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FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THIS SIGN AT THE APPROACH TO SATTELBERG IS 200 YARDS ABOVE THE POINT WHERE "B" COMPANY, 2/48TH INFANTRY ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. VX5104 MAJOR V.J. SCHOFIELD, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER II, LIAISON OFFICER OF THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS POINTS OUT FEATURES OF TERRAIN TO OBSERVERS ON ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. VX5104 MAJOR V.J. SCHOFIELD, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER II, LIAISION OFFICER OF THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS POINTS OUT FEATURES OF TERRAIN TO OBSERVERS ON ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THIS SIGN RECORDS CAPTURE OF THE 2,600 FEET FEATURE BY THE 2/24TH INFANTRY BATTALION. ON OCCUPATION OF ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. TWO OF THE MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THE SIGN TO THE LEFT RECORDS THE ACTIVITIES OF "B" COMPANY, 2/48TH INFANTRY BATTALION, ASSISTED BY ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. VIEWED SOUTH SOUTH EAST FROM FOUGASSE CORNER, PICTURING SISI VILLAGE TO THE LEFT, KUMAWA AND FINSCHHAFEN TO THE RIGHT IN THE BACKGROUND

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. JIVEVENANG, THE PIMPLE, COCONUT RIDGE, STEEPLE TREE AND FOUGASSE CORNER VIEWED FROM SATTELBERG AT 1400 HOURS

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1944-03-04. MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY HISTORY SECTION PICTURED ABOARD THE H.T. TAROONA ON ARRIVAL AT MILNE BAY FROM TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: NX191007 ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1944-03-04. TROOPS VIEWED THROUGH THE PORT HOLE OF A TROOPSHIP AS THEY EMBARK FROM MILNE BAY FROM HOME LEAVE TO AUSTRALIA

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. NX49049 WARRANT OFFICER II, C.B. HADAWAY, ALONGSIDE THE JIVEVENANG SIGN INDICATING THE TREE UNDER WHICH HEADQUARTERS, 2/17TH INFANTRY BATTALION, WAS ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-26. A LIGHT 25 POUNDER GUN OF NO. 8 BATTERY 2/4 AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT BEING HAULED ACROSS THE EVAPIA RIVER IN THE KESAWAI AREA

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. WHITE ROCK, COCONUT RIDGE, GREEN RIDGE, AND STEEPLE TREE, VIEWED FROM PIMPLE KNOLL