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AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-04. NO. 7 MOBILE WORKS SQUADRON RAAF GOES INTO ACTION WITH BULLDOZERS, TRACTORS, GRADERS, ROLLERS AND OTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT WHICH WERE LANDED WITH THE ..

AITAPE AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-04. THREE NAKED AND SCANTILY CLOTHED JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS) WHO WERE TAKEN BY AMERICAN INVASION FORCES AFTER THEIR LANDING AT KORAKO VILLAGE ..

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-24. CORPORAL H. CLEMENTS, LILYDALE, VIC, RAAF WIRELESS MECHANIC, USES A FIELD RADIO TO CALL THE FIRST ALLIED AIRCRAFT TO MAKE A LANDING APPROACH TO TADJI ..

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-04. CRASHING THROUGH THE JUNGLE ON GRADERS AND ROLLERS, MEMBERS OF NO. 7 MOBILE WORKS SQUADRON RAAF SET ABOUT PREPARING ANOTHER AIRSTRIP FOR ALLIED AIRCRAFT

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-24. RAAF AND AMERICAN COMMANDERS CONFER ABOUT OPERATING AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN AIRCRAFT FROM THE TADJI AIRSTRIP BUILT BY ENGINEERS OF NO. 62 WORKS WING RAAF. ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. RAAF MEMBERS OUTDOORS WATCHING AT NIGHT UNDER LIGHTS BOXING IN THE PAT CRAIG STADIUM, NAMED AFTER "ADOPTED" TIVOLI GIRL PERFORMER. THE CONTESTANTS ARE LEADING ..

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-25. RAAF GROUND FORCES WHO WENT IN WITH AMERICAN STORM TROOPS WERE WORKING ON THE AIRSTRIP AT TADJI A FEW HOURS AFTER ITS CAPTURE. HERE THEY ARE USING HEAVING ..

TADJI AIRSTRIP, AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-02. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FL LT) C. R. DAY RAAF, UNLEY PARK, SA, AND FL LT A. R. GREEN, LOCKLEYS, SA, ADMIRE THE BEAUTIFULLY WROUGHT JAPANESE ..

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-22. GRADERS, ROLLERS AND BULLDOZERS USED BY RAAF ENGINEERS WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION OF THE TADJI AIRSTRIP TO RECEIVE ALLIED FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-02. COLONEL LLOYD (LEFT), AIDE TO GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, CONVEYS THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO WING COMMANDER W. A. C. DALE RAAF FOR THE EXCELLENT WORK BY ..

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-22. RAAF GROUND CREWS WHO LANDED WITH AMERICAN SHOCK TROOPS, THE FIRST RAAF PERSONNEL TO GO INTO ACTION WITH LAND FORCES ON INVASION DAY, MARCH IN BATTLE ..

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-22. RAAF BULLDOZER CHURNS UP SAND AS IT CLEARS A PATH FOR TRUCKS AS THEY COME OFF A LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST)