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MALMAL MISSION, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-22. A SECTION OF THE HEAVY JUNGLE GROWTH SURROUNDING THE MISSION WHERE THE 231ST LIGHT AID DETACHMENT ATTACHED 5TH DIVISION ESTABLISHED THEIR CAMP. IDENTIFIED ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-30. QX37473 STAFF SERGEANT R.C. KEATES, 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION ERECTING A CROSS OVER THE GRAVE OF ONE OF HIS COMPANIONS, QX59372 PRIVATE E.C.H. STEPHSON WHO WAS KILLED ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-31. NATIVES ASSISTING SX30475 PRIVATE L.H. WRAY, 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION, BACK TO THE ARTILLERY HILL REGIMENTAL AID POST DURING THE AUSTRALIAN ATTACK ON JAPANESE ..

KAMALGAMAN ANCHORAGE, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-23. NIGATAMI, THE SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABULARY, NEW BRITAIN DISTRICT. THIS NATIVE HAS HAD MORE THAN 20 YEARS SERVICE ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-30. A TEMPORARY CAMP OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION ON THE BATTLE SCARRED SLOPES OF ARTILLERY HILL

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-31. Q22061 SERGEANT O.W. WREN, 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION WHO WAS WOUNDED DURING THE AUSTRALIAN ATTACK ON JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE PIATERAPAIA SECTOR, RECEIVING A BLOOD ..

KAMALGAMAN ANCHORAGE, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-23. NATIVE HOUSEBOYS OUTSIDE THE MESS AT HEADQUARTERS, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, NEW BRITAIN DISTRICT

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-31. A SECTION OF THE REAR OF ARTILLERY HILL DURING THE AUSTRALIAN ATTACK ON JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE PIATERAPAIA SECTOR

KAMALGAMAN ANCHORAGE, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-23. PX170 MAJOR A.A. ROBERTS, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT DISTRICT OFFICER (7) AND HIS STAFF OUTSIDE THE UNIT OFFICE AT ..

KAMALGAMAN ANCHORAGE, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-23. THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 5TH DIVISION AND THE OFFICIAL PARTY OUTSIDE THE MESS AT HEADQUARTERS, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-31. NATIVE STRETCHER BEARERS CARRYING Q136290 PRIVATE H.T. PALMER C COMPANY, 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION DOWN THE ARTILLERY HILL TRACK DURING THE AUSTRALIAN ATTACK ON ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-31. PRIVATE HARRIS, REGIMENTAL AID POST ORDERLY, SUPERVISING NATIVE STRETCHER BEARERS AS THEY CARRY N130284 PRIVATE KERWICK ACROSS THE LARUMA RIVER DURING THE ATTACK ON ..