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DOBODURA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-09. OIL DUMP BLAZING FURIOUSLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE JAPANESE AIR RAID ON THE AREA

FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-23. EXPLOSION OF BOMBS DROPPED BY BOSTON BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF THE RAAF, ON THE AERODROME AND JETTY AFTER A HEAVY DIVE BOMBING ATTACK BY VULTEE VENGEANCE DIVE BOMBER ..

WONDECLA, QLD. 1943-10-07. TROOPS OF "B" COMPANY, 2/5TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, CLEANING UP AFTER THEIR TOUR OF DUTY IN NEW GUINEA, BEFORE BEING SENT SOUTH ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-11. CPL L. ALLEN, 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), SHOWING A SHRAPNEL WOUND TO PTE R.J. WILSON, MEDICAL ORDERLY, REGIMENTAL AID POST (2)

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-11. DURING THE ACTIVITIES OF 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION IN THE WEWAK AREA, ONE OF THE JAPANESE KILLED WAS DRESSED IN AUSTRALIAN JUNGLE GREEN UNIFORM AND USING AN ..

MOROKAIMORO, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-06. OWING TO THE HILLY COUNTRY IT IS NECESSARY TO CLIMB DOWN INTO GULLIES FOR WATER. HOWEVER, COMMANDOS OF 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON, HAVE IMPROVISED A WATER ..

MOROKAIMORO, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-06. PERSONNEL QUEUEING UP FOR MESS AT HQ, 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON. LONG RANGE PATROLS OPERATE FROM THIS UNIT CARRYING OUT HARRASSING RAIDS AND AMBUSHES AGAINST THE ..

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-23. NX55592 MAJOR E. S. OWENS, BRIGADE MAJOR (LEFT) AND NX29455 CAPTAIN F. C. NORRIE, BRIGADE AIR SUPPORT CONTROL OFFICER, BOTH OF HEADQUARTERS, 21ST AUSTRALIAN ..

NEW GUINEA. 1943-07-25. SERGEANT C. BUSH, AUSTRALIAN WAR ARTIST, HEADQUARTERS, NEW GUINEA FORCE

MOROBE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-18. SS. "SUNG SONG" TIED UP AT THE JETTY. THIS SHIP, UNDER AMERICAN CHARTER, HAS BEEN CARRYING SUPPLIES ALONG THE NEW GUINEA COAST. PRIOR TO THE WAR THIS VESSEL WAS ON ..

NEW GUINEA. 1943-07-24. UNLOADING A JEEP FROM THE M.V. "DUNTROON" ONTO THE DOCKS. AT THE EXTREME LEFT CAN BE SEEN SERGEANT MCKECKNIE, PHOTOGRAPHER, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-23. SX17685 LANCE CORPORAL A. H. CLAYTON OF "D" COMPANY, 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION PRIMES SOME HAND GRENADES IN PREPARATION FOR A PATROL. NOTE OLD BELL AND ..