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AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT W. S. SNEDDON OF GLEN IRIS, VIC, SIGHTS THE LEVEL THROUGH A THEODOLITE WHILE SERGEANT I. R. RANKIN, ALSO OF GLEN IRIS, VIC, TAKES NOTES TO BE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRIDGE IN THE AITAPE AREA. BOTH ARE MEMBERS OF NO. 13 SURVEY AND DESIGN UNIT RAAF.
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN R. (SHORTY) CUBBIN OF CLIFTON HILL, VIC, A MEMBER OF NO. 13 SURVEY AND DESIGN UNIT RAAF, HOLDS A TALL SURVEYORS STAFF AGAINST A TREE. THE
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. FLYING OFFICER M. E. COLLARD, BRIGHTON, VIC (LