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Rest time for troops in tents in forward positions in the Ramu Valley means time out for washing ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
Rest time for troops in tents in forward positions in the Ramu Valley means time out for washing clothes, sewing buttons and letters back home. Left to right: Driver R. Bofinger of Chatswood, NSW; Dri...016668
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Returning to an advanced post after a jungle patrol during the Upper Ramu Valley advance Private ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
Returning to an advanced post after a jungle patrol during the Upper Ramu Valley advance Private A. Tuffery of Port Elliott, SA, sports a six days' growth of beard.016036
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Row of houses in the 'Main street' of a village. The local natives were evacuated from two ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
Row of houses in the 'Main street' of a village. The local natives were evacuated from two coastal villages for their own safety and operational reasons. This photograph was published in the Australia...016530
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Sergeant Frank J Parmiter of Coburg, Vic, and Corporal Ivan G Pritchard, of Kensington, NSW, ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
Sergeant Frank J Parmiter of Coburg, Vic, and Corporal Ivan G Pritchard, of Kensington, NSW, spotters with the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company (NGAWW), at work beside their AWA radio at an obs...015364
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Sergeant Frank J Parmiter of Coburg, Vic, and Corporal Ivan G Pritchard, of Kensington, NSW, ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
Sergeant Frank J Parmiter of Coburg, Vic, and Corporal Ivan G Pritchard, of Kensington, NSW, spotters with the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company (NGAWW), at work beside their AWA radio at an obs...P01035.012
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SHROPSHIRE SERIES: ARUNTA COMING ALONGSIDE THE SHROPSHIRE AT SEA FOR VITAL MESSAGES.
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
SHROPSHIRE SERIES: ARUNTA COMING ALONGSIDE THE SHROPSHIRE AT SEA FOR VITAL MESSAGES.017712
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Skilled workmen from an Australian Naval dockyard leaving HMAS Australia, after working on ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
Skilled workmen from an Australian Naval dockyard leaving HMAS Australia, after working on installations while the ship proceeded into the forward battle areas. This saved valuable time and is the fir...017585
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Skilled workmen from an Australian Naval dockyard leaving HMAS Australia, after working on ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
Skilled workmen from an Australian Naval dockyard leaving HMAS Australia, after working on installations while the ship proceeded into the forward battle areas. This saved valuable time and is the fir...017586
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SKlLLED WORKMEN FROM AN AUSTRALIAN NAVAL DOCKYARD LEAVING HMAS AUSTRALIA, AT SEA, AFTER WORKING ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
SKlLLED WORKMEN FROM AN AUSTRALIAN NAVAL DOCKYARD LEAVING HMAS AUSTRALIA, AT SEA, AFTER WORKING ON INSTALLATIONS WHILE THE SHIP PROCEEDED INTO THE FORWARD BATTLE AREA. THIS SAVED VALUABLE TIME AND IS ...017584
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SKlLLED WORKMEN FROM AN AUSTRALIAN NAVAL DOCKYARD LEAVING HMAS AUSTRALIA, AT SEA, AFTER WORKING ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
SKlLLED WORKMEN FROM AN AUSTRALIAN NAVAL DOCKYARD LEAVING HMAS AUSTRALIA, AT SEA, AFTER WORKING ON INSTALLATIONS WHILE THE SHIP PROCEEDED INTO THE FORWARD BATTLE AREA. THIS SAVED VALUABLE TIME AND IS ...017583
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South West Pacific Area. Able Seaman (AB) Lionel Elder of Campsie, NSW, and AB Ron Grant of ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. Able Seaman (AB) Lionel Elder of Campsie, NSW, and AB Ron Grant of Moonah, Tas, preparing food tins for lifesaving floats on the HMAS Shropshire. This food is scientifically p...017632
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South West Pacific Area. Able Seaman George Sampson of Semaphore, SA, preparing medical equipment ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. Able Seaman George Sampson of Semaphore, SA, preparing medical equipment containers and painting a cross on the ends, on the HMAS Shropshire. These containers, which are secur...017634
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South-West Pacific Area. Able Seaman Kevin Masterson of Donald, Vic, at his look-out position on ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South-West Pacific Area. Able Seaman Kevin Masterson of Donald, Vic, at his look-out position on HMAS Shropshire.017637
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South-West Pacific Area. Aboard HMAS Shropshire a Gunnery Commander gives instructions to ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South-West Pacific Area. Aboard HMAS Shropshire a Gunnery Commander gives instructions to Direction Control Personnel on the eve of battle. These chaps were responsible for the success of the shooting...017650
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South-West Pacific Area. A Fairmile submarine chaser at a forward base comes alongside HMAS ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South-West Pacific Area. A Fairmile submarine chaser at a forward base comes alongside HMAS Shropshire with official mail.017644
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South West Pacific Area. An old Naval game 'Tombola', known to the public as 'Housie Housie' is ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. An old Naval game 'Tombola', known to the public as 'Housie Housie' is so popular on HMAS Australia that tropical rain cannot interfere with it. Profits from the game go to th...017622
