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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1943-09. OTTER BAY, PALAU PANJANG ISLAND, WHICH WAS USED AS A BASE BY MEMBERS OF "OPERATION JAYWICK", "Z" SPECIAL UNIT AUSTRALIAN SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT, ..

STRATHPINE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-20. NX136489 PRIVATE T.B. WALTON (1) OF THE 2/25TH INFANTRY BATTALION, RECEIVING THE MILITARY MEDAL RIBBON FROM QX6305 MAJOR T.J.C. O'BRYEN, ..

SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-07-13. MR. C. KAY, WHO LOST HIS LEGS IN NEW GUINEA, SHOWS HIS DOUBLE AMPUTATION ABOVE THE KNEES AND THE ARTIFICIAL LIMBS SUPPLIED AND FITTED BY THE REPATRIATION ARTIFICIAL LIMB ..

Australian-manned General Stuart M3 Light Tanks bust Japanese pillboxes in the final assault on Buna. Members of D Company, 2/12th Battalion, await the order to move forward after the tank has ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS CONSTRUCTING A PREFABRICATED BRIDGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-01. SX1570 PRIVATE T. HUGHES, MM, 2/10TH INFANTRY BATTALION. PRIVATE HUGHES WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY DURING THE ADVANCE OF THE BATTALION ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942. NATIVES GREETING PPI. MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, COMMANDING OFFICER, NEW GUINEA LINES OF COMMUNICATION AREA AND THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ON HIS ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942. NATIVE CHILDREN ON THE BEACH AT ONE OF THE VILLAGES VISITED BY PPI. MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, COMMANDING OFFICER, NEW GUINEA LINES OF COMMUNICATION AREA AND THE AUSTRALIAN ..

BIAMU, ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-11-12. UNITED STATES INFANTRYMEN PASSING THROUGH A NATIVE VILLAGE DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM

MENDAROPU, NEW GUINEA, 1942-11-11. THE NEW FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS THE RIVER NEAR THE VILLAGE WHICH WAS BUILT BY UNITED STATES ARMY ENGINEERS

ORO BAY AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-11-12. INFANTRYMEN OF THE 128TH REGIMENT, 32ND UNITED STATES DIVISION CROSSING A FLOODED CREEK BY NATIVE CANOES IN A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR DURING THEIR ADVANCE ON BUNA

NEW GUINEA. APRIL, 1944. A WRECKED AND DEVASTATED COOKHOUSE ON SHAGGY RIDGE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BATTLE