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

OINYALIB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-15. PRIVATE R. THURGOOD (1), ACCOMPANIED BY SERGEANT E. MULLER (2), SINGING THE EVER POPULAR NUMBER "JEALOUSY". THE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY MEMBERS OF NO. 5 ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-18. PERSONNEL OF B COMPANY, 2/1 INFANTRY BATTALION, IN THEIR FOLDING BOAT EQUIPMENT MOVING TO THEIR BEACH CAMP AFTER PATROLLING THE JUNGLE AT YARABOS

ULEBILUM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-13. CAPTAIN TAIT OF THE SALVATION ARMY RED SHIELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND, ESTABLISHED A COFFEE STALL IN THE A COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION ..

MOLONEY'S RIDGE, WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-13. CORPORAL R.C. MUNSIE (1) AND PRIVATE B. COCHRANE (2), MEMBERS OF A COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, SORTING TOBACCO FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE COMPANY ..

ULEBILUM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-13. CAPTAIN TAIT OF THE SALVATION ARMY RED SHIELD (3), AT HIS COFFEE STAFF SERVING COFFEE TO PRIVATE F. MANSELL (1) AND PRIVATE A.R. WILLIAMS (2). THE MEN HAVE BEEN ..

SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-21. PRIVATE A. O'CONNOR, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION TAKING THE MAIL ALONG THE BUIN ROAD TO THE FIELD POST OFFICE WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER, FOUND THE GOING A LOT EASIER IN ..

MOLONEY'S RIDGE, WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-13. CORPORAL D.L. MCMASTER, A COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, WITH THREE DEAD JAPANESE OUTSIDE THEIR WEAPON-PIT. THE COMPANY CAPTURED THE RIDGE AFTER A ..

MOLONEY'S RIDGE, WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-13. SERGEANT S.J.A. SHIELDS, A COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, APPLYING ANTI-MITE SOLUTION TO HIS CLOTHES

MOLONEY'S RIDGE, WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-13. PRIVATE C.A. BROWN (1) AND CORPORAL G.R. CASEY (2), MEMBERS OF A COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, RELOAD THEIR BREN AND OWEN GUN MAGAZINES AFTER THE ..

MOLONEY'S RIDGE, WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-13. TROOPS OF NO. 13 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, CLEANING THEIR WEAPONS AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL ASSAULT AGAINST THE JAPANESE-HELD KUNAI ..

MOLONEY'S RIDGE, WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-13. CORPORAL G.R. CASEY, A COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO WAS CITED FOR OUTSTANDING BRAVERY DURING THE SIX HOURS SUCCESSFUL ATTACK AGAINST THE ..