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Fanning Island. A postcard showing a beach on Fanning Island, which was a small island south of the Hawaiian Islands and was the only relay station between Vancouver Island, British Columbia and ..

Fanning Island. 7 September 1914. The interior of the Engine Room of the Pacific Cable Board on Fanning Island after it had been destroyed by German Marines from the Nurnberg. The Nurnberg ..

Fanning Island. A postcard showing the Station Buildings of the Pacific Cable Board on Fanning Island. On the left is the electrician's house, the large office building in the centre next to the ..

1943-04-14. NEW GUINEA. THIS TREE, SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, SERVES THE DUAL PURPOSE OF AN OBSERVATION POST AND A TELEPHONE POST. BOMBARDIER F.J. GREEN, OF NORTH SYDNEY, IS AT THE TOP OF THE TREE, ..

1943-04-14. NEW GUINEA. A HEADDRESS MADE OF BRIGHTLY HUED FEATHERS AND A "COLLAR" OF SHELLS WAS WORN BY THOSE TWO SUB CHIEFS OF THE CHIMBU TRIBE WHO CAME DOWN FROM THE INTERIOR OF NEW GUINEA TO ..

1943-04-14. NEW GUINEA. WAR CEMETERY AT MILNE BAY. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-20. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. HILLS FALL SHEER TO THE WATER ARE COVERED WITH KUNAI GRASS FROM THREE TO TEN FEET HIGH. THE HILL SLOPES WERE LITTERED WITH THE BODIES OF JAPANESE WHO TRIED TO ..

1943-04-14. NEW GUINEA. MOSQUITO CONTROL. FIVE HUNDRED ACRES OF WATER LOGGED GROUND WILL BE DRAINED BY THIS CHANNEL. FIFTY NATIVE BOYS WILL COMPLETE THE WORK IN SIX WEEKS. IN 1942-12, MALARIA ..

1943-04-20. NEW GUINEA. JAPANESE LANDING BARGES SUNK DURING AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK HAVE NOW BEEN SALVAGED. THE BARGES ARE BEING REPAIRED FOR USE BY AUSTRALIAN FORCES. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-20. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. BEAUFORT BOMBERS AT TARGET PRACTICE OVER THE OCEAN. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-16. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. BEAUFORT BOMBERS PRACTICE AT MILNE BAY. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-07. GOODENOUGH ISLAND. FIRST JAP LANDING BARGE WASHED UP AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JAPANESE BISMARCK SEA CONVOY. THE 45 JAPANESE ON BOARD WERE EITHER KILLED OR CAPTURED. (NEGATIVE BY N. ..