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KANOMI BEACH, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-05. TROOPS OF THE 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION BOARDING BARGES WHICH ARE TO TAKE THEM UP THE ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. EVACUEES FROM NEW BRITAIN RELAXING ON THE DECK OF THE HMAS "LAURABADA" AS THE SHIP DRAWS INTO THE WHARF. THESE EVACUEES, SERVICE PERSONNEL AND CIVILIANS, TOOK ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-03-20. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (FOURTH FROM RIGHT), WITH CAPTAIN R. J. KERR, OFFICER COMMANDING 7TH ..

GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA, 1942-10. A CAMOUFLAGED WOOD GUN. THIS WAS PART OF A MASTERPIECE OF BLUFF AND DECEPTION BY WHICH THE SMALL GROUP OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SEIZED THE ISLAND CONVINCED THE ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-03-30. LADY WAKEHURST (SECOND FROM LEFT) AND LADY BLAMEY (FAR RIGHT) HAVING REFRESHMENTS IN A RECREATION MESS SOON AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL AT 2/1ST GENERAL HOSPITAL

TOROKINA BEACHHEAD, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-03-30. A MATILDA TANK OF B SQUADRON, 2/4TH ARMOURED REGIMENT, MOVING ONTO AN AMERICAN LANDING CRAFT TRANSPORT FOR TRANSPORTATION TO TOKO. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-03-29. DURING HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE AREA LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NSW (FOURTH FROM RIGHT), ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WAKEHURST (SECOND FROM LEFT BACK ROW), AND ..

GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA, 1942-10. A CAMOUFLAGED WOOD GUN. THIS WAS PART OF A MASTERPIECE OF BLUFF AND DECEPTION BY WHICH THE SMALL GROUP OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SEIZED THE ISLAND CONVINCED THE ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. MR. L.J. FROGGATT, GOVERNMENT ENTOMOLOGIST AND AN EVACUEE FROM NEW BRITAIN, BEING GREATED BY VX117262 MAJOR W.C. GROVES, HEADQUARTERS, 8TH AUSTRALIAN MILITARY ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-04-04. A MATILDA TANK FROM 8 TROOP, B SQUADRON, 2/4TH ARMOURED REGIMENT, CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER, WITH THE OLD MCKINNA BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND. THE TANKS MOVED UP FROM TOKO ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942-04-12. Lieutenant Colonel E. T. Brennan, DSO, MC, Assistant Director of Medical Services, 8th Military District (left) talking with survivors of the Rabaul Garrison ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942-04-12. Lieutenant Colonel E. T. Brennan, DSO, MC, Assistant Director of Medical Services, 8th Military District (centre) talking with survivors of the Rabaul Garrison ..