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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. THE ORIGINAL BUILDING USED AS A STATIC AMMUNITION STORE AT THE 103RD FIELD AMMUNITION DEPOT

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. A TRAFFIC SHED AT THE 43RD FIELD ORDNANCE DEPOT MEASURING 105 FEET BY 60 FEET, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED IN TEN DAYS BY EIGHT MEN AND FOUR NATIVES

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. OFFICERS AT THE 103RD FIELD AMMUNITION DEPOT. LEFT TO RIGHT: SX23116 LIEUTENANT (LT) A. B. MAY, 19TH ORDNANCE AMMUNITION COMPANY; V256742 LT A. ALLEN, 10TH ADVANCED ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. V4826 WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2 M. T. MCDONALD, AT G BRANCH, HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB-AREA, COLLECTING BUTTERFLIES, A FAVOURITE SPARE TIME HOBBY AMONG SOLDIERS IN NEW ..

To shove loads of supplies out of a RAAF Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft, widely known as the biscuit bomber, Private Ted Rowell of Sydney, NSW, lies on his back and doubles his legs behind ..

DUMPU, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-24. SOME OF THE BAKERS OF THE 4TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD BAKERY LEAVING THE BAKEHOUSE ON THEIR WAY TO THEIR QUARTERS

KATIKA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-31. NX65187 SIGNALMAN C. STRAHAN, B AUSTRALIAN CORPS SIGNALS, RECEIVING A MESSAGE FROM THE 188F, (UNITED STATES ARMY 191F), WIRELESS TRANSMITTER-RECEIVER. WHEN NOT IN ..

DUMPU, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-29. WIRELESS CONTROL ROOM, A SECTION, HEADQUARTERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. SHOWN ARE: NX5680 LIEUTENANT L. T. PHILLIPS, SECOND IN CHARGE, A SECTION (1); ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. MEMBERS OF THE 103RD FIELD AMMUNITION DEPOT FORMING NEW BUILDINGS AND STACKS OF AMMUNITION. THIS PICTURE INDICATES THE ORIGINAL STAGE OF THE STATIC DEPOT WHEN THE UNIT ..

KATIKA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-31. NX65187 SIGNALMAN C. STRAHAN, B AUSTRALIAN CORPS SIGNALS, REPLACING A FUSE IN A GENEMOTOR OR DYNAMOTOR OF THE 188F, (UNITED STATES ARMY 191F), WIRELESS ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. PERSONNEL OF THE RETURNED STORES AMMUNITION DEPOT, 103RD FIELD AMMUNITION DEPOT, AMONG DAMAGED AMMUNITION LEFT BEHIND BY THE ADVANCING 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. VX101368 STAFF SERGEANT F. STUART-BOYLE, STACKING AMMUNITION AT THE RETURNED STORES AMMUNITION DEPOT, 103RD FIELD AMMUNITION DEPOT. THE BACKGROUND TO THE PHOTOGRAPH ..