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LANGEMAK BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-05. THE LAUNCH JETTY AT LANGEMAK BAY

HUON PENINSULA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-05. A NEW AIRSTRIP BUILT AT AN ADVANCED POINT IN HEAVILY WOODED COUNTRY ON THE COAST

WAREO, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-09. OFFICERS AND MEN OF A COMPANY, 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, PHOTOGRAPHED IN FRONT OF THE BOMB SHATTERED MISSION BUILDINGS. SHOWN ARE: VX58466 PRIVATE F. E. ..

WAREO, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-09. TROOPS OF THE 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION DIGGING IN AFTER THE CAPTURE OF THE AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: VX51630 PRIVATE J. R. MELROSE (1) VX45759 ..

HUON PENINSULA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-05. A NEW AIRSTRIP BUILT AT AN ADVANCED POINT IN HEAVY WOODED COUNTRY ON THE COAST

PEAK HILL, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-10. POSITION OCCUPIED BY THE 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AT THE APPROACHES TO PEAK HILL. THIS WELL FORTIFIED POSITION TOOK 5 DAYS TO SOFTEN UP AND CAPTURE

KOKODA TRAIL, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-19. MEN OF THE 2/9TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING TO THE "FRONT LINE" DURING THE FILMING OF SEQUENCES OF THE "RATS OF TOBRUK" BY CHAUVEL'S PRODUCTIONS

UBERI, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-19. QX611 SERGEANT ROXBOROUGH (1) QX10781 PRIVATE SCHNEIDER (2) AND QX2283 SERGEANT T. R. TELFORD (3); ALL OF THE 2/9TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, PLAYING THE PART OF ..

WAREO, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12. OFFICERS OF THE 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, GROUPED AROUND THE VICTORY FLAG. THIS FLAG WAS PREVIOUSLY RAISED OVER KOKODA, BUNA AND SATTELBERG. IDENTIFIED ..

KOKODA TRAIL, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-19. CAMERAMEN OF CHAUVEL'S PRODUCTIONS, TROOPS OF THE 2/9TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AND NATIVES MOVING FROM UBERI TO OWERS' CORNER IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-05. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AREA WHERE THE HEAVIEST FIGHTING OCCURRED PRIOR TO ITS CAPTURE BY THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS

VX117252 CAPTAIN G. H. NICHOLSON, OFFICER COMMANDING, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, ATTACHED HEADQUARTERS, NEW GUINEA FORCE, FILMING VISTAS FOR THE PRODUCTION, "RATS OF TOBRUK" FROM THE OWERS' CORNER ..