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FAITA, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-07. MEMBERS OF THE 2/2ND COMMANDO SQUADRON CROSSING A SWING BRIDGE IN THE UNIT HEADQUARTERS AREA. PICTURED HERE ARE: SIGNALMAN H. J. BICKERTON OF TRARALGON, ..

FAITA, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-07. NX120232 TROOPER F. J. JANVRIN OF PADDINGTON, NSW, A MEMBER OF 1 SECTION A TROOP NO. 1 SECTION, A TROOP, 2/2ND COMMANDO SQUADRON

FAITA, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-07. NX122323 TROOPER L. C. E. COLLINS OF WOOLOOMOOLOO, NSW, A MEMBER OF NO. 1 SECTION, A TROOP, 2/2ND COMMANDO SQUADRON

FAITA, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-07. VX55541 CORPORAL G. B. KENNEDY OF EAST BRUNSWICK, VIC, ORDERLY ROOM CORPORAL AND ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE UNIT, 2/2ND COMMANDO SQUADRON

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-03. PERSONNEL OF C COMPANY, 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION, 18TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE AIRSTRIP FROM PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: PRIVATE ..

FAITA, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-07. NX70537 MAJOR G. G. LAIDLAW, DSO. OF BONDI, NSW, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/2ND COMMANDO SQUADRON. MAJOR LAIDLAW WAS A SURF SWIMMING CHAMPION AT BONDI LIFE ..

KIRIWINA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02. A GROUND CREW OF NO 76 SQUADRON, RAAF, TAKE SHELTER FROM A SUDDEN TROPICAL DOWNPOUR UNDER A P40, KITTYHAWK, WHICH THEY WERE SERVICING

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-04-11. CORVETTE HMAS PIRIE AFTER A JAPANESE AIR ATTACK

Group portrait of Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) Officers at German New Guinea. Back row (in background), left to right: Gunner Young RAN; unidentified native; ..

Father Gerard Peekel, a Catholic priest and five nuns, Sisters M Brigitta, M Aquilina, M Arkadia, M Gustava and M Aggesta on board HMAS Swan en route to Rabaul. They were taken prisoner of war ..

KOKODA AIRSTRIP, PAPUA. A STINSON AMBULANCE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS USED FOR THE EVACUATION OF CASUALTIES. SOME TRIPS WERE ALSO MADE FROM NEARBY MYOLA

KOKODA AIRSTRIP, PAPUA. CASUALTY EVACUATION BY STINSON AMBULANCE AIRCRAFT. THE LOAD WAS ONE SITTING AND ONE LYING PATIENT