COVER

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-04. WX5 BRIGADIER R.L. SANDOVER, COMMANDING OFFICER, 6TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (1); NX92 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL W.B. CALDWELL, MC, COMMANDING OFFICER, 14/32ND INFANTRY ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-06. SERGEANT T.J. CHAPPLE (1) AND SERGEANT C.O. CANNING (2) WITH THE NATIVE SOLDIERS OF B COMPANY, 1ST NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION GOING ASHORE FROM A LANDING ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-06. TROOPS OF D COMPANY, 14/32ND INFANTRY BATTALION SHIFTING STORES AND SUPPLIES FROM THE BEACH-HEAD TO THE UNIT CAMP BY MEANS OF ROLLERS

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-05. THIS PHOTOGRAPHY GIVES SOME IDEA OF THE MUD AND SLUSH WHICH THE TROOPS OF THE 6TH INFANTRY BRIGADE HAD TO CONTEND WITH DURING THE UNIT LANDING OPERATIONS IN ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-06. NX70799 MAJOR A.G. LOWNDES, BRIGADE MAJOR, 6TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (2) TALKS WITH GULPIAK (GOLPAK) (7) A LULULAI OR CHIEF OF THE POMIO DISTRICT. GOLPAK WAS ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-05. TROOPS OF THE 6TH INFANTRY BRIGADE USING A TRACTOR AND SLED TO TRANSPORT THEIR STORES AND EQUIPMENT FROM THE BEACH TO THE UNIT CAMP

MILFORD HAVEN, LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-01. TROOPS OF THE 4TH FIELD REGIMENT ABOARD AN AMERICAN ARMY AMPHIBIOUS DUKW READY FOR TRANSPORT OUT TO THE LIBERTY SHIP, LINDLEY M. GARRISON, FOR THE UNIT ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-04. A SAPPER OF HEADQUARTERS, 6TH INFANTRY BRIGADE USING A BULLDOZER TO LEVEL OFF A SANDHILL AT THE UNIT BRIDGEHEAD