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WANDOKAI BEACH NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-31. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN A SECTION OF AN AMMUNITION DUMP ABANDONED BY THE JAPANESE FORCES NEAR THE BEACH

YOGE RIVER AREA, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-18. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, CLIMBING A STEEP RIDGE DURING ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-21. MECHANICS OF THE 53RD AUSTRALIAN FIELD PARK COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, LOWERING A RECONDITIONED MOTOR INTO A D4 TRACTOR WITH ..

Fitters of the 53rd Australian Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers, 7th Australian Division working in the unit blacksmith shop NX21178 Sapper (Spr) F Johnson (left) and QX16907 Spr E ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-21. VX118322 SAPPER J. LEBNER (LEFT) AND VX84648 LANCE CORPORAL R. G. PEDDERSEN BOTH OF THE 53RD AUSTRALIAN FIELD PARK COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, 7TH ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-21. NX48515 CORPORAL A. W. HARRISON OF NO. 4 PLATOON, 2/5TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, CLEANING SILT FROM A CULVERT BUILT BY THE UNIT

BEBEI, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-21. VX69798 SAPPER A. F. TETLEY OF NO. 8 PLATOON, 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, USING A BROAD AXE TO SQUARE LOGS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-21. PERSONNEL OUTSIDE THE PLATOON AREA WORKSHOP OF THE 53RD AUSTRALIAN FIELD PARK COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. SHOWN ARE: VX131755 ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-21. CARPENTERS OF THE 53RD AUSTRALIAN FIELD PARK COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW UNIT HUT. THEY ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-21. QX13820 PRIVATE E. LIGHTBODY, COOK, HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION OPERATING AN OIL AND WATER DRIP CONSTRUCTED FROM EMPTY 25 ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-21. VX118331 SAPPER G. R. WEYMES OF THE 53RD AUSTRALIAN FIELD PARK COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, ARC WELDING A STEEL POST

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-21. QX55419 SAPPER M. F. HOURIGAN OF THE 53RD AUSTRALIAN FIELD PARK COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, TESTING A RAFT INFLATION BLADDER ..