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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-04. THE RAN DESTROYER HMAS VENDETTA AT ANCHOR IN THE BAY AFTER ESCORTING THE TROOPSHIP CAPE ALEXANDER INTO THE AREA

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-26. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER D. LOGAN, RAN, COMMANDER OF THE CORVETTE LATROBE ABOARD THE FRIGATE, HMAS BARCOO

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-29. A NATIVE BOY WHO IS THE PERSONAL SERVANT OF COMMANDER J.C. MORROW, DSO, DSC, RAN

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-31. THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICE STAFF ABOARD THE HMAS PING WO, AN OLD CHINESE RIVER STEAMER NOW BEING USED AS AN OFFICE FOR THE RAN ADMINISTRATION STAFF

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-04. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS DISEMBARKING FROM A LANDING CRAFT AFTER BEING TRANSPORTED INTO THE AREA ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP CAPE ALEXANDER

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-30. THE RAN SHIPS VENDETTA (NEAR CAMERA) AND BARCOO AT ANCHOR IN THE HARBOUR

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-31. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER R.H. SISLEY (INT) RAN A MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF IN HIS CABIN ABOARD THE HMAS PING WO, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY AN OLD CHINESE RIVER ..

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-31. THE HMAS WANG PO, AN EX CHINESE VESSEL NOW CONTROLLED BY THE RAN ADMINISTRATION STAFF

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-31. WARDROOM AND OFFICES OF THE RAN ADMINISTRATION STAFF

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-31. A THREE-QUARTER BOW VIEW OF THE HMAS PING WO, AN OLD CHINESE RIVER STEAMER NOW USED AS THE OFFICE FOR THE RAN ADMINISTRATION STAFF

WIDE BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-04. RAN VESSELS BOMBARDING JAPANESE POSITIONS WITH SECONDARY ARMAMENT

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-04. TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS, 6TH INFANTRY BRIGADE AND RAN PERSONNEL PREPARING TO UNLOAD STORES AND EQUIPMENT AT ONE OF THE AUSTRALIAN BEACH-HEADS