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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. A FIELD STACK OF AMMUNITION AT THE 103RD FIELD AMMUNITION DEPOT. A NEW AND PERMANENT STOREHOUSE IS BEING ERECTED IN THE FOREGROUND

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. OFFICERS OF HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB-AREA. LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW: NX100969 LIEUTENANT (LT) F. P. LOCKE; SX14196 CHAPLAIN C. N. SWAN; VX63229 CAPTAIN (CAPT) A. W. ..

DUMPU, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-29. SIGNAL OFFICE, HEADQUARTERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. SHOWN ARE: QX4618 SERGEANT L. C. BROWN (1); VX34654 LANCE CORPORAL D. FISHER (2); VX21895 SIGNALMAN ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. QX6210 CAPTAIN L. B. SCHUBERT (LEFT), WITH QX59038 CAPTAIN J. E. T. WHARTON (RIGHT), MEMBERS OF THE 39TH SUPPLY DEPOT COMPANY, ALONGSIDE BULK STORES OF 40,000 CASES OF ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. OFFICES AND STORE ROOMS WITHIN THE AREA OF THE 43RD FIELD ORDNANCE DEPOT

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-30. BAKERS OF THE 8TH FIELD BAKING PLATOON "RUNNING" (PLACING THE BREAD IN THE OVENS) AT THE BAKEHOUSE. LEFT TO RIGHT: VX147395 PRIVATE (PTE) E. V. BOYD; V39233 PTE K. A. ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. POWRIE ROAD PASSING THROUGH THE MAIN BULK STORES AT THE 39TH SUPPLY DEPOT COMPANY. THE ROAD COMMEMORATES THE NAME OF A MEMBER OF THE UNIT WHO DIED ON SERVICE

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-16. REAR VIEW OF THE (SEARCHLIGHT CONTROL) SITE TESTING EQUIPMENT AT THE HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN SITE H.8, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS FROM LEFT ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. CORRECTLY STACKED AMMUNITION IN ONE OF THE STOREHOUSE AT THE 103RD FIELD AMMUNITION DEPOT. THIS STOREHOUSE WILL BE REPLACED BY A PERMANENT STRUCTURE OF SAWN TIMBER WITH ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. MEMBERS OF THE 39TH SUPPLY DEPOT COMPANY ENGAGED IN STACKING 18,000 BAGS OF RICE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF VX31344 WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2 A. G. STRACHAN (4). THE BULK ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-30. THE DUTY ROOM, OFFICERS' MESS, AND OTHER QUARTERS AT THE 151ST GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY. THE THICK, ALMOST IMPENETRABLE JUNGLE WAS CLEARED BY MANUAL LABOUR. VX80911 ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-30. VX25511 PRIVATE S. MCINTOSH (LEFT), WITH VX122495 PRIVATE G. A. SHARP (RIGHT), STACKING BREAD AT THE 8TH FIELD BAKING PLATOON FOR FUTURE ISSUE TO ARMY PERSONNEL