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LAE BASE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-01. VX26857 LIEUTENANT R.R. SMITH, COMMANDING NO. 2 PLATOON, 22ND WORKS COMPANY (1) SUPERVISING THE MOVING OF ANOTHER BED INTO THE UNIT HOSPITAL. AS THIS IS A B ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-04. THE TRANSIT SHED (RIGHT) AND "A" SUB DEPOT (LEFT) AT HEADQUARTERS, 2ND BASE SUPPLY DEPOT

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-08. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, CBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, ALIGHTING FROM HIS LOCKHEED LODESTAR AIRCRAFT ..

AITAPE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. PERSONNEL OF THE PIONEER PLATOON, 2/11TH INFANTRY BATTALION ASSISTING MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS TO BUILD BRIDGE NO. 22 ON THE AITAPE-DOGRETO ..

LAE BASE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. PERSONNEL OF THE 2/77TH LIGHT AID DETACHMENT WORKING IN THE GARDENS AROUND THEIR TENTS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX25395 CORPORAL R.W. CUMMINS (1); NX29222 ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-04. A GENERAL VIEW OF HEADQUARTERS, 2ND BASE SUPPLY DEPOT TAKEN FROM THE ENTRANCE. THE DEPOT AT PRESENT CONSISTS OF 16 STORAGE SHEDS AND ONE TRANSIT SHED

LAE BASE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. CRAFTSMAN J.I.M. SIM OF THE 2/77TH LIGHT AID DETACHMENT SPRAYING A JEEP WITH RUST INHIBITOR WATCHED BY DRIVER A. LUDKIN

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-04. THREE 1500 CUBIC FEET REFRIGERATION CHAMBERS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT HEADQUARTERS, 2ND BASE SUPPLY DEPOT

LAE BASE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. NX29395 CORPORAL R.W. CUMMINS (1) AND NX29222 CRAFTSMAN E.E. ROBERTS (2) OF THE 2/77TH LIGHT AID DETACHMENT WORKING ON A 25KVA ELECTRICITY GENERATING SET

BABIANG ROAD, AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. THIS 234 FEET HIGH-LEVEL BRIDGE ACROSS THE DRINIUMOR RIVER BUILT BY ENGINEERS OF NO. 7 PLATOON, 2/8TH FIELD COMPANY, IN TEN DAYS

BABIANG ROAD, AITAPE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. PERSONNEL OF NO. 7 PLATOON, 2/8TH FIELD COMPANY, WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 60-FOOT BRIDGE ACROSS A STREAM NEAR DRINIUMOR ON THE ..

LAE BASE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. VX85195 STAFF SERGEANT ATKINSON (1); AND WX4563 WARRANT OFFICER II, R.B. JOHNSON (2) BOOKING IN A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS AT THE 2/77TH LIGHT AID ..