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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-31. WARRANT OFFICER 2 W.W. BROWN, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (1), LINING UP NATIVES OF THE SIWAI TRIBE. THESE NATIVES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM JAPANESE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-08. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (2), IN A JEEP DURING HIS VISIT TO 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE, 3 DIVISION

BORAM AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-07. MEMBERS OF 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION TAKING SHOWERS FROM A MOBILE SHOWER UNIT. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE L.G. DAVIDSON (1); SERGEANT H.M. PEARN (2); ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-05-31. A FIGHTING RECONNAISSANCE PATROL OF A COMPANY, 47 INFANTRY BATTALION, UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT J.M. WOODHEAD (1), CROSSING THE BONARA RIVER TO INVESTIGATE A NATIVE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-14. PANORAMA OF THE HOSPITAL AREA, 2/7 GENERAL HOSPITAL

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-31. THE NATIVE LABOUR CAMP AT MIHERU CONTROLLED BY AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT. THE NATIVE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM JAPANESE TERRITORY AND ARE NOW BEING ..

SORAKEN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-16. CAPTAIN W. KENNEDY, OFFICER COMMANDING 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE SIGNALS (2), LIEUTENANT W.R. THOMPSON, GUARD PLATOON, 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE (1) AND NATIVES GETTING ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-07. CORPORAL E.J. PAYNE, 2/3 FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, HAMMERING THE LAST STEEL PEG INTO THE GROUND TO HOLD THE BASE PLATE OF THE GUN IN POSITION, ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-07. LANCE-CORPORAL D.W. HOWARD, 2/3 FIELD REGIMENT (1), FITS THE DIAL SIGHT TO A 25-POUNDER WHILE SERGEANT E.L. BUXTON, GUN SERGEANT (2), WATCHES PROCEEDINGS

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-17. JUST DOWN FROM WIDE BAY, BARGE AB2027, MANNED BY MEN OF 41 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY DISCHARGING A CARGO OF MEDICAL GEAR FROM 6 FIELD AMBULANCE, A UNIT WHICH HAS ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-16. MATILDA TANKS OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT ATTACHED 3 DIVISION, MOVING ALAONG THE BUIN ROAD SOUTH OF THE PURIATA RIVER TO SUPPORT THE INFANTRY ADVANCE TOWARDS THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-17. CORPORAL R.L. MAAS, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, OPERATING A 108 MK III PORTABLE WIRELESS FROM BATTALION HEADQUARTERS DURING AN ATTACK IN THE HATAI JUNCTION - BUIN ROAD AREA