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PURIATA RIVER, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-31. SMOKE BOMBS, DROPPED BY RAAF "BOOMERANG" AIRCRAFT BURSTING ON JAPANESE POSITIONS TO GIVE A "SIGHTER" TO THE ALLIED NAVAL FORCES BOMBARDING THE ENEMY ..

KAMALGAMAN ANCHORAGE, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-31. NEW GUINEA NATIVES DANCING AND SINGING DURING A SING-SING IN THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE COMPOUND

MIOS WUNDI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-15. ENGINEER LIEUTENANT J.D. DAVIDSON AND THE SHIP'S PARROT ABOARD THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL HMAS KIAMA

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-03. VX86703 SIGNALLER G. MITCHELL, 34TH WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY SECTION (HEAVY) OPERATING A MOBILE RADIO STATION FROM A JEEP DURING TESTS CARRIED OUT BY THE 19TH LINES OF ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-03. QX39369 CORPORAL G.C. FINDLAY (1) AND NX140638 SIGNALLER J.H. BULL (2), 34TH WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY SECTION (HEAVY) WORKING ON THE SETTING UP OF A MOBILE RADIO STATION FOR ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-03. A JEEP TRAILER OF THE 34TH WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY SECTION (HEAVY) LADEN WITH A 5KVA-240 VOLT-50 A, HOWARD MOTOR, PETROL, OIL AND REPAIR KITS. ALL THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR ..

AT SEA 1944-12-30 - 1945-01-01. TELEGRAPHIST C.D. MANN, RADIO OPERATOR, ABOARD THE RAN VESSEL, ML802 RECEIVING AN URGENT MESSAGE FROM THE RAN PORT DIRECTORATE AT JACQUINOT BAY TO PROCEED TO CUTARP ..

MIOS WUNDI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-15. THE BRIDGE AND MAST OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL HMAS KIAMA AS SEEN FROM THE FORECASTLE

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-03. A JEEP TRAILER OF THE 34TH WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY SECTION (HEAVY) LOADED WITH A SMALL 5KVA-240 A, HOWARD MOTOR OF THE MOBILE RADIO STATION OF THE 19TH LINES OF ..

MIOS WUNDI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-15. THE OFFICER OF THE WATCH ABOARD THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL HMAS KIAMA

AT SEA. 1944-12-30 - 1945-01-01. RAN RATINGS TAKE AN INJURED SOLDIER WX10863 CRAFTSMAN R. FERNIHOUGH, 2/137TH ARMY WORKSHOPS, ABOARD THE RAN VESSEL, ML802 IN THE DRIZZLING RAIN OFF CUTARP ..

MIOS WUNDI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-15. A QUARTER STERN VIEW OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL HMAS KIAMA