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LAE BASE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-29. A SECTION OF THE CAMP AREA OF THE 1 FORTRESS SIGNALS SECTION SHOWING THE "PALM LODGE CABARET" THE UNIT RECREATION HUT IN THE RIGHT FOREGROUND

MALAHANG BEACH, LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-31. A SECTION OF THE LARGE CROWD WATCHING THE CHRISTMAS SURF CARNIVAL ORGANISED BY NX26061. CAPTAIN R.W. DIBBEN, DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ORDNANCE ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-25. OFFICERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITAURY FORCES AND THE RAAF GIVING A FINAL CHECK TO A "STOREPEDO" CONTAINING AN AUSTER AIRCRAFT PROPELLER WHICH IS TO BE DROPPED BY A ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-30. SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE WYSHAM, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, AND A GROUP OF JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR TO WHOM HE HAS JUST GIVEN PARCELS OF COMFORTS

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-30. SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE WYSHAM, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, ISSUING COMFORTS TO JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR AT THE MILITARY POLICE BARRACKS

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-25. GROUND STAFF PERSONNEL OF NO.5 TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON RAAF, FITTING A "STOREPEDO" CONTAINING AN AUSTER AIRCRAFT PROPELLER TO THE BOMB RACKS OF A ..

TORINKA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-28. PERSONNEL OF THE 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE SIGNALS SECTION HAVING A CUP OF TEA AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL ON THE ISLAND ON THE MV "DUNTROON". IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ..

TORINKA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-28. A SECTION OF THE CAMP AREA OF HEADQUARTERS, 3RD DIVISION

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-25. TROOPS OF THE 61ST INFANTRY BATTALION BEING SERVED THEIR CHRISTMAS DINNER BY THE OFFICERS OF THE UNIT IN THE TRADITIONAL MANNER. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- Q107916 ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-30. TWO JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR INTERESTEDLY READING THE CARD ISSUED TO THEM BY THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE GIVING THEM A PARCEL OF COMFORTS. ..

Australian troops relaxing in the Australian Red Cross Society Rest Hut at the 2/7th Australian General Hospital. Identified personnel, from left to right are: NX140976 Corporal Laurance Kendall ..

LAE BASE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-24. PATIENTS OF THE 2/7TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL SHOWING SAMPLES OF THEIR WORK WHICH THEY EXHIBITED AT THE UNIT ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION. THIS EXHIBITION ..