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TWO AIF SIGNALLERS WHO SERVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ARE NOW BUSY WITH THEIR UNIT IN NEW GUINEA. THEY ARE UTILISING EXISTING CIVILIAN TELEPHONE POLES AND SOME EQUIPMENT.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. TWO A.I.F. SIGNALLERS WHO SERVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ARE NOW BUSY WITH THEIR UNIT IN NEW GUINEA. THEY ARE UTILISING EXISTING CIVILIAN TELEPHONE POLES AND SOME EQUIPMEN
NEW GUINEA, 1942-08-03. A.I.F. TROOPS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST NOW IN NEW GUINEA SOON MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE NATIVES WHO THEY CONSIDER ARE A FINE TYPE AND MUCH SUPERIOR TO SOME OF THE ARAB TRIBES.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07. TWO MIDDLE EAST "DIGGERS" NOW IN ACTION IN NEW GUINEA. THEY ARE MEMBERS OF AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT CREW.
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-08-31. SIGNALLERS OF 13TH LINE SECTION SECURING LINES TO CROSS-ARMS OF A PERMANENT LINE POLE ROUTE WHICH WAS BUILT BY THE UNIT. SOME OF THE EXISTING LIGHT STANDARDS WERE USED
MOROTAI ISLAND. 1945-05-16. SCENE IN THE WORKROOM AND STERILISING ROOM ATTACHED TO THE OPERATING THEATRE, 2/5 GENERAL HOSPITAL. WITH TWO OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS THE ROOM PRESENTS A BUSY SCENE. CAPTAIN
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-27. AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER PILOTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN ACTION IN ENGLAND AND THE MIDDLE EAST, OVER MALTA AND MALAYA ARE NOW IN NEW GUINEA. HERE BAREBACKED AND SUNTANNED DIGGERS EAGE
