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1943-03-22. BISMARCK SEA BATTLE. ALLIES SMASH JAP CONVOY. AN RAAF BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT ATTACKS A JAPANESE CONVOY. TWO BURNING SHIPS CAN BE SEEN AS BEAUFIGHTER COMES IN TO STRAFE UNDAMAGED VESSELS. ..

1943-03-25. NEW GUINEA. POPEYE THE SAILOR IS THE MASCOT OF THE MARINE SECTION OF RAAF HERE IS A GROUP OF SEAGOING AIRMEN AT A BASE IN NEW GUINEA, IN THE CENTRE BEING F/O J. CASSEL. THE MASCOT ..

1943-03-29. NEW GUINEA. CAUSE AND EFFECT SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. A RIGHT WHICH MISSED AT AN RAAF BOXING TOURNAMENT CAUSED VAROUS EXPRESSIONS ON ONLOOKERS FACES. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-05. NEW GUINEA. PAUL MEA, A PAPUAN SCHOOLBOY WITH HIS COMMONWEALTH MEDAL. PAUL RESCUED TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS FROM A FLOODED RIVER IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-07. NEW GUINEA. THREE AMERICAN AIRMEN RESCUED FROM ALMOST UNDER THE NOSES OF THE JAPANESE AND BROUGHT BACK TO AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE IN NEW GUINEA AFTER TEN MONTHS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW ..

1943-04-01. AUSTRALIAN NURSES IN NEW GUINEA. UNDER THE SHADE OF A TREE. SISTER J. CRAMERI OF ARMADALE, VICTORIA, CUTS THE HAIR OF SISTER M. HOLDING OF MALVERN, VICTORIA. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-01. AUSTRALIAN NURSES IN NEW GUINEA. HAIR SHAMPOO AND SETTING REMAINS IMPORTANT TO NURSES IN FORWARD AREAS. SISTER JOAN SANDISON OF GLENELG, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, GIVES A SHAMPOO TO SISTER ..

1943-03-29. NEW GUINEA. ARMOURERS OF A RAAF BEAUFIGHTER SQUADRON AT AN ADVANCED BASE IN NEW GUINEA OVERHAULING CANNON FROM THE MACHINES. THOUSANDS OF SHELLS FROM CANNON SUCH AS THESE WERE FIRED ..

1943-04-01. NEW GUINEA. PHYSIOTHERAPY. AT AN AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN NEW GUINEA WHICH HAS TAKEN OVER A SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED NATIVE HUT TO CARRY OUT REHABILITATION TREATMENT - THE AIM OF ..

1943-04-05. NEW GUINEA. IN A MOONLIGHT ATTACK ON LAE HARBOUR A FORMATION OF AMERICAN MITCHELL BOMBERS SCORED DIRECT HITS ON AN ENEMY SUBMARINE UNLOADING CARGO. HERE ARE SOME OF THE MEN WHO ..

1943-04-08. NEW GUINEA. A NATIVE CHILD SMILES AS OTHERS CONSTRUCT A NEW ROAD, FOR MILITARY PURPOSES IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY F. BAGNALL)

Salvaging this point five inch machine gun from an American plane, Sergeant Rowe (left) and Corporal Heartwell, improvised a support for it and used the gun as a light anti-aircraft weapon at Wau