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PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. HMAS "LAURABADA" WITH SERVICE PERSONNEL AND CIVILIANS WHO HAD TAKEN TO THE JUNGLE OF NEW BRITAIN AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE HOPELESSLY OUTNUMBERED RABAUL ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-04-05. A MATILDA TANK ADVANCING ALONG BUIN ROAD, SUPPORTED BY TROOPS OF 61ST INFANTRY BATTALION IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE ROAD BETWEEN B ECHELON, 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION HQ AND ..

NUMA NUMA TRAIL, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-04-24. BRIGADIER ARNOLD W. POTTS, COMMANDER 23RD INFANTRY BRIGADE, WHO IS ON A VISIT TO THE 23RD INFANTRY BATTALION, AND LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A. POPE, DURING THE ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942-04-12. Four officers from Lark Force of the Rabaul Garrison, receiving a tobacco issue on their arrival at Port Moresby aboard the HMAS Laurabada which successfully ..

Solomon Sea. 1944-02-10. A Japanese barge `captured' by Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron, RAAF. The barge was sighted empty and drifting out to sea about 40 miles south of Gasmata by two ..

LAVONGAI BAY, NEW HANOVER, 1945-10-23. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU) ADMINISTRATIVE HQ WAS SET UP AT KAVIENG, NEW IRELAND, WITH CAPTAIN F. N. W. SHAND, ANGAU DISTRICT ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-10-27. MEMBERS OF THE COOKING AND CATERING STAFF, WHO ARE ALSO INSTRUCTORS AT THE TOROKINA REHABILITATION TRAINING CENTRE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: PRIVATE (PTE) R. G. ..

EN ROUTE TO KOIL ISLAND, NEW GUINEA, 1945-10-31. A VISIT TO KOIL ISLAND WAS ARRANGED BY THE RED CROSS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEDICAL INSPECTION OF THE NATIVE INHABITANTS. THE VISITING PARTY CONSISTED ..

EN ROUTE TO KOIL ISLAND, NEW GUINEA, 1945-10-31. A VISIT TO KOIL ISLAND WAS ARRANGED BY THE RED CROSS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEDICAL INSPECTION OF THE NATIVE INHABITANTS. THE VISITING PARTY CONSISTED ..

NEW GUINEA, 1944-04. PERSONNEL OF THE 2/2ND FIELD AMBULANCE AND THE 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL. COPY OF A PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN "THE MELBOURNE ARGUS"

KOIL ISLAND, NEW GUINEA, 1945-10-31. A VISIT TO KOIL ISLAND WAS ARRANGED BY THE RED CROSS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEDICAL INSPECTION OF THE NATIVE INHABITANTS. THE VISITING PARTY CONSISTED OF AN ..

KOIL ISLAND, NEW GUINEA, 1945-10-31. A VISIT TO KOIL ISLAND WAS ARRANGED BY THE RED CROSS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEDICAL INSPECTION OF THE NATIVE INHABITANTS. THE VISITING PARTY CONSISTED OF AN ..