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ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION OF PORTABLE RECORDING EQUIPMENT USED DURING THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN. THIS RECORDING GEAR WENT THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGNS, AS WELL AS GREECE AND SYRIA BEFORE GOING TO NEW GUINEA. CAREFULLY MANNED BY PMG OPERATOR BILL MACFARLANE, THE GEAR HAD TRAVELLED OVER 30,000 MILES IN TWO YEARS. HERE MACFARLANE OPERATES THE RECORDER, WHILE ABC WAR CORRESPONDENT FRED SIMPSON, ASSISTED BY MAREA, RECORDS HIS DESPATCH.
New Guinea. ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission) war correspondents, Fred Simpson and Bill MacFarlane assisted by Marea, testing their sound recording equipment in kunai grass country. This ABC fi
DARWIN, 1942-02-19. AN AERIAL VIEW OF DARWIN TAKEN BY THE JAPANESE TASK FORCE DURING THE FIRST RAID. (GILLESPIE COLLECTION).
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
New Guinea. ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission) war correspondents, Fred Simpson and Bill MacFarlane assisted by Marea, testing their sound recording equipment in kunai grass country. This ABC fi
KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-12. MR FRED SIMPSON, OFFICIAL WAR CORRESPONDENT, ABC RADIO, RECORDING A MESSAGE FROM LIEUTENANT (LT) R. W. EWIN, 8TH DIVISION SIGNALS, AN EX-POW OF THE JAPANESE, FOR BROADCAS
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-11. THE TENT OF MR. F. SIMPSON, ABC CORRESPONDENT AT BIG ROAD CAMP. 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION IS ACTIVE IN THIS AREA.
'Sandakan-Ranau Death Marches Reward Mission. At the latter end of 1946, a military mission in charge of Major H W S Jackson, representing the Australian Government, and Major R K Dyce, representing t
'Sandakan-Ranau Death Marches Reward Mission. At the latter end of 1946, a military mission in charge of Major H W S Jackson, representing the Australian Government, and Major R K Dyce, representing t
RAAF blue woollen winter service dress tunic with a pair of pleated breast patch pockets and a pair of expanding patch waist pockets. The breast pockets have three pointed flaps, while those at the wa
