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KILA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-24. PP1 MAJOR GENERAL B. M. MORRIS DSO, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT TALKING TO SOME OF HIS OFFICERS. LEFT TO RIGHT: PP1 MAJOR ..

KILA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-24. BARE-CHESTED NATIVE LABOURERS OF THE LABOUR CAMP COMPARING THEIR GIFT SATCHELS WHICH WERE PRESENTED TO THEM BY THE WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA IN GRATITUDE FOR THE ASSISTANCE ..

SOGERI VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-05. AN AMERICAN TIMBER JINKER HAVING DIFFICULTY NEGOTIATING A NARROW BRIDGE OVER THE EWARIGO CREEK. THIS TRUCK IS ONE OF THE MANY USED TO TRANSPORT LOGS AND ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-14. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (3), IN CONVERSATION WITH LT-GEN F.H. BERRYMAN, CHIEF OF GENERAL ..

KONEDOBU (KANEDABU), NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-27. AUDIENCE AT THE SHOW STAGED BY THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION CONCERT PARTY WELL PROTECTED FROM THE HEAVY TROPICAL RAIN. TROOPS SHELTERED UNDER ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-18. THE GOC'S TABLE AT THE OFFICERS' CLUB, LAE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE ENGINEERS' WATERLOO DINNER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR THAT A ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-15. SX12508 CORPORAL P. J. CAREY (LEFT) AND SX17771 PRIVATE C. R. FISHER OF NO. 7 PLATOON, "A" COMPANY, 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING A JAPANESE PISTOL ..

SORAKEN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-12. MEMBERS OF 42 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY WHO PLAYED A HEROIC PART IN EVACUATING 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS FROM PORTON PLANTATION. PICTURED ARE THE CREW OF ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-15. NX127077 PRIVATE J. H. STEVENSON OF NO. 7 PLATOON, "A" COMPANY, 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WRITING HOME OUTSIDE HIS SHELTER AT GUY'S POST AFTER THE TREVOR'S ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-15. THE PLATOON COMMANDER, NO. 7 PLATOON, "A" COMPANY, 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ISSUING MAIL TO HIS MEN AT GUY'S POST AFTER THE TREVOR'S RIDGE ACTION. SHOWN: ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-15. MEMBERS OF THE 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION PLAYING POKER AND USING JAPANESE MONEY WHICH THEY OBTAINED IN AN ATTACK ON TREVOR'S RIDGE. SHOWN: SX31562 PRIVATE ..

GUY'S POST, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-22. SX13013 LIEUTENANT M. V. BARLOW (LEFT) AND SX8069 DRIVER P. P. CAMPBELL OF THE 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN SUPPLY TRANSPORT COMPANY CHECKING SUPPLIES AT THE DETAILS ISSUING ..