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AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-20. AT THE 2/160TH AUSTRALIAN SUPPLY DEPOT PLATOON. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY (LEFT) COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA AND VX106081 ..

GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA, 1942-10. IMITATION KITCHENS, WITH FIRES CONTINUOUSLY BURNING, WERE PART OF THE BLUFF AND DECEPTION PRACTISED BY A SMALL FORCE OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SEIZED THE ISLAND AND ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-03-30. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J. A. BISHOP, GUNNERY INSTRUCTOR, 6TH DIVISION (LEFT), WITH MAJOR GENERAL J. E. S. STEVENS, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6TH DIVISION (SECOND FROM ..

GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA, 1942-10. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER SETTING IN POSITION A DEFENCE GUN MADE OF LOGS. THIS WAS PART OF A MASTERPIECE OF BLUFF AND DECEPTION, BY WHICH THE SMALL GROUP OF ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-04-04. A MATILDA TANK FROM 8 TROOP, B SQUADRON, 2/4TH ARMOURED REGIMENT ENTERING THE PURIATA RIVER AFTER IT HAD BEEN WATERPROOFED BY THE CREW. THE TROOP MOVED UP FROM TOKO ALONG ..

GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA, 1942-10. A DUMMY ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN, PART OF A MASTERPIECE OF BLUFF AND DECEPTION PRACTISED BY A SMALL FORCE OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SEIZED THE ISLAND. THEY CONVINCED THE ..

WOGINARA MISSION, NEW GUINEA, 1945-04-07. MEMBERS OF 2/3RD INFANTRY BATTALION STUDYING THE SITUATION WITH A MAP ON TOP OF A "DOOVER" (MAKESHIFT SHELTER), DURING OPERATIONS IN THE TORRICELLI ..

NUMA NUMA TRAIL, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-04-24. LIEUTENANT C. F. MYERS, 27TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1), WITH RELIEVING TROOPS, A DETACHMENT OF MORTARMEN, MOVING IN TO TAKE OVER FROM MACHINE GUNNERS. THIS ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-10-29. MEMBERS OF NO. 14 PLATOON, 15TH INFANTRY BATTALION. LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW: QX52652 PRIVATE (PTE) D. J. GRANT, OF JULIA CREEK, QLD; QX62711 PTE J. MOYLAN, OF ..

Solomon Sea. 1944-01-21. A Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF circles over a Rescue and Communications Light PBY Catalina landing at sea to rescue Warrant Officer `Shorty' Arthur. Warrant ..

NEW BRITAIN. 1943-09-3. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE JAPANESE AIRFIELD AT CAPE BEECHY WHICH WAS A FREQUENT TARGET FOR BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 SQUADRON, RAAF. (DONOR D. WEST)

COMMODORE BAY, ?NEW BRITAIN. 1944-02-15. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF A SMALL JETTY CAMOUFLAGED BY THE JAPANESE TO CONCEAL MILITARY ACTIVITY. IT WAS A TYPICAL TARGET ENCOUNTERED BY BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF ..