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PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-28. VX80 LIEUTENANT COLONEL H. K. OXLEY, OBE, GSO I (STAFF DUTIES) ADVANCED LAND HEADQUARTERS, NEW GUINEA FORCE

SATTELBERG, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-29. TROOPS OF A COMPANY, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ENJOYING THEIR LUNCH. THE BOMBED BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE LUTHERAN CHURCH, AND THE FIGURE AT ..

KUMBARUM, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-14. MAJOR GENERAL J. S. LETHBRIDGE CBE MC (1), LEADER OF THE BRITISH MILITARY MISSION TO AUSTRALIA, AND NX3 BRIGADIER K. W. EATHER, CBE DSO ED (2), ENJOYING A CUP OF ..

HOLLYWOOD, WA. 1943-12-09. GUINEA PIGS USED RESEARCH WORK IN THE PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT THE 110TH AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HOSPITAL

KUMBARUM, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-14. COLONEL DURWAARE, LIAISON OFFICER, REPRESENTING THE COMBINED CHIEF OF STAFF

KUMBARUM, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-30. VX22049 SIGNALMAN K. J. FARRELL OF FITZROY, VIC (LEFT); NX131569 SIGNALMAN K. MCCLINCHEY OF MANLY, NSW (CENTRE) AND VX35484 SIGNALMAN G. M. WAYTH OF CASTLEMAINE, ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-06. QX4260 LIEUTENANT W. J. LYDDY, OFFICER COMMANDING, 18TH AUSTRALIAN ANTI-MALARIAL CONTROL UNIT, INSPECTING WATER IN A WHEEL TRACK FOR THE ANOPHELES LARVAE

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-06. ONE OF THE MANY SIGNPOSTS ERECTED AT THE DUMPU AIRTRIP, RAMU VALLEY, BY THE 18TH AUSTRALIAN ANTI-MALARIAL CONTROL UNIT IN AN EFFORT TO IMPRESS ON THE TROOPS THE ..

KUMBARUM, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-30. TROOPS OF D COMPANY, 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, RETURNING FROM THE FORWARD AREAS IN THE FINISTERRE RANGES

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-06. QX54520 CORPORAL D. B. ABERDEEN OF THE 18TH AUSTRALIAN ANTI-MALARIAL CONTROL UNIT GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO A TEAM OF NATIVE BOYS BEFORE THEY SET OUT TO SPRAY THE ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-06. ONE OF THE MANY SIGNPOSTS ERECTED AT THE DUMPU AIRSTRIP, RAMU VALLEY, BY THE 18TH AUSTRALIAN ANTI-MALARIAL CONTROL UNIT IN AN EFFORT TO IMPRESS ON THE TROOPS THE ..

KUMBARUM, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-30. QX6067 LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. T. LANG, MC, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION