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NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. NO. 24 SQUADRON RAAF WITH VULTEE VENGEANCE AIRCRAFT WAS STATIONED IN THE NADZAB AREA. "DRY YOUR EYES" IS THE RAAF WAY OF SAYING "STOP COMPLAINING". A BARE-CHESTED ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. JUNGLE TREES BEING PUSHED ASIDE BY A BULLDOZER OF NO. 62 MOBILE WORKS SQUADRON RAAF. MODERN CLEARING AND EARTHMOVING MACHINERY HAS MADE POSSIBLE THE RAPID EXPANSION ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN R. HENDRY OF HELENSBURGH, NSW, AND NOW OF NO. 62 MOBILE WORKS SQUADRON RAAF, OFTEN WISHES HE HAD MORE THAN TWO HANDS AS HE HAS TO MANIPULATE ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. CORPORAL A. L. GRIFFIN, COLLINGWOOD, VIC, AND NO. 62 MOBILE WORKS SQUADRON RAAF, OPERATING A COMPRESSED AIR SAW TO CUT BUSH-GROWN TIMBER FOR ROOF TRUSSES FOR OFFICE ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. C.1944-02. AIRMEN OF NO. 75 SQUADRON RAAF RELAXING AT THE STERN OF THE SHIP AT SUNSET, BEFORE GOING TO LAE

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. BULLDOZERS OF NO. 62 MOBILE WORKS SQUADRON RAAF MAKING THE FIRST CUTS IN LIGHTLY TIMBERED KUNAI COUNTRY FOR A NEW AIRFIELD AT NADZAB

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. STONE CRUSHING MACHINE OF NO. 62 MOBILE WORKS SQUADRON RAAF IN ACTION CRUSHING RIVER BALLAST FOR FOUNDATION OF AN AIRSTRIP. THE DUSTIEST JOB IN THE RAAF

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. C.1944-02. AIRMEN OF NO. 75 SQUADRON RAAF LINING THE SIDE OF THE SHIP TO WATCH SWIMMERS (OUT OF SIGHT) HAVING A RACE ALONGSIDE THE SHIP

MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1944-03-08. BARE-CHESTED RAAF KITTYHAWK PILOTS BEING BRIEFED IN THEIR CREW ROOM ON MOMOTE AIRSTRIP BEFORE AN OPERATION OVER THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS

MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1944-03-08. GROUND STAFF OF A RAAF KITTYHAWK SQUADRON TAKE A FEW MINUTES OFF FOR A SMOKE IN THEIR CAMP AREA. SOME ARE WEARING CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN ..

LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1944-03-08. RAAF KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT IN A DISPERSAL BAY BUILT BY THE JAPANESE AT MOMOTE. IN THE BACKGROUND ARE COCONUT PALMS BLASTED BY THE INTENSIVE BOMBING ..

MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1944-03-08. EVEN IN THE FRONT LINE, THE COOK CAN PRODUCE HOT SCONES. SHOWN: SERGEANT G. BUBB, PERTH, WA, HANDING OUT HOT SCONES FOR LUNCH. HOLDING A ..