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HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-30. JAPANESE INVASION MONEY HANDED IN TO NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT BY THE NATIVES OF THE AREA, BEING BURNED TO IMPRESS THE NATIVES OF ITS LACK OF VALUE. THE REASON FOR THIS WAS THE FACT THAT TROOPS PASSING THROUGH THE AREA OFTEN PAID HIGH PRICES FOR THIS MONEY FOR SOUVENIRS. THIS IN TURN GAVE THE INVASION MONEY A VALUE MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE AUSTRALIAN OR AMERICAN CURRENCY.
HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-30. JAPANESE INVASION MONEY HANDED IN TO NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT BY THE NATIVES OF THE AREA, BEING BURNED TO IMPRES
HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-30. JAPANESE INVASION MONEY HANDED IN TO NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT BY THE NATIVES OF THE AREA.
HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. A NATIVE INTERPRETER TRANSLATING THE ADDRESS OF NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT TO THE VILLAGE NATIVES.
HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADDRESSING THE VILLAGE NATIVES IN A TALK ON THE WAR AND APPEALING FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.
HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADDRESSING A LINE UP OF VILLAGE NATIVES TO TALK ON THE WAR AND APPEALING FOR THEIR ASSI
HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-30. ALL THE VILLAGE CHIEFS (LULUAIS) AND THEIR SECONDS IN COMMAND (TULTULS) ATTENDED A CONFERENCE WITH NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINIST
