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Pilots of No. 457 (Grey Nurse) Squadron RAAF receive final instructions at the airstrip for their flight back to Australia. Of the fifteen aircraft which undertook the flight, ten arrived safely at ..

WONDECLA AREA, QLD. 1944-05-23. SERGEANT R.H.W. BEDDOME, MM., WHO RECEIVED HIS AWARD FOR SERVICE AT SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA

BULLDOG-WAU ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-23. WX11687 SAPPER W.D. THOMAS, LEFT (1) AND VX35449 SAPPER R.R. MCNAIR (2) OF THE 2/4TH FIELD SQUADRON WORKING ON A D4 BULLDOZER A THE 28 MILE CAMP

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-12-13. THE HEADQUARTER COMPANY COOKHOUSE, OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, SITUATED ON THE LEFT BANK OF THE LARUMA RIVER AS VIEWED FROM THE PIATERAPAIA ..

SINGAPORE, 1945-09. LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, SUPREME COMMANDER SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND, WITH QX6264 COLONEL W.E. LANGFORD OF TOOWOOMBA, QUEENSLAND, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-14/02. THE AK94 A VESSEL OF THE 12TH SMALL SHIPS COMPANY. THIS VESSEL WAS FORMERLY THE "ABEL TASMAN", A KETCH-RIGGED SCOW, BUILT IN TASMANIA IN 1942. SHE IS 98 ..

NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-15. NX23747 LIEUTENANT E.N.T. BEST, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE AB442 A VESSEL OF THE 12TH WATER TRANSPORT OPERATING COMPANY, SUPERVISING AN OVERHAUL OF ONE OF THE SHIPS ENGINES

WONDECLA AREA, QLD. 1944-05-23. PRIVATE L.C. ALLEN, MM., OF THE 2/5TH INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO RECEIVED HIS AWARD FOR OPERATIONS AT WAU, NEW GUINEA

N171670 PRIVATE J.P. O'CALLAGHAN (1) OF THE TROPIC PROOFING SECTION, 1ST BASE ORDNANCE DEPOT DIPPING GEAR WHEELS IN MELTED WAX PRIOR TO WRAPPING FOR SHIPMENT TO NEW GUINEA

MEMBERS OF THE 3RD BASE ORDNANCE DEPOT AT WILSON STREET, TROPIC PROOFING PACKAGES OF SPARE PARTS BY DIPPING THEM IN HOT WAX BEFORE DESPATCHING THEM TO NEW GUINEA. NOTE THE LABELS DENOTING CONTENTS ..

WONDECLA AREA, QLD. 1944-05-23. VX7516 LIEUTENANT C.K. CULLEN, MBE., OF THE 2/5TH INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO RECEIVED HIS AWARD FOR SERVICE IN NEW GUINEA

MEMBERS OF THE TROPIC PROOFING SECTION, 1ST BASE ORDNANCE DEPOT WRAPPING SPARE PARTS FOR SHIPMENT TO NEW GUINEA. LEFT TO RIGHT: VF511263 PRIVATE N. GRINTER, AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (1); ..