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1943-09-24. NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON LAE. THIS WAS A JAPANESE STRONG POST

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. ARTILLERY PLAYED A BIG PART IN THE FALL OF LAE. DURING THE ADVANCE ARTILLERY WAS HAULED THROUGH JUNGLES AND OVER STREAMS. A BULLDOZER CLEARS A PATH THROUGH THE ..

1943-09-22. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CAPTURE LAE. WRECKED JAPANESE BARGES AT LAE

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. AROUND A DAMAGED JAPANESE MOBILE SEARCHLIGHT ABANDONED AT LAE ARE SGT. BERT HARKNESS OF GLENELG, SOUTH. AUSTRALIA, PADRE E. A. JAMES OF MELBOURNE, VIC., PTE. J. ..

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN ADVANCE ON LAE. MATERIAL BEING BROUGHT IN BY AIRCRAFT AT AN AUSTRALIAN ADVANCED AIR STRIP

During the advance on Salamaua VX89711 Sergeant Gordon Raymond Charles Ayre MM, a 58/59th Battalion bandsman from Shepparton, Victoria, in pouring rain assists a wounded mate, VX132355 Private ..

1943-09-27. NEW GUINEA. THUNDERBOLT FIGHTER PLANES ON PATROL IN NEW GUINEA. THESE FIGHTERS, TWICE AS HEAVY AS A SPITFIRE, HEAVILY ARMED AND ARMOURED, AND WITH A SPEED OF ABOUT 400 MILES AN HOUR ..

1943-09-28. NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. FUSING CAPTURED JAPANESE 70 M.M. SHELLS. LATER THE SHELLS WERE FIRED AT THE JAPS FROM A JAPANESE MOUNTAIN GUN CAPTURED DURING THE ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. ..

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. IN THE FORMER HEADQUARTERS OF THE JAPANESE COMMANDING OFFICER, PTE. J. POLLARD OF GERALDTON, W. AUST., ENTERTAINS THE BOYS ON THE JAP C.O'S PIANO

1943-09-28. NEW GUINEA. PARATROOPS AT PRACTICE IN AUSTRALIA PRIOR TO THEIR DROP IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. L/CPL. L. HANN OF ADELAIDE, SA, IN A JAPANESE MARINE'S UNIFORM TAKING IN THE WASHING OF THE JAPANESE COMMANDING OFFICER. THE WASHING WAS LEFT BEHIND WHEN THE ..

1943-09-28. LAE SALAMAUA ISOLATED. THROUGH A V FOR VICTORY MADE BY A DOOR IN THE BOW OF A BEACH LANDING CRAFT AND THE HULL, AUSTRALIANS STREAM ON TO THE BEACH AFTER THE LANDING NORTH WEST OF LAE