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WAMBIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-01. NGX 305 WARRANT OFFICER 1, P.M. SWANSON, DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR NATIVE LABOUR AT WAMPIT, HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.), (1), PICTURED WITH A KONAN...

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WAMBIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-01. NGX305 WARRANT OFFICER 1, P.M. SWANSON, DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR NATIVE LABOUR AT WAMPIT, HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.) (1), PICTURED WITH A KONAN N...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-01. A D8 ANGLEDOZER REEFING THE BANK ABOUT 65 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTION. THE ROAD IS IN AN OPERATIONAL AREA OF HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. A JEEP PICTURED IN DIFFICULTIES ABOUT 66 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTION. SOME JEEPS CARRYING ABOUT A TON WEIGHT OF NATIVE RATIONS RECEIVE TROUBLE AT THIS ...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-02. A LARGE BANYAN TREE LYING AT THE WAU - LAE ROAD. THE TREE IS A FAIR SAMPLE OF TREES IN THIS "RAIN FOREST" THAT REQUIRE CLEARING BY HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEE...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. A NARROW JEEP ROAD AROUND THE SIDE OF A HILL ABOUT 71 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE SECTION. THIS PICTURE INDICATES HOW TIMBER HAS BEEN CLEARED TO ENABLE THE ROAD TO ...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-01. A NATIVE POLICE BOY AND HIS DOG FORDING A SWIFTLY FLOWING RIVER AT WAMPIT AN OPERATIONAL AREA OF HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.).

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-02. A SECTION OF THE WAU - LAE ROAD, THE JURISDICTION OF HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.). A ROAD RUNS TO THE RIGHT, AND THE BRIDGE CROSSES A CREEK IN THE F...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-02. A SUPPLY CONVOY BEING TOWED ACROSS THE RIVER AT WAMPIT BY A FERRY TRUCK FROM HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.). THE TOWING TRUCK SAVES REMOVING FANBELTS ...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-02. A SUPPLY CONVOY BEING TOWED ACROSS THE RIVER AT WAMPIT BY A FERRY TRUCK FROM HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.). THE TOWING TRUCK SAVES REMOVING FANBELTS ...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-01. A TRUCK BEING LOADED WITH GRAVEL AT A PIT SIXTY TWO AND A QUARTER MILES FROM LAE BY MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.). A "CHINAMAN" HAS BEEN C...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-02. NX81806 SERGEANT D. TODD, TRANSPORT SERGEANT OF THE 9TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (1) LENGTHENS A TOWLINE ON A JEEP CROSSING THE RIVER AT WAMPIT. THE CR...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. PAPUAN NATIVE BOYS ABOUT 70 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD. THEY ARE CARRYING STORES FOR HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.), FROM JEEPS THAT WERE ST...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-02. QX34507 LIEUTENANT COLONEL W.J. REINHOLD, OBE, MC, HEADQUARTERS COMMANDER, ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.), MAKING AN INSPECTION 67 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTIO...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. THE ROAD THROUGH A CLEARING ABOUT 71 MILES FROM WAU, ON THE WAU - LAE SECTION. THE NATIVES ARE CARRYING STORES FOR HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.).

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-01. THIS BROAD HIGHWAY SIXTY THREE AND THREE-QUARTER MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTION ILLUSTRATES THE CAPABILITIES OF AN ANGLEDOZER. THE ROAD IS IN AN OPERATION...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-2. TWO BRIDGES CROSSING THE GARAGOS RIVER 71 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTION. THE ROAD, WHICH IS IN THE JURISDICTION OF HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-02. VX133146 LIEUTENANT R. BOOTH, (PLATOON COMMANDER, NO.1 PLATOON), PICTURED WITH VX114206 LIEUTENANT R. CRAWLEY, (FIELD ENGINEERING OFFICER), (2), AND NX148693 LIEUTENANT...

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