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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-26. TROOPS OF THE 13TH FIELD COMPANY HACKING A CLEARING FROM THE JUNGLE REGROWTH ON WUNUNG PLANTATION FOR THEIR NEW CAMP NEAR SWAN BEACH

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-26. AS A RESULT OF THE IRREPAIRABLE DAMAGE DONE TO THE MALAHANG MISSION CHURCH (LUTHERAN) DURING THE FIGHTING IN THE AREA, THIS NEW CHAPEL WAS BUILT AT THE INSTIGATION OF ..

WUNUNG PLANTATION, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-24. NX130454 LIEUTENANT S.G. HARMER, INSPECTING ORDNANCE OFFICER, 17TH ADVANCED AMMUNITION DEPOT (1) EXAMINING A 3.7" ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN SHELL ..

Group portrait of the Commanding Officer of the 18th Field Ambulance holding a conference in his tent with his second in charge and the Duty Medical Officer. Identified from left to right: NX113200 ..

MALMAL MISSION, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-24. TROOPS OF B COMPANY, 594TH ENGINEER BOAT AND SHORE REGIMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY ATTACHED TO THE 5TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION ENJOYING THEIR ROAST ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1944-11-21. MAJOR-GENERAL O. GRISWOLD, COMMANDING GENERAL, XIV CORPS, UNITED STATES ARMY TAKING THE SALUTE FROM MEMBERS OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE. WITH HIM ON THE DAIS IS ..

PALMALMAL PLANTATION, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-24. OFFICERS OF THE 17TH ADVANCED AMMUNITION DEPOT INSPECTING JAPANESE AMMUNITION ABANDONED IN THE AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX133035 CAPTAIN B.J. ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-26. CAPTAIN C. THOMPSON, SALVATION ARMY REPRESENTATIVE (1) AND S51573 PRIVATE K. STOTT (2) SETTING UP THE SALVATION ARMY RED SHIELD HUT FOR THE TROOPS OF THE ..

N217544 Signaller F Rigney (left) and NX139602 Corporal J E Broadhead (right), B Section, No 1 Company, 2nd Division Signals putting on their tree climbing irons in preparation for climbing the ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1944-11-21. MAJOR-GENERAL O. GRISWOLD, COMMANDING GENERAL, XIV CORPS, UNITED STATES ARMY (1) TAKING THE SALUTE FROM MEMBERS OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE. IDENTIFIED ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-26. PERSONNEL OF THE 2ND FIELD AMBULANCE, DISEMBARKING FROM THE LANDING BARGE WHICH BROUGHT THEM FROM THE DUTCH TROOPSHIP, "VAN HEUTSZ" TO SWAN BEACH. IDENTIFIED ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-26. TROOPS OF THE 16TH INFANTRY BATTALION, UNLOADING THE UNIT STORES AT SWAN BEACH (BARGE POINT NO. 22)