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Aitape, North East New Guinea. Following a few casualties in the rough surf of the Aitape coast, ...
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Aitape, North East New Guinea. Following a few casualties in the rough surf of the Aitape coast, Australian troops organised surf teams to police the bathing areas. Life-saving work became so popular,...018399
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. A doctor works feverishly to administer a blood transfusion to a ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. A doctor works feverishly to administer a blood transfusion to a wounded soldier. Prepared blood plasma is being held up by a stick. Only 100 yards from the enemy, doctors p...018299
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. A doctor works feverishly to administer a blood transfusion to one of ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. A doctor works feverishly to administer a blood transfusion to one of our wounded. Prepared blood plasma hanging from a bamboo stick, is a lifesaving God-send. Only 100 yard...018300
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Australian Section infantrymen led by two officers crosses fallen logs ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Australian Section infantrymen led by two officers crosses fallen logs over a creek, which serves for a bridge on the trek to But.018293
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Australian troops advancing along the beach towards But, during the ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Australian troops advancing along the beach towards But, during the Aitape-Wewak campaign.018292
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Australian troops and native supply trains mingle as they cross one of ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Australian troops and native supply trains mingle as they cross one of the countless streams to be negotiated on the advance along the coast towards But.018296
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Being helped to a jeep-ambulance on a forward track near Sowam is ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Being helped to a jeep-ambulance on a forward track near Sowam is wounded soldier NX32941 Private J.J. Parkes, 10 Platoon, B Company, 2/2nd Infantry Battalion, wounded by a ...018290
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Close to But aerodrome, flooded rivers have to be negotiated carefully ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Close to But aerodrome, flooded rivers have to be negotiated carefully with heavy loads to carry. The swift flowing current of the flooded Ninahau River, necessitates crossi...018294
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Close to But aerodrome, the swift flowing current of the flooded ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Close to But aerodrome, the swift flowing current of the flooded Ninahau River, necessitates crossing hand over hand by rope. Some of our soldiers are in difficulties as the...018295
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Corporal Geoff Gosney of Melbourne, Vic, forward scout of the first ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Corporal Geoff Gosney of Melbourne, Vic, forward scout of the first patrol to enter But, takes cover behind a piece of deserted Japanese equipment, left behind on the beach,...018310
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Cunning of our enemy, a Japanese barge hidden well inland under heavy ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Cunning of our enemy, a Japanese barge hidden well inland under heavy foliage. Truck, wrecked in background, has been set up with winch fittings, to draw the barge from the ...018302
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Department of Information photographer, Jim Fitzpatrick helps out the ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Department of Information photographer, Jim Fitzpatrick helps out the troops crossing the swift flowing Ninahau River on the advance up the coast near But. He strains heavil...018298
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Dug in along the track, this Army Signals Post, slightly resembles a ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Dug in along the track, this Army Signals Post, slightly resembles a miniature telephone exchange. Private (Pte) Alan Newton of Molong, NSW, receives a dispatch from Pte Cli...018287
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Evidence of a battle a few minutes earlier, as more of our troops move ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Evidence of a battle a few minutes earlier, as more of our troops move up for the next round, past the body of a dead Japanese.018301
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Heavy loads are carried by natives to the front line to supply our ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Heavy loads are carried by natives to the front line to supply our troops with necessary equipment. Some of our soldiers are tying slings on essential equipment, ready for t...018289
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. In most of the New Guinea jungle, wood for fires is seldom found dry ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. In most of the New Guinea jungle, wood for fires is seldom found dry enough to burn. This difficulty is overcome by these range stoves issued to cooks in the jungle. Resembl...018312
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Members of the 'white boong train' struggle up the 846 steps of the ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Members of the 'white boong train' struggle up the 846 steps of the "Golden Stairway" near But with water supplies for troops in the mountains strapped to their backs.018214
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Moving down the coast at But, these soldiers uncovered this dug-in ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Moving down the coast at But, these soldiers uncovered this dug-in Japanese 20mm all-purpose gun. They are examining the gun and pit. Shown: Private (Pte) Aubrey Pritchard o...018307
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Sergeant Ron Oxenham of Sydney, NSW, examines a hanging idol found in ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Sergeant Ron Oxenham of Sydney, NSW, examines a hanging idol found in a recently occupied village. Native interpretation is a direct insult thrust at our troops. It means - ...018304
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Sitting around their foxhole on the edge of But aerodrome, these ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Sitting around their foxhole on the edge of But aerodrome, these soldiers prepare a cup of tea on a primus stove. Sometimes the boys go without tea for days as in a forward ...018306
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Some of our troops, weary from the long treks through heavy jungle, ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Some of our troops, weary from the long treks through heavy jungle, rest on the side of a track as others move on past them, towards But.018303
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Their ultimate objective in view, this foremost patrol crouches ...
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Their ultimate objective in view, this foremost patrol crouches forward past But Jetty. All that is left of the But Jetty can be seen in the background. Allied aircraft flat...018309
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. This foremost patrol returns to our perimeter in the rain. Boundary ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Aitape Sector, New Guinea. This foremost patrol returns to our perimeter in the rain. Boundary line is marked by the notice they are passing. The notice reads, 'no personnel past this point unless on ...018291
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Vital part of Army communications is this 'jungle telephone exchange' ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Vital part of Army communications is this 'jungle telephone exchange' dug in along the track. Through it, urgent messages must pass without delay from front line to Headquar...018288
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. War correspondent John Scarlett of Sydney, NSW, helps out the troops ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Aitape Sector, New Guinea. War correspondent John Scarlett of Sydney, NSW, helps out the troops in a river crossing on the advance up the coast near But. First across the flooded Ninahau River, he str...018297
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Aitape Sector, New Guinea. With spurs on their boots, Signalmen (Sig) climb trees with the ease ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Aitape Sector, New Guinea. With spurs on their boots, Signalmen (Sig) climb trees with the ease of monkeys, to attach signal wire and cable. Sig Tom Morris of Newcastle, NSW, stretches wire from tree ...018311
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All kinds of articles are dropped for the fighting mens' needs. Here NX18480 Sergeant Harry ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
All kinds of articles are dropped for the fighting mens' needs. Here NX18480 Sergeant Harry Whaling of Sydney, NSW, Private (Pte) Joseph George (Joe or Shorty) Law of Hobart, Tas, and Pte Bill Madley ...042718
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A section patrol, about to leave a forward area headquarters at Aitape to probe the Japanese-held ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
A section patrol, about to leave a forward area headquarters at Aitape to probe the Japanese-held jungle, briefed in the terrain of the area by an Intelligence Officer. Models are made to scale and sh...018009
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Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. A burning Japanese bomber shot down within 20 yards of troops ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. A burning Japanese bomber shot down within 20 yards of troops landing on Biak. The pilot was attempting a suicide dive on Landing Ship, Tanks in the background.017243
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Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. An amphibious US tracked vehicle at Biak after the allied landing.
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. An amphibious US tracked vehicle at Biak after the allied landing.017258
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Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. Australian observers Lieutenant C. Thompson of Sydney, NSW, and a ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. Australian observers Lieutenant C. Thompson of Sydney, NSW, and a Major from Hobart, Tas, on devastated foreshore after the landing.017240
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Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. Department of Information cameraman Roy Driver using his camera ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. Department of Information cameraman Roy Driver using his camera mounted on a rifle butt during the Allied landing on Biak Island. Driver secured an excellent newsreel co...017272
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Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. US Private (Pte) F. Zabonick of Ohio and Pte F. Mattick of Chicago ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. US Private (Pte) F. Zabonick of Ohio and Pte F. Mattick of Chicago enjoy a refreshing drink of Saki, Japanese wine, captured from the Japanese. Another soldier (left) lo...017254
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Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. US troops moving inland pass shell craters and burning fuel dump, ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. US troops moving inland pass shell craters and burning fuel dump, a few minutes after their beach landing. Bombs burst in the distance.017224
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Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. Wreckage of a Japanese bomber aircraft strewn over a Biak beach.
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. Wreckage of a Japanese bomber aircraft strewn over a Biak beach.017251
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Cargo often had to be carried on deck aboard units of the British Pacific Fleet during operations ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Cargo often had to be carried on deck aboard units of the British Pacific Fleet during operations against Japan. Seen here is the cargo on the deck of HMAS Quiberon.019028
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Crawling American infantry fight their way through shattered palm groves shortly after the Allied ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Crawling American infantry fight their way through shattered palm groves shortly after the Allied landing at Wakde.017200
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Crew in position for firing. Shown: Private (Pte) Harry Troughton of Pyrmont, NSW; Pte Geoff ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Crew in position for firing. Shown: Private (Pte) Harry Troughton of Pyrmont, NSW; Pte Geoff Shuard of Bunbury, WA; Corporal Tom O'Haire of Strathfield, NSW; Pte Lionel Jones of Bundaberg, Qld. A new ...017912
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Desolate scene on Wakde as an American soldier advances cautiously through the shattered palm ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Desolate scene on Wakde as an American soldier advances cautiously through the shattered palm trees.017202
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Dutch New Guinea. A bottle of Japanese beer and a signpost were souvenirs collected on Biak by ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. A bottle of Japanese beer and a signpost were souvenirs collected on Biak by Private P. Sabruchere of California.017260
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Dutch New Guinea. After the landing at Toem, Americans soon had artillery pounding away at ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. After the landing at Toem, Americans soon had artillery pounding away at Japanese held Wakde Island.017168
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Dutch New Guinea. A group of soldiers on patrol use racks made out of bamboo poles fashioned ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. A group of soldiers on patrol use racks made out of bamboo poles fashioned after the style of those used by the natives, to carry their heavy loads.016844
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Dutch New Guinea. A hurried bridge is made from coconut logs to help a jeep no. 130647 across a ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. A hurried bridge is made from coconut logs to help a jeep no. 130647 across a jungle stream. The censor has blocked out the unit marking from the grille.016879
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Dutch New Guinea. A Japanese grave surrounded by a bamboo fence and a gravepost marker being ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. A Japanese grave surrounded by a bamboo fence and a gravepost marker being examined by American troops after the capture of Toem. This action was a preliminary to the capture of Wakd...017173
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Dutch New Guinea. A Jeep, no. 96, crossing a swampland by means of a 'corduroy' road. These roads ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. A Jeep, no. 96, crossing a swampland by means of a 'corduroy' road. These roads are made of coconut palm trunks and are the only successful method of making a road across the vast sw...016822
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Dutch New Guinea. Although covered with the mud of battle-practice, these two Aussie boys can ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Although covered with the mud of battle-practice, these two Aussie boys can still afford to smile about it, and consider it all in a day's work. They are Private (Pte) Joe Horton of ...016871
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Dutch New Guinea. Americans carry equipment on to the beach at Toem shortly after landing during ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Americans carry equipment on to the beach at Toem shortly after landing during Wakde Island operations. In the foreground troops are filling sandbags to make a reinforced runway out ...017167
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Dutch New Guinea. Americans struggle ashore through the swirling sea water at Toem on the coast. ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Americans struggle ashore through the swirling sea water at Toem on the coast. Toem was a stepping stone to the Japanese held island of Wakde.017159
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Dutch New Guinea. American troops advance through demolished Japanese installations during the ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. American troops advance through demolished Japanese installations during the attack on Wakde Island off coast. Numbers of discarded 44 gallon drums litter the foreground.017184
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Dutch New Guinea. American troops charged ashore at Wakde Island as bombs burst in the background.
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Dutch New Guinea. American troops charged ashore at Wakde Island as bombs burst in the background.017185
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Dutch New Guinea. American troops dash through the surf and take part in the Wakde landing ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. American troops dash through the surf and take part in the Wakde landing operations, an American flag fluttering from the landing craft.017197
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Dutch New Guinea. American troops pass along a shell shattered beach at Toem during operations ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. American troops pass along a shell shattered beach at Toem during operations which resulted in the fall of Japanese held Wakde Island.017162
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Dutch New Guinea. Amphibian equipment comes ashore from a landing ship, tank (LST) during the ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Amphibian equipment comes ashore from a landing ship, tank (LST) during the American capture of Toem on the coast. This landing was the prelude to capture of the Japanese held island...017160
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Dutch New Guinea. Amphibious craft (DUKW) have been a feature of Allied landing operations in the ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Amphibious craft (DUKW) have been a feature of Allied landing operations in the South West Pacific area. The DUKWs were used during the Biak landing. Deck of landing ship, tank (LST)...017257
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Dutch New Guinea. Amphibious craft have been a feature of Allied landing operations in the South ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Amphibious craft have been a feature of Allied landing operations in the South West Pacific area. The landing vehicle tracked (LVT), Water Buffalo, were used during the Biak landing....017256
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Dutch New Guinea. Amphibious craft leaving landing ship, tank (LST) have been a feature of Allied ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Amphibious craft leaving landing ship, tank (LST) have been a feature of Allied landing operations in the South West Pacific area. The landing vehicle tracked (LVT), Water Buffalo, w...017255
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Dutch New Guinea. An Australian, an American and a Indonesian examine an ornament worn by Konga, ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. An Australian, an American and a Indonesian examine an ornament worn by Konga, a Kaya native chief.016836
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Dutch New Guinea. An Australian bomb disposal squad went in with the first American wave during ...
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Dutch New Guinea. An Australian bomb disposal squad went in with the first American wave during the attack on Japanese base at Wakde Island. Sergeant V. Kay of Manly, NSW, advances through wrecked coc...017192
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Dutch New Guinea. An Australian bomb disposal squad went in with the first American wave during ...
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Dutch New Guinea. An Australian bomb disposal squad went in with the first American wave during the attack on Japanese base at Wakde Island. Advancing are Corporal R. Baptist of Sydney, NSW, Flight Li...017191
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Dutch New Guinea. An Australian bomb disposal squad went in with the first American wave during ...
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Dutch New Guinea. An Australian bomb disposal squad went in with the first American wave during the attack on Japanese base at Wakde Island. Advancing are Corporal R. Baptist of Sydney, NSW, Flight Li...017189
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Dutch New Guinea. Approach of amphibious craft to an island in early morning. Amphibious craft ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Approach of amphibious craft to an island in early morning. Amphibious craft have been a feature of Allied landing operations in the South West Pacific area. The landing vehicle trac...017259
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Dutch New Guinea. A United States multiple machine gun manned by two gunners employed by the ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. A United States multiple machine gun manned by two gunners employed by the Allies in the South West Pacific area which took part in the Biak operations.017250
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Dutch New Guinea. Australian troops patrolling a river in a native canoe (prau) fitted with an ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Australian troops patrolling a river in a native canoe (prau) fitted with an outboard motor.017042
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Dutch New Guinea. Australian troops take sand from the beaches to make roads across the swamps. ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Australian troops take sand from the beaches to make roads across the swamps. They are shovelling the sand into an AIF truck, no. 76.016823
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Dutch New Guinea. 'Bokai' and 'Cardu' two Javanese native boys using a native cross-cut saw, ...
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Dutch New Guinea. 'Bokai' and 'Cardu' two Javanese native boys using a native cross-cut saw, during building operations for the army.016861
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Dutch New Guinea. Bulldozers make a reinforced runway for heavy equipment to come ashore from a ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Bulldozers make a reinforced runway for heavy equipment to come ashore from a landing ship, tank (LST) after American troops had seized Toem, during operations which resulted in the ...017163
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Dutch New Guinea. Carbines get a final clean as the landing craft ploughs her way towards the ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Carbines get a final clean as the landing craft ploughs her way towards the Japanese positions at Toem, a stage in the Wakde operations. Perched on top of a covered truck on landing ...017175
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Dutch New Guinea. Corporal Jack Carter RAAF of Geelong, Vic, and Leading Aircraftman Cec Gordon ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Corporal Jack Carter RAAF of Geelong, Vic, and Leading Aircraftman Cec Gordon of Brisbane, Qld, put on a boxing demonstration for the RAAF boys, in the boxing ring they rigged up out...016870
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Dutch New Guinea. Corporal Les McKay of Albury, NSW, compares his rifle to the 'goose-gun' of ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Corporal Les McKay of Albury, NSW, compares his rifle to the 'goose-gun' of Antonius, a Javanese native boy, who makes his living by shooting wild geese in the swamplands.016869
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Dutch New Guinea. Corporal Syd Turner of Cairns, Qld, and Private Stan Dawson of Mossman, Qld, ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Corporal Syd Turner of Cairns, Qld, and Private Stan Dawson of Mossman, Qld, move through chest-high water in the swamps. There is 60,000 square miles of swamp, much of which is patr...017045
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Dutch New Guinea. Dashing through heavy seas for the shore from the landing ship, tank (LST) ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Dashing through heavy seas for the shore from the landing ship, tank (LST) vessel, these Allied troops are ready to quickly consolidate the landing at Toem, a stage in the Wakde oper...017179
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Dutch New Guinea. Driver Don Trotman of Townsville, Qld, cools off under a palm tree with a ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Driver Don Trotman of Townsville, Qld, cools off under a palm tree with a 'Kalapa' (coconut). The milky juice of these nuts is very similar to ginger beer.016876
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Dutch New Guinea. Driver Robert Wynne of Victoria, swaps weapons, an Owen gun for a bow and ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Driver Robert Wynne of Victoria, swaps weapons, an Owen gun for a bow and arrow, with 'Henry', a Kaya-Kaya native man.016834
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Dutch New Guinea. Flight Lieutenant Bill Stuart of Toowoomba, Qld, displays all that was left of ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Flight Lieutenant Bill Stuart of Toowoomba, Qld, displays all that was left of a Japanese machine gun after he had shot the plane down.017001
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Dutch New Guinea. Flight Lieutenant Ross Stephens of Melbourne, Vic, RAAF doctor in the area, ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Flight Lieutenant Ross Stephens of Melbourne, Vic, RAAF doctor in the area, bandages the leg of a young Kaya Kaya child. Other local men holding their shovels are lined up waiting to...016880
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Dutch New Guinea. Getting their gun into shape for instant action once the landing is ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Getting their gun into shape for instant action once the landing is accomplished is this anti-aircraft crew. The landing craft was on its way to the landings at Toem, a stage in the ...017174
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Dutch New Guinea. Group portrait of Sergeant (Sgt) Doug Bookallil of Glebe, NSW, Sgt Albert Steel ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Group portrait of Sergeant (Sgt) Doug Bookallil of Glebe, NSW, Sgt Albert Steel of Bronte, NSW, Warrant Officer Arthur Stanford of Yass, NSW, Sgt Clive Smith of Armidale, NSW, Bombar...016884
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Dutch New Guinea. Gunner (Gnr) Jack Edwards of Coogee, NSW, Gnr Milton Grillett of Broken Hill, ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Gunner (Gnr) Jack Edwards of Coogee, NSW, Gnr Milton Grillett of Broken Hill, NSW, Lance Bombardier Bob Burns of Leichhardt, and Corporal Les O'Keefe of Greenwich, NSW, lend a hand t...016837
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Dutch New Guinea. Gunner Jim Scott of Tamworth, NSW, on patrol through the swamps, holds his rife ...
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Dutch New Guinea. Gunner Jim Scott of Tamworth, NSW, on patrol through the swamps, holds his rife above the water. There are 60,000 square miles of swamps, much of which is kept under constant surveil...016883
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Dutch New Guinea. Gunner Lloyd Moore of Dubbo, NSW, with a small 'Timor-pony' foal he has just ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Gunner Lloyd Moore of Dubbo, NSW, with a small 'Timor-pony' foal he has just helped through the swamps and tall swamp grass. These ponies breed prevalently in the swamps.016845
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Dutch New Guinea. Headed for the successful occupation of Wakde, these American landing crafts, ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Headed for the successful occupation of Wakde, these American landing crafts, one of which is flying an American flag, are nearing the shore.017195
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Dutch New Guinea. Japanese barge smashed by the Allied bombardment when landings were made on ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Japanese barge smashed by the Allied bombardment when landings were made on Biak, is inspected by two soldiers.017262
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Dutch New Guinea. Kaya-Kaya native girls carry huge loads on their heads along the beach while ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Kaya-Kaya native girls carry huge loads on their heads along the beach while modern Jeep motor vehicles drive past them.016855
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Dutch, New Guinea. Kaya Kaya natives making an airstrip at a captured base.
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch, New Guinea. Kaya Kaya natives making an airstrip at a captured base.017043
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Dutch New Guinea. Leading Aircraftman Bern Jaensch of Tailem Bend, SA, lifts a 25lb salmon out of ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Leading Aircraftman Bern Jaensch of Tailem Bend, SA, lifts a 25lb salmon out of the trap. To supplement the food supply in this area, the RAAF built a fish trap on a beach. When the ...016882
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Dutch New Guinea. Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Lance Burnett of Sydney, NSW, sits and darns his ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Lance Burnett of Sydney, NSW, sits and darns his socks while LAC Ian Tynan of Hobart, Tas, takes it easy in the cool of the evening outside their tropical t...016866
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Dutch New Guinea. Lieutenant John Perry of Perth with a hand on Oscar the pet cassowary adopted ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Lieutenant John Perry of Perth with a hand on Oscar the pet cassowary adopted by one of the Army units as its mascot.016867
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Dutch New Guinea. Lieutenant Oscar Ansell of Illinois, establishing a new Allied radio at ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Lieutenant Oscar Ansell of Illinois, establishing a new Allied radio at Headquarters after the capture of Toem. This action was preliminary to the taking of Wakde. The sign now reads...017172
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Dutch New Guinea. Line party constructing field lines for Army signals unit in the swamplands.
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Line party constructing field lines for Army signals unit in the swamplands.016839
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Dutch New Guinea. Manufactured by engineers from an old tractor, this train is claimed to be the ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Manufactured by engineers from an old tractor, this train is claimed to be the only train in New Guinea. Miles of lines have been laid down over the swamps. Driving the train is Priv...016829
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Dutch New Guinea. Message, 'For Tojo', was written on this shell being fired on Japanese ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Message, 'For Tojo', was written on this shell being fired on Japanese positions on Wakde Island when Allied forces captured this Japanese base. The Americans, Private (Pte) Chester ...017170
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Dutch New Guinea. No tyre shortage here in a Japanese motor transport line after the Allied ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. No tyre shortage here in a Japanese motor transport line after the Allied landing on Wakde, the truck showing evidence of bullet holes.017198
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Dutch New Guinea. On Wakde's airstrip these Australian members of a disposal squad inspect the ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. On Wakde's airstrip these Australian members of a disposal squad inspect the remains of a Japanese bomber aircraft. Left to right: Corporal R. Baptist of Sydney, NSW; Sergeant V. Kay...017194
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Dutch New Guinea. Portang, a Javanese native boy, who sells native food to the Aussies, gives ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Portang, a Javanese native boy, who sells native food to the Aussies, gives Sergeant George McKay of Innisfail, Qld, a hand, by turning the grindstone for him, while he sharpens his ...016846
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Dutch New Guinea. Portrait of Lieutenant General Eichelberger, Commander of the US forces in New ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Portrait of Lieutenant General Eichelberger, Commander of the US forces in New Guinea, on Biak Island.017264
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Dutch New Guinea. Private Edmund Vallera of Connecticut, replaces a Japanese sign with an ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Private Edmund Vallera of Connecticut, replaces a Japanese sign with an American notice after taking over from the Japanese on Toem Island during the Wakde campaign.017171
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Dutch New Guinea. Private Eric Swanson of Brisbane, Qld, emerging from semi-underground ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Private Eric Swanson of Brisbane, Qld, emerging from semi-underground operational signal office with a signal. Usually all signals and offices are built underground, but owing to the...016838
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Dutch New Guinea. Private Jack Petersen of Townsville, Qld, helps Netherlands East Indies ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Private Jack Petersen of Townsville, Qld, helps Netherlands East Indies soldier, Wass, to load sacks of Australian rice onto a truck. Rice is the staple diet of the Javanese, Malayan...016843
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Dutch New Guinea. Private 'Snowy' Embery of Penong, SA, does night guard duty complete with Owen ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Private 'Snowy' Embery of Penong, SA, does night guard duty complete with Owen gun and wearing a 'headnet' and gauntlets to keep away swarms of vicious mosquitoes.016841
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Dutch New Guinea. Private Thomas Miniter of Cairns, Qld, fixes a locally made representation of a ...
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Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Dutch New Guinea. Private Thomas Miniter of Cairns, Qld, fixes a locally made representation of a bird of paradise, to the rafters of the 'native-hut-type', Officers Mess, at a forward army camp.016848