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NAMBARIWA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY OFFICER EXAMINING AN ACETYLENE SIGNAL LAMP WHICH WAS AMONG A LARGE QUANTITY OF STORES WHICH THE JAPANESE ABANDONED DURING THEIR RETREAT FROM ..

LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-10. LATHES AND OTHER MACHINERY USED AT THE 1ST WATERCRAFT WORKSHOPS, AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS FOR REFITTING SHIPS ENGINES. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- ..

ZENAG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-28. THE NO. 2 SECTION, 8TH TRANSPORT WORKSHOPS, LOCATED 59 MILES FROM WAU, SHOWING THE LATHE TO THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE, PLANER TO THE RIGHT, AND JEEPS UNDERGOING ..

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-04. TROOPS FROM TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, LEAVING IN TRUCKS AFTER DISEMBARKING AT LYALL WHARF

NAMBARIWA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. NX112720 MAJOR E.W. GREGORY, BRIGADE MAJOR, 8TH INFANTRY BRIGADE STUDYING A MAP OF SIO WHERE MEMBERS OF THE 8TH INFANTRY BRIGADE ARE PATROLLING

NAMBARIWA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN EXAMINING A LARGE CRATER WHICH WAS FORMED WHEN A STICK OF HEAVY BOMBS STRADDLED A JAPANESE DUMP IN THE SIO AREA

TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1944-01-28. TROOPS OF THE 2/28TH INFANTRY BATTALION, ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP "VAN HEUTSZ" IMPATIENTLY WAITING TO LAND IN AUSTRALIA ON THEIR RETURN HOME AFTER A LONG TOUR OF DUTY IN ..

TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-01-28. THE TROOPSHIP, "VAN HEUTSZ" PASSING THE BREAKWATER AS SHE COMES IN TO BERTH, WITH TROOPS OF THE 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE ABOARD. THIS UNIT HAS HAD MANY ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1944-03-27. THE CAMOUFLAGED COMMAND POST AT PAGA BATTERY, COAST ARTILLERY VIEWED FROM THE FRONT OF THE GUN FLOOR. THE BATTERY, EQUIPPED WITH A SEARCHLIGHT AND TWO SIX INCH ..

TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1944-01-28. PERSONNEL OF THE 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE PROCEEDING DOWN THE GANGWAY OF THE TROOPSHIP, "VAN HEUTSZ" ON THEIR RETURN TO AUSTRALIA FROM NEW GUINEA

KELANOA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. QX2381 PRIVATE S.G. GRAY (2) REGIMENTAL AID POST ORDERLY PAINTING GENTIAN VIOLET ON PATCHES OF TINEA ON THE BACK OF QX8109 CORPORAL V. ANDERSON, DCM, "A" COMPANY IN ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-24. THE GENERAL LAYOUT OF BUILDINGS AT HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB-AREA SHOWING THE REGIMENTAL AID POST TO THE LEFT, AND THE SIGNAL BRANCH LOCATED AMONG ADMINISTRATION ..