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South West Pacific Area. A paravane being hauled aboard HMAS Shropshire after being streamed to ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. A paravane being hauled aboard HMAS Shropshire after being streamed to protect the cruiser against mines.017640
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SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. BREAKFAST BEING SERVED TO GUNS CREWS AT BATTLE STATIONS WHILE THE ATTACK ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. BREAKFAST BEING SERVED TO GUNS CREWS AT BATTLE STATIONS WHILE THE ATTACK ON MOROTAI CONTINUES.017668
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South West Pacific Area. Captain E. F.V. Dechaineux DSC RAN (centre) with the Squadron Gunnery ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. Captain E. F.V. Dechaineux DSC RAN (centre) with the Squadron Gunnery Officer, Lieutenant Commander R.I. Peek (left) , on the bridge of the heavy cruiser HMAS Australia in a ...017624
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South West Pacific Area. Commander (Cdr) G. L. Oldham of Sydney, NSW, second in command of HMAS ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. Commander (Cdr) G. L. Oldham of Sydney, NSW, second in command of HMAS Shropshire. Cdr Oldham was captain of HMAS Swan, which did fine work in the early stages of the New Guin...017636
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South West Pacific Area. Disappointed heavy anti-aircraft (HA) gun-crew on HMAS Shropshire ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. Disappointed heavy anti-aircraft (HA) gun-crew on HMAS Shropshire playing darts while standing by their gun awaiting air attacks on Morotai. Left to right: Able Seaman Les Rat...017670
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South West Pacific Area. Forward 8 inch turrets of HMAS Australia searching for the enemy. The ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. Forward 8 inch turrets of HMAS Australia searching for the enemy. The heavy cruiser's Commanding Officer, Captain (Capt) E. F. V. Dechaineux DSC, RAN is on the bridge. Capt De...017623
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South West Pacific Area. Gunner Robert Darlington of Armadale, Vic, winning the quoits ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. Gunner Robert Darlington of Armadale, Vic, winning the quoits championship held on the fore-gun deck of HMAS Shropshire.017645
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SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. H.M.A.S. SHROPSHIRE. AT THEIR BATTLE STATION AND PREPARED FOR ANY ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. H.M.A.S. SHROPSHIRE. AT THEIR BATTLE STATION AND PREPARED FOR ANY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT THESE EXPERT OERLIKON GUNNERS ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE ALERT. THEY ARE ABLE SEAMAN (AB) JOHN S...017635
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South West Pacific Area. 4 inch anti-aircraft gun crews of HMAS Shropshire prepare to meet ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. 4 inch anti-aircraft gun crews of HMAS Shropshire prepare to meet Japanese aircraft.017631
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South West Pacific Area. 8 inch gun-crews on HMAS Shropshire relax after their successful ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. 8 inch gun-crews on HMAS Shropshire relax after their successful bombardment of Morotai.017669
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South West Pacific Area. 8 inch guns used during the bombardment of Morotai by HMAS Shropshire.
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. 8 inch guns used during the bombardment of Morotai by HMAS Shropshire.017667
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South West Pacific Area. Leading Signalman Les Birrell of Manly, NSW, on HMAS Shropshire sewing ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. Leading Signalman Les Birrell of Manly, NSW, on HMAS Shropshire sewing damaged signal flags with a Finnish made Jones hand sewing machine.017639
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South-West Pacific Area. Lieutenant Barry Smith of Clifton Gardens, NSW, enjoying a shower bath ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South-West Pacific Area. Lieutenant Barry Smith of Clifton Gardens, NSW, enjoying a shower bath on the quarter deck of HMAS Shropshire in a temperature of 117 degrees F.017649
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South West Pacific Area. Lieutenant K. J. Stock of Reade Park, SA, checking ammunition for 4 inch ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. Lieutenant K. J. Stock of Reade Park, SA, checking ammunition for 4 inch anti-aircraft guns on HMAS Shropshire with Leading Seaman Vincent Kinnear of Coogee, NSW, who has a ta...017646
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South-West Pacific Area. Men from the shell room of HMAS Shropshire where the temperature is ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South-West Pacific Area. Men from the shell room of HMAS Shropshire where the temperature is always well over 100 degrees F., come up for fresh air.017641
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South West Pacific Area. Pay parade on HMAS Shropshire which is proceeding to Morotai in the ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. Pay parade on HMAS Shropshire which is proceeding to Morotai in the Halmahera Group.017648
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South West Pacific Area. RAN Ratings of HMAS Australia in the forward area, pass over cigarettes ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. RAN Ratings of HMAS Australia in the forward area, pass over cigarettes to American seamen while their ship is being refuelled.017621
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South West Pacific Area. Signalmen on HMAS Shropshire enjoy their morning "cuppa". They are ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. Signalmen on HMAS Shropshire enjoy their morning "cuppa". They are Signalman John Church of Arncliffe, NSW, Leading Signalman Les Batholomew of Adelaide, SA, Leading Signalman...017638
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South West Pacific Area. The champion beards on the HMAS Shropshire. Able Seaman (AB) Lionel ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. The champion beards on the HMAS Shropshire. Able Seaman (AB) Lionel Evans of Cottesloe, WA, is having his beard trimmed by AB Alf Harris of Albany, WA, and AB Alec Perry of Ea...017633
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South West Pacific Area. Three members of the crew on HMAS Shropshire who are doing ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. Three members of the crew on HMAS Shropshire who are doing correspondence courses in Agricultural Science and Commercial Art are seen studying at their action stations using a...017647
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South West Pacific Area. Torpedo ratings at their action stations on HMAS Shropshire playing mah ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
South West Pacific Area. Torpedo ratings at their action stations on HMAS Shropshire playing mah jong during a lull in the action on Morotai. Left to right: Able Seaman (AB) E. Bettles of Coburg, Vic;...017671
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Standing at their gravesites marked with logs of wood and a cross, Australian soldiers pay ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
Standing at their gravesites marked with logs of wood and a cross, Australian soldiers pay tribute to their three comrades killed during the Faria Valley actions. Left to right: QX21955 Signalman (Sig...016006
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Studying a map of the Pacific at his desk in the newly formed headquarters of the British Pacific ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
Studying a map of the Pacific at his desk in the newly formed headquarters of the British Pacific Fleet is Vice Admiral (Administration), Vice Admiral C. S. Daniel RN.017871
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SX1476 Padre Donald Llewellyn Redding of St Barnabas Church, Clare, SA, chats to Corporal (Cpl) ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
SX1476 Padre Donald Llewellyn Redding of St Barnabas Church, Clare, SA, chats to Corporal (Cpl) A. Rodger of East Brisbane, Qld, (possibly QX8599 Gunner Arthur Frederick Rodger) and Cpl A. Monson of T...016013
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The flag goes up for the first time at the new headquarters of the British Pacific Fleet. Vice ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
The flag goes up for the first time at the new headquarters of the British Pacific Fleet. Vice Admiral C. S. Daniel RN, Vice Admiral (Administration) of the Fleet, and Representative in Melbourne of t...017870
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The guns of HMAS Shropshire bombarding Morotai. In the distance can be seen the invasion fleet ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
The guns of HMAS Shropshire bombarding Morotai. In the distance can be seen the invasion fleet heading in shore for the landing.017714
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THESE MEN, SOME SURVIVORS OF A CREW OF A MITCHELL BOMBER WHICH CRASHED NEAR SALAMAUA, WERE 10 1/2 ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
THESE MEN, SOME SURVIVORS OF A CREW OF A MITCHELL BOMBER WHICH CRASHED NEAR SALAMAUA, WERE 10 1/2 HOURS IN THE WATER BEFORE THEY REACHED LAND. LEFT TO RIGHT: SGT. WALTER MALONE, OF MILES CITY MONTANA,...015391
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THESE MEN, SOME SURVIVORS OF A CREW OF SIX OF A MITCHELL BOMBER WHICH CRASHED NEAR SALAMAUA, WERE ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
THESE MEN, SOME SURVIVORS OF A CREW OF SIX OF A MITCHELL BOMBER WHICH CRASHED NEAR SALAMAUA, WERE 10 1/2 HOURS IN THE WATER BEFORE THEY REACHED LAND. LEFT TO RIGHT: SGT. WALTER MALONE, OF MILES CITY, ...015386
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This is the most forward medical post in the battle area, headquarters of a mobile surgical team. ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
This is the most forward medical post in the battle area, headquarters of a mobile surgical team. A medical officer uses an improvised gadget elevating the limb to fix a compound fracture of the lower...015999
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This is the most forward medical post in the battle area, headquarters of a mobile surgical team. ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
This is the most forward medical post in the battle area, headquarters of a mobile surgical team. An Australian soldier undergoes an operation, he was wounded in the head. Assisting the medical office...016012
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This is the most forward medical post in the battle area, headquarters of a mobile surgical team. ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
This is the most forward medical post in the battle area, headquarters of a mobile surgical team. An Australian soldier undergoes an operation, for a wound in the head. Assisting the medical officer a...016000
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This is the most forward medical post in the battle area, headquarters of a mobile surgical team. ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
This is the most forward medical post in the battle area, headquarters of a mobile surgical team. An Australian soldier undergoes an operation, he was wounded in the head. Assisting the medical office...016001
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This Transport Unit carries stores to men at forward areas over some of the roughest country in ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
This Transport Unit carries stores to men at forward areas over some of the roughest country in New Guinea. Pictured is VX25169 Private Gordon Reynolds, 2/6th Battalion, of Corryong, Vic, loading a pa...015238
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Troops stand around a Japanese 75mm field gun which was in a position on the side of the Katika ...
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Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
Troops stand around a Japanese 75mm field gun which was in a position on the side of the Katika track in New Guinea within 100 yards of an Australian Infantry Company. The gun was well hidden in the j...016104