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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-14. VX27 MAJOR-GENERAL A.H. RAMSAY, CBE, DSO, ED, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 5TH DIVISION, BEING FERRIED ASHORE BY NATIVES IN THEIR LAKATOI ON HIS ARRIVAL IN ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-10. TROOPS OF THE 5TH SUB AREA ENJOY A GAME OF "TWO-UP" ON THE WHARF WHILE AWAITING TO EMBARK ABOARD THE AMERICAN LIBERTY SHIP "J.STERLING MORTON" FOR JACQUINOT BAY

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-18. NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE 18TH FIELD AMBULANCE ENJOYING THEIR MORNING TEA THEIR AIRY AND WELL KEPT MESS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SERGEANT J. MALYON (1); LANCE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-18. PERSONNEL OF THE 18TH FIELD AMBULANCE RELAXING IN THEIR RECREATION HUT. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- CORPORAL T.W. PETERS (1); LANCE CORPORAL J. MARMONT (2); PRIVATE L. ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-12. A SECTION OF THE MORTAR PLATOON, 14/32ND INFANTRY BATTALION, AT THE 1ST NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION PERIMETER NEAR THE MARAU PLANTATION

MORESBY AREA, PAPUA. 1944-11-23. VF515041 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL C.H. WEDGEWOOD, DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH (ANTHROPOLOGY), LAND HEADQUARTERS, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES, WITH NATIVE CHILDREN

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-18. NX102755 LIEUTENANT J.C. SELWOOD, TRANSPORT OFFICER, 18TH FIELD AMBULANCE (2) SUPERVISING THE SERVICING OF A UNIT AMBULANCE BY PRIVATE J.W. ELLIOTT (1) AND PRIVATE K.C. ..

Outdoor group portrait of officers of the 18th Field Ambulance on the lawn in front of their mess. Identified from left to right: QX45903 Captain (Capt) Thomas Russell Neville; WX31556 Capt Harry ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-10. MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE AMERICAN LIBERTY SHIP "J.STERLING MORTON" WHICH IS TO TRANSPORT TROOPS OF THE 5TH BASE SUB AREA FROM LAE TO JACQUINOT BAY

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-10. TROOPS OF THE 5TH SUB AREA EMBARKING ABOARD THE AMERICAN LIBERTY SHIP "J.STERLING MORTON" FOR JACQUINOT BAY

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-10. TROOPS OF THE 5TH SUB AREA EMBARKING ABOARD THE AMERICAN LIBERTY SHIP, "J.STERLING MORTON" FOR JACQUINOT BAY

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-12. LANDING BARGES, LOADED WITH FUEL, DRAWING UP AT THE LANDING POINT OF THE 5TH BASE SUB AREA