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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-04. THE WEED OVERGROWN WRECKAGE OF A JAPANESE BUILT BRIDGE, A MUTE REMINDER OF THE DAYS OF THE ENEMY OCCUPATION OF THE AREA

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-31. PETTY OFFICERS' AND RATINGS' MESS OF THE RAN ADMINISTRATION STAFF

WIDE BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-04. SHELLS FROM RAN VESSELS EXPLODING ON JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE AREA

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-30. THE MAIN ARMAMENT BEING FIRED DURING A PRACTICE SHOOT ABOARD THE RAN SLOOP, SWAN

WIDE BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-04. THE RAN DESTROYER HMAS VENDETTA STANDING BY DURING THE NAVAL BOMBARDMENT OF THE JAPANESE POSITIONS ALONG THE COAST

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-02. A NAVAL RATING USING A BULLDOZER TO CLEAR AN AREA FOR THE CAMP SITE OF THE RAN ADMINISTRATION STAFF

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

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-04. THE ENTRANCE TO THE RIVER FROM THE BAY SHOWING AUSTRALIAN VESSELS AT ANCHOR

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-08. OFFICERS OF THE RAN FRIGATE, BARCOO IN THE VESSEL'S WARDROOM

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-11. OFFICERS OF THE 112TH CONVALESCENT DEPOT. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: NX114729 LIEUTENANT J.N.G. MCDONAGH (1), VX42047 LIEUTENANT K.B.E. RAFF (2), NX125289 CAPTAIN D.H. ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-04. THE RAN SLOOP, SWAN STEAMING ALONG WITH THE CONVOY WHICH CARRIED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS INTO THE AREA

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-11. PATIENTS OF THE 112TH CONVALESCENT DEPOT ENGAGED IN HOBBY THERAPY IN THE TROPICAL SUNSHINE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: VX115916 PRIVATE R. MARCHANT, 7TH INFANTRY ..