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NAMBARIWA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. AUSTRALIAN SERVICE PERSONNEL EXAMINING ONE OF THE 400 ODD SLEEPING HUTS USED BY THE JAPANESE FORCES DURING THEIR OCCUPATION OF THE SIO AREA. WHEN THE AREA WAS ..

MOUNT PROTHERO AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. PERSONNEL OF THE 2/2ND PIONEER BATTALION WHO HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM A PATROL OF THE CANNING SADDLE AREA EXAMINE A JAPANESE MACHINE GUN CAPTURED IN AN ..

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

NAMBARIWA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. ONE OF THE MANY DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS FOUND IN THE SIO AREA AFTER THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS TOOK POSSESSION

DREGER, FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-19. 0729271 FIRST LIEUTENANT J.G. TULEY OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, EXAMINING THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF HIS DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT AFTER HIS PORT TYRE BLEW ..

CANNING'S SADDLE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. KITCHEN AND ADVANCED REGIMENTAL AID POST (HIDDEN BY TREES) OF THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION MANNED BY PERSONNEL OF THE 2/2ND PIONEER BATTALION

Mount Prothero Area, New Guinea. QX37870 Private S J Edmonds of B Company, 2/12th Battalion who was wounded during the action on Mount Prothero

Canning's Saddle, New Guinea. QX40335 Private Clarence Alfred Bishop of D Company, 2/12th Battalion who was wounded in action on Mount Prothero

CANNING'S SADDLE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. THE ADVANCED REGIMENTAL AID POST (FOREGROUND) AND THE KITCHEN OF THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION (BACKGROUND). THE REGIMENTAL AID POST IS MANNED BY PERSONNEL ..

TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-01-28. WX19840 PRIVATE M. HERBERT (LEFT) AND WX5348 CORPORAL A.W. GALLOWAY (RIGHT) OF THE 2/28TH INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO HAVE JUST RETURNED HOME FROM NEW ..

CANNING'S SADDLE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. TROOPS OF THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION SHELTERING FROM THE ENEMY IN THICK JUNGLE PAUSE FOR A WELL EARNED SMOKE

MOUNT PROTHERO, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. PERSONNEL OF THE 2/2ND PIONEER BATTALION RELAXING AFTER A PATROL OF THE MOUNT PROTHERO AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX81159 PRIVATE F.C. CHEAL (1); ..