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NEW GUINEA. 28 FEBRUARY 1944. AUSTRALIANS WHO ADVANCED ALONG THE COAST TO LINK UP WITH THE AMERICANS AT SAIDOR STAGED AN IMPROMPTU SURF CARNIVAL ON THEIR FIRST FREE DAY. THE TROOPS GET PLENTY OF ..

NEW GUINEA. 17 MARCH 1944. MOBILE JEEP PICTURE UNITS BRING A LAUGH AND A MEMORY OF OTHER DAYS TO TROOPS IN FORWARD POSITIONS IN THE RAMU VALLEY. SGT. DON GOLDRICK OF MATRAVILLE N.S.W. AND SGT. ALEC ..

1944-03-22. NEW GUINEA. L/CPL. A.C. PEARSON (BUSTER) OF AN A.I.F. UNIT WHO ASSISTED IN MAKING THE DOCUMENTARY FILM "JUNGLE PATROL" PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE RAMU VALLEY AND FINISTERRE RANGE

NEW GUINEA. 22 MARCH 1944. AUSTRALIAN FOXHOLES ON THE SIDE OF THE PIMPLE. THE LAST FEW YARDS OF TERRITORY FROM WHICH THE JAPANESE WERE EJECTED. A SHOT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION FILM ..

1944-03-22. NEW GUINEA. A NATIVE CARRIER TRAIL UP A STEEP MOUNTAIN IN THE FINISTERRE RANGES. NATIVE CARRIERS WERE VALUABLE TO THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WHEN THEY WRESTED SHAGGY RIDGE FROM THE ENEMY. A ..

1944-03-23. NEW GUINEA. TIRED - AND FAR FROM HOME. FLAT ON HIS BACK FOR A SHORT REST IS SX5932 PRIVATE LAURIE LESLY DANIELS, 2/10TH BATTALION, OF HINDMARSH, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. HE'S ONE OF A GROUP OF ..

1944-04-06. NEW GUINEA. NATIVE DANCERS MAKE JUNGLE MUSIC IN COMPETITION WITH A BUGLE FROM THE ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABULARY BAND. TRAINED BY ANGAU OFFICERS THE BAND WAS STARTED SIX MONTHS AGO, NONE OF ..

AT SEA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-19. MANNING THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN ON THE AUSTRALIAN BUILT TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYER "ARUNTA" DURING OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN WATERS IN THE HOLLANDIA ACTION

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1 JULY 1944. FLYING OFFICER R. C. WEHL OF BARCALDINE, QLD, OF NO. 75 SQUADRON RAAF PREPARES TO TAKE OFF IN HIS KITTYHAWK 'E' AIRCRAFT WHILE LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN J. A. LIDDLE (IN ..

ON TADJI AIRSTRIP RAAF KITTYHAWK PILOTS BEING BRIEFED BY CONGO KINNINMONT (IN HAT) THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 75 SQUADRON RAAF BEFORE GOING OUT TO PROVIDE TOP COVER FOR BOMBER AIRCRAFT ATTACKING ..

1944-08-23. NEW GUINEA. LIEUTENANT STEVE CRANFIELD, OF AN AUSTRALIAN PIGEONS COMPANY (POSSIBLY 1 PIGEON SECTION) FEEDING CAPTURED JAPANESE PIGEONS AT LAE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PIGEONS WOULD ..

NATIVE CHIEFS OF THE REWA DISTRICT, ON BOARD H.M.A.S. "ENCOUNTER", PRESENTING QUANTITIES OF FRUIT FOR THE USE OF THE FLEET, AT SUVA IN 1914-11. (DONATED BY COMMANDER G.F. LANGFORD, R.A.N.)