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LAKONA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-05. PERSONNEL FROM THE ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE PREPARING A 35MM CINE PROJECTOR FOR THE SCREENING OF A FILM AT HEADQUARTERS 8TH INFANTRY BRIGADE USING POWER CARRIED BY THE MOBILE JEEP IN THE BACKGROUND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX173054 SERGEANT R. GEORGE (1); NX174243 SERGEANT G.A. PRESTON (2); QX60270 SERGEANT K. MARSDEN (3).
LAKONA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-05. NX174273 SERGEANT G.A. PRESTON, ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE, THREADING A FILM THROUGH A 35MM CINE PROJECTOR AT HEADQUARTERS 8TH INFANTRY BRIGADE IN PREPARATION FOR A NIGHT'S
LAKONA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-05. PERSONNEL AT HEADQUARTERS 5TH DIVISION USING SPORTING GEAR PROVIDED BY THE ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE. THE PACIFIC OCEAN APPEARS FAINTLY AT THE BACKGROUND. IDENTIFIED PERSO
LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. SERGEANT G. SIMPSON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED HQ FIRST ARMY, RE WINDS THE 1944 MELBOURNE CUP FILM TO THE PROJECTOR REEL BEFORE SCREENING.
MOROTAI, BORNEO, 1945-05-07. SERGEANT M. ALBERT, OPERATOR, 112 MOBILE CINEMA UNIT, ATTACHED 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, WITH HIS JEEP PACKED READY FOR MOVEMENT TO TARAKAN. THE JEEP CARRIES ALL EQUIPMENT AND
LAKONA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-08. NX123685 LIEUTENANT C.S. PEEBLES, OF 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION, 8TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, ACTING AS COMMENTATOR AND ANNOUNCER AT THE SWIMMING CARNIVAL HELD ON LAKONA BEACH, U
LAKONA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-05. QX28779 SERGEANT P.J. HORAN (1), WITH NX142221 PRIVATE W.T. DELOHERY (2), PLAYING A PRACTICE GAME OF SOFTBALL AT HEADQUARTERS 5TH DIVISION. THE GAME USING EQUIPMENT PRO
