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Oro Bay, New Guinea. 1943-05. A jeep bogged in mud to its axles following heavy rain, near the 10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps

Ward's Airfield, Papua. 1942-12. Members of the electrical staff of No. 1 Operational Training Unit (OTU) RAAF at Ward Strip, near Port Moresby. Left to right: back row: Flight Sergeant R. B. ..

Bougainville. New Guinea. 1945. Bob Dyer, a radio comedian, and women singers from his concert party on stage entertaining troops in Bougainville

Ward's Airfield, Papua. 1942-12. Members of No. 1 Operational Training Unit (OTU) RAAF on a mess truck supplying food to troops at Ward Strip, near Port Moresby. A detachment from No. 1 OTU was ..

Jaba River Area, Bougainville. 1945-07-28. Aerial view of the Jaba River bridge which was constructed by Royal Australian Army Engineers. Photograph by No 5 Squadron, RAAF

Port Moresby, Papua. 1940-02. Interior of a new RAAF hut at Ronedolu Camp, these barracks showing mosquito netting above each bed, and bedding neatly folded

Aitape, New Guinea. 1945. Lieutenant Chaseley McLean of Mackay, Qld, gives physiotherapy treatment to Private J. Nettleton, a patient at the Australian General Hospital

Soputa, Papua. Major T. H. Ackland, surgeon, and Captain A. R. Wakefield, anaesthetist, performing an operation on a patient

Lae, New Guinea. 1944-09-07. Group portrait of members of `The Digger Dandies' concert party, Queensland Lines of Communication Area, grouped around a sign bearing their name. The entertainers are ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1944-08-05. Major General B. M. Morris DSO, Commander of the Australian - New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU), taking the salute at the march past at the opening of the ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1941-12. Interior of a hospital tent at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station. Note the surgical gowns hanging on a line inside the tent and the piles of linen on tables. (Original ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. An unidentified member of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit kneeling behind a 550 lb (250 kg) delay action bomb labelled "Bad luck Tojo", a message to the Japanese General. ..