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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-18. THREE PATROL OFFICERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT RELAXING IN THEIR HUT AT THE MALMAL VILLAGE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX154774 ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-27. LULUAIS OR NATIVE HEADMEN. THESE MEN ARE THE HEREDITARY LEADERS OF THE VILLAGES. IN THIS VILLAGE, BUTIBUM, THEY ARE ALL OLD MEN WHO HAVE ON THEIR BODIES SCARS WHICH ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-18. WX21 MAJOR J.A. MAITLAND, SECOND IN CHARGE, 19TH INFANTRY BATTALION

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1944-11-13. A NEW TYPE OF FLAME THROWER FITTED TO A GENERAL SHERMAN M4A3 MEDIUM TANK BEING DEMONSTRATED TO AUSTRALIAN AND ALLIED OFFICERS AT HEADQUARTERS, 3RD AUSTRALIAN ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-27. AN OFFICER OF THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ACTING AS MAGISTRATE AFTER SETTING UP COURT IN BUTIBUM VILLAGE TO TRY A NATIVE OFFENDER. THIS VILLAGE WAS ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1944-11-17. STAFF SERGEANT W. COSSTICK (1) AND VX83213 CRAFTSMAN C.H. EVANS (2) 4TH FIELD REGIMENT, CARRYING OUT MAINTENANCE ON A 25 POUNDER GUN

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1944-11-17. WX2773 SAPPER MCKINNON (1) AND WX15927 LANCE CORPORAL N.M. TRELOAR, 2/2ND FORESTRY COMPANY, USING A CROSSCUT SAW TO FELL A LARGE TREE

BUTIBUM, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-27. NX95472 LIEUTENANT F.S. WOOD, CINE PHOTOGRAPHER, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION AND A COMPANION CROSSING THE FAST FLOWING BUSU RIVER IN ORDER TO GET TO THE BUTIBUM ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-27. WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF BUTIBUM VILLAGE HAVING THEIR PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY HISTORY SECTION. THIS VILLAGE HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE AUSTRALIAN NEW ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-18. OFFICERS OF THE UNIT IN THEIR JEEP AT THE 8TH MOVEMENT CONTROL GROUP (JACQUINOT BAY DETACHMENT) PALMALMAL PLANTATION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: QX6004 ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1944-11-13. AN AMERICAN BARGE UNLOADING AT NO.4 BEACH ON THE BOUGAINVILLE PERIMETER WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY HEADQUARTERS, 3RD DIVISION

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-27. NX95472 LIEUTENANT F.S. WOOD, PHOTOGRAPHER, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOME OF THE NATIVE INHABITANTS OF BUTIBUM VILLAGE. THIS VILLAGE HAS BEEN ..