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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-24. LEADING SEAMAN WRIGHT (1) AND ABLE SEAMAN CONWAY (2) ABOARD THE ML802 FIRING THEIR 2 POUNDER AT THE OLD LCM (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) WHICH IS BEING USED AS ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-27. MEMBERS OF THE BALLET DOING A ROUTINE DURING A CONCERT STAGED BY THE 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION PLAYERS AT THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS. IDENTIFIED ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-26. SOME OF THE INDIAN ARMY PERSONNEL WHO WERE PRISONERS OF WAR IN JAPANESE HANDS AND WERE RESCUED FROM THE KEITA AREA BY MEMBERS OF THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE ..

PEARL RIDGE AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-30. PERSONNEL OF THE SOLOMON'S DETACHMENT, 12TH AIR MAINTENANCE PLATOON (TS), 4TH BASE SUB AREA, DROPPING SUPPLIES FROM ONE OF THEIR AIRCRAFT TO ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-24. A SAPPER OF THE 17TH FIELD COMPANY, USING A TRACTOR TO HAUL LOGS OUT OF THE WATER NEAR THE SITE OF THE NEW 300 FOOT WHARF WHICH THE UNIT IS BUILDING ON THE ..

SAMPUN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-27. LCM'S (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) OF THE 594TH ENGINEER BOAT AND SHORE REGIMENT, "B" COMPANY, UNITED STATES ARMY WITH TROOPS OF THE 14/32ND AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-24. TROOPS OF THE 17TH FIELD COMPANY, SAWING AND BOLTING TOGETHER TIMBER TO FORM THE HEADSTOCK FOR THE STRINGERS OF THE NEW 300 FOOT WHARF WHICH THEY ARE ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-27. A QUARTET SINGING POPULAR SONGS DURING A CONCERT STAGED BY THE 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION PLAYERS AT THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-27. VX13 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, ED, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS THANKING MEMBERS OF THE 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-30. PERSONNEL OF THE SOLOMON'S DETACHMENT, 12TH AIR MAINTENANCE PLATOON (TS), 4TH BASE SUB AREA, LOADING SUPPLIES INTO AN AIRCRAFT FOR DROPPING TO THE TROOPS ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-26. VX38969 MAJOR-GENERAL W. BRIDGEFORD, CBE, MC, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 3RD DIVISION (3) ACCOMPANIED BY SX1433 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL D.W. BRUMMITT, COMMANDING ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-26. VX38969 MAJOR-GENERAL W. BRIDGEFORD, CBE, MC, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 3RD DIVISION (2) ACCOMPANIED BY VX24235 BRIGADIER H.H. HAMMER, DSO, COMMANDING OFFICER, ..