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BONGA-WAREO TRACK, FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-13. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THIS SIGN RECORDS ACTIVITIES OF "A" AND "C" COMPANIES 2/24TH INFANTRY BATTALION, IN ..

SCARLET BEACH, FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-13. THE SIGN TO THE RIGHT MARKS THE POINT OF THE ATTEMPTED JAPANESE INVASION. TWO WRECKED JAPANESE BARGES LIE IN THE BACKGROUND. THE BARGES IN ..

SCARLET BEACH, FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-13. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ON ONE OF THE SMASHED JAPANESE BARGES THAT LITTERS THE SHORE. THE BARGES WERE DESTROYED BY THE 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-08. NX94 LIEUTENANT COLONEL K.H. MONTGOMERY (1), COMMANDING OFFICER, 47TH INFANTRY BATTALION, SALUTING AS HE LEADS HIS UNIT PAST THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2ND ..

WAREO, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-09. VX24595 PRIVATE (PTE) H. C. CONGDON OF PEAK HILL, VIC (1) AND FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING A JAPANESE SWORD WHICH WAS FOUND IN ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-15. TROOPS FROM NO. 2 PLATOON, 2/4TH FIELD COMPANY, HARD AT WORK ON THE ROAD FROM EVAPIA RIVER TO KESAWAI

WAREO, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-09. I SECTION OF THE 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AT WORK IN THEIR NEW QUARTERS. SHOWN ARE: VX38932 SERGEANT M. W. FERGUSON (1); VX40152 LIEUTENANT L. P. WENBORN ..

WAREO, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-09. AS THE FLAG OF THE 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WAS BEING HOISTED, A SALVATION ARMY OFFICER WAS PUTTING UP HIS SIGN, AFTER HAVING FOLLOWED THE BATTALION RIGHT ..

EVAPIA RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-15. WX36756 SAPPER A.J. WILLIAMS OF NO. 2 PLATOON, 2/4TH FIELD COMPANY, ROLLING A CIGARETTE DURING A SPELL FROM ROAD BUILDING

PEAK HILL, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-10. JAPANESE FOX HOLES DUG INTO THE BANK ON THE SIDE OF A MUDDY ROAD AT PEAK HILL, WHICH WAS THE ENEMY'S MAIN DEFENCE LINE

KOKODA TRAIL, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-19. NATIVES CARRYING SUPPLIES FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CHAUVEL'S PRODUCTIONS PARTY WHO ARE IN THE AREA FILMING SEQUENCES FOR THE "RATS OF TOBRUK"

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-10. MEMBERS OF THE 2/9TH LIGHT ANTI- AIRCRAFT BATTERY, HAVE BEEN IN NEW GUINEA LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE THEMSELVES COMFORTABLE AND HAVE VERY NEAT QUARTERS. ..