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BOIKEN, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-15. LANCE CORPORAL M.B. MCDONALD (1) AND SERGEANT AMOUR, 2/7 COMMANDO SQUADRON (2), FITTING THE GUN SECTION OF A FLAME-THROWER TOGETHER AT 2/6 CAVALRY (COMMANDO) ..

BOIKEN, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-15. LIEUTENANT J.J. GARRICK, 2/6 CAVALRY (COMMANDO) REGIMENT (1), PLACING A TABLET IN THE MOUTH OF TROOPER G.E. MARTIN (2), DURING THE "ATEBRIN" PARADE

BOIKEN, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-15. A CARRIER PIGEON CARRYING A MESSAGE THAT SICK PATIENTS OF 2/6 CAVALRY (COMMANDO) REGIMENT, ARE BEING BROUGHT TO CAPE WOM BY LAUNCH IS RELEASED BY A MEMBER OF THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-18. A JAPANESE PRIME MOVER, USED FOR TOWING ARTILLERY PIECES THREE WEEKS AGO, WHICH WAS CAPTURED AT MAMAGOTA JUNCTION AND OVERHAULED BY 312 LIGHT AID DETACHMENT. IT IS NOW ..

BOIKEN, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-15. TROOPER L. W. SHERRINGHAM (1), AND TX5600 CORPORAL JOHN MATTHEW CORBETT (SERVED UNDER THE ALIAS EDWIN HOWARD LUKES) (2), MEMBERS OF 2/10 CAVALRY (COMMANDO) REGIMENT ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-18. MEMBERS OF A JUNGLE PATROL FROM B COMPANY, 2/1 INFANTRY BATTALION ARRIVING AT THE BEACH CAMP FROM YARABOS FOR A FEW DAYS WELL-EARNED REST

OINYALIB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-15. NATIVES OF 2 NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION WATCHING VX104911 CORPORAL JAMES RICHARD. WHITBOURNE (1), ENTERTAINING WITH SOME CLEVER JUGGLING DURING A CONCERT ..

BOIKEN, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-15. SERGEANT L.T. LEES, 2/6 CAVALRY (COMMANDO) REGIMENT (2), INSTRUCTING TROOPS IN THE USE OF A FLAME-THROWER

MOLONEY'S RIDGE, WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-13. PRIVATE P. FLOOD (1), AND CORPORAL L. PEUT (2), MEMBERS OF A COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, SETTING UP THEIR TEND AND QUARTERS AFTER CONSOLIDATING ..

BOIKEN, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-15. SICK MEMBERS OF 2/6 CAVALRY (COMMANDO) REGIMENT BEING TRANSFERRED TO A MOTOR LAUNCH WHICH WILL TAKE THEM TO CAPE WOM

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-18. MEMBERS OF 2/22 FIELD PARK COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, AND A PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVES ARRIVING BY MOTOR LAUNCH AT ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-18. THE BANK OF THE URFIP CREEK VIEWED FROM A BOAT CARRYING 104 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION AND 2/22 FIELD PARK COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, PERSONNEL. NOTE ..