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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-24. THE VEHICLE ENTRANCE TO HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB-AREA SHOWING THE TRANSPORT OFFICE, CAR PARK, AND THE REGIMENTAL AID POST. (JOINS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS NUMBERED 71668 TO ..

WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. A NARROW JEEP ROAD AROUND THE SIDE OF A HILL ABOUT 71 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE SECTION. THIS PICTURE INDICATES HOW TIMBER HAS BEEN CLEARED TO ENABLE THE ROAD ..

LABU POINT, LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-24. NX67984 SERGEANT R. J. HUDSON (1), NX65860 CRAFTSMAN (CFN) J. D. MITCHELL (2); AND QX31258 CFN C. R. NOUD (3), WORKSHOP CARPENTERS OF THE 1ST WATERCRAFT ..

WASU, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-25. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR LEAVING WASU FOR THE AS27 WATER TRANSPORT BOAT IN THE BACKGROUND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: WX8342 LIEUTENANT H. E. READ, PAPUAN ..

WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. A JEEP PICTURED IN DIFFICULTIES ABOUT 66 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTION. SOME JEEPS CARRYING ABOUT A TON WEIGHT OF NATIVE RATIONS RECEIVE TROUBLE AT ..

ZENAG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-27. NX76577 CAPTAIN N.F. HATCHER (1), OF NO. 4 PLATOON, 2/1ST MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WITH NATIVE WORKERS 53 MILES FROM WAU. THIS WIDE ..

GABENSIS, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. STUMP GRUBBING WITH A BULLDOZER ALONG A RAIN FOREST SECTION OF THE WAU - LAE ROAD. NATIVES IN THE BACKGROUND ARE PICTURED BURNING OUT STUMPS

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1944-03-24. Q271046 PRIVATE C.E. BESS (1), QX54630 PRIVATE J.W. MILES (2) AND Q144463 PRIVATE J. LENTELL (3), POSING FOR A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FOR V93667 CAPTAIN G.H. ALLEN, A ..

WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-10. AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVES CLEARING A STRETCH OF JUNGLE 85 MILES FROM WAU

KELANOA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-04. 417 SERGEANT WILLIAM MATPI, A MEMBER OF "A" COMPANY, 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION, PICTURED LIGHTING HIS PIPE WITH A PIECE OF WOOD FROM THE FIRE. MATPI, WHO COMES ..

WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-26. SLIPPERY SHALE AND EARTH ROADWAY AFTER RAIN AT THE UPGRADE FROM SUNSHINE, 31 MILES FROM WAU. ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET BELOW THE ROAD SURFACE AND TO THE RIGHT OF ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1944-03-27. THE ANTI-SUBMARINE BOOM VIEWED FROM NO. 13 DIRECTOR PEDESTAL AT PAGA BATTERY, COAST ARTILLERY INDICATING MEASURES TO PROTECT PORT MORESBY HARBOUR