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1943-04-05. NEW GUINEA. THE RESCUE OF TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS FROM A FLOODED RIVER IN NEW GUINEA EARNED THE COMMONWEALTH MEDAL FOR LOYAL SERVICE TO PAUL MEA, A PAPUAN SCHOOLBOY. HERE PAUL IS BEING ..

1943-04-05. NEW GUINEA. SAILING THEIR OWN LUGGERS AND LAKOTOIS THESE PAPUAN NATIVES CATCH FISH TO VARY THE DIET OF ALLIED TROOPS AND THOSE IN HOSPITAL. THE NATIVES DIVE IN AND SWIM WITH HAND NETS ..

1943-04-12. NEW GUINEA. CPL. R.T. BARBER OF MONTANA AND SGT. R. F. ANDERSON OF FLINT, MICHIGAN REPAIRING MOTORS FOR P38 FIGHTERS IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-08. NEW GUINEA. AERIAL TRANSPORT HAS PLAYED A TREMENDOUS PART IN THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN, AND AT WAU CAUSED THE SPEEDY DEFEAT OF THE ADVANCING JAPANESE. HERE A JEEP IS BEING BACKED OUT OF A ..

Rescued after living ten and 14 months respectively with natives in New Britain, three American aviators and an Australian were welcomed at a New Guinea base. Left to right (marked with crosses) ..

1943-04-13. NEW GUINEA. LOCKHEED LIGHTNINGS (P38) IN FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

Fanning Island. September 1914. Buildings of the Pacific Cable Board on Fanning Island. On the left is the office, bachelor's quarters in the centre and the superintendant's house on the right. On ..

Honolulu, Hawaii. c. 1914. The German ship, Nurnberg, in Honolulu Harbour before war was declared. The Nurnberg was a coal burning light cruiser built in 1908 and could travel at a top speed of ..

Fanning Island. 7 September 1914. The collier ship that attended the Nurnberg as they sailed into the harbour at Fanning Island, both flying the French flag. The Nurnberg was sent to Fanning Island ..

1943-04-14. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERYMEN SETTING A BARBWIRE ENTANGLEMENT IN AN AREA IN NEW GUINEA. FROM WHICH THE JAPANESE HAD BEEN DRIVEN OUT. IN FOREGROUND, LEFT TO RIGHT: GUNNER A.C. ..

1943-04-20. NEW GUINEA. JAPANESE LANDING BARGES SUNK DURING AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK HAVE NOW BEEN SALVAGED. THE BARGES ARE BEING REPAIRED FOR USE BY AUSTRALIAN FORCES. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-16. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. BEAUFORT BOMBERS PRACTICE AT MILNE BAY. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)