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NEW GUINEA, 1943-02-25. CREWS OF A BEAUFIGHTER SQUADRON DISCUSS A STRAFING RAID OVER MADANG. LEFT TO RIGHT, STANDING, WING COMMMANDER B.R. WALKER (ADELAIDE, SA), SERGEANT F.B. ANDERSON (BANKSTOWN, ..

1943-03-03. WATER SUPPLY. A PUMP SET UP IN ONE OF THE MANY RUSHING CROOKS ROUND WAU TO SUPPLY WATER FOR THE TROOPS. (NEGATIVE BY CAPT. CLARKE)

Wreck that saves lives. This battle scarred ambulance built with galvanised iron and scrap material saved many lives in the battle for Wau. It carried scores of men, some badly wounded from the ..

1943-03-03. PRESENTATION OF LOYAL SERVICE MEDALS AT WAU AERODROME. ON PARADE. A GUARD OF NATIVE CONSTABLES ON PARADE AT WAU AERODROME NEW GUINEA, WHEN THE G.O.C. PRESENTED LOYAL SERVICE MEDALS TO ..

1943-03-03. ARMY AIR TRANSPORT. DOUGLAS TRANSPORT PLANES OF THE U.S. ARMY FLYING IN FORMATION ABOVE THE BULOLO VALLEY. HILLS SUCH AS THOSE IN THE BACKGROUND STRETCH FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES. (NEGATIVE ..

1943-03-22. NEW GUINEA. DESPITE BOTH ELEVATORS BEING BADLY DAMAGED BY ACK ACK FIRE AND SHRAPNEL HAVING TORN THE TYRES OF BOTH LANDING WHEELS TO THE CANVAS, A FLYING FORTRESS WAS FLOWN 400 MILES TO ..

1943-03-03. AN ADMINISTRATION OFFICER, MAJOR VERTIGAN D.O. TRANSLATES INTO PIDGIN THE G.O.C.'S WORDS OF PRAISE TO A NATIVE MEDAL WINNER AT WAU AERODROME, WHERE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE NATIVE ..

1943-01-14. PAPUA. SMASHED JAPANESE LANDING BARGE AND DEAD JAPANESE LITTER THE BEACH AT BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-01-14. SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND LIEUT GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER AT THEENTRANCE TO A JAP. PILLBOX. SO HEAVILY BUILT WERE SOME OF THE JAP PILLBOXES THAT THEY WERE IMPERVIOUS TO. EVERYTHING EXCEPT A ..

1943-01-14. PAPUA. BUNA. CAPTURED JAPANESE POM POM ON THE BUNA STRIP. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-01-14. PAPUA. GIROPI POINT. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS ASSISTED BY NATIVES, BUILD A BRIDGE ACROSS A RIVER NOT FAR FROM THE FRONT. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-01-12. PAPUA. BUNA. JAPANESE DIVE BOMBERS ATTACK ALLIED POSITIONS AT BUNA. WHILE THE DIVE BOMBERS WERE HURTLING DOWN 30 TO 40 PLANES WERE MILLING ROUND DOG-FIGHTING IN THE BACKGROUND. ..