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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-12. THE WATERFRONT WITH AN AMPHIBIOUS DUKW IN THE FOREGROUND AND A FLOATING CRANE WORKING IN THE HARBOUR. AT LEFT IS PRIVATE F. B. ROBERTS, AIF, OF 8TH AUSTRALIAN MOVEMENT CONTROL GROUP.
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-12. AN AMPHIBIOUS TRUCK (KNOWN AS A DUKW), OF THE AUSTRALIAN MOVEMENT CONTROL, LEAVES THE WATER NEAR THE DOCK KNOWN AS THE DUKW WAY. NOTE DUKW WAS CODED BY GENERAL MOTORS: D =
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-12. MOBILE FLOATING WHARF, WITH A 50 TON CRANE MOUNTED, ANCHORED AT THE HARBOUR FORESHORE.
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-14/02. A SECTION OF THE WATERFRONT SHOWING A UNITED STATES ARMY AMPHIBIOUS "DUKW" IN THE FOREGROUND AND THE AK94, A VESSEL OF THE 12TH WATER TRANSPORT OPERATING COMPANY, BERTH
After the allied capture of Lae in 1943, the port was established as a major staging point for operation in northern New Guinea and further afield. This watercolour, likely created at Voco Point depic
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-12. THE COOKHOUSE ABOARD THE BD-240, A 50 TON FLOATING CRANE, OPERATED BY THE UNITED STATES SMALL SHIPS SECTION. SHOWN: C. MCCLAUSLAND (LEFT), AND M. FRENSHAM, COOK.
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-12. TWO AUSTRALIAN SEAMEN APPRENTICES EMPLOYED ON THE BD-240, THE 50 TON FLOATING CRANE, OPERATED BY THE UNITED STATES SMALL SHIPS SECTION. THEY ARE:- JOSEPH CONLEY (LEFT) AND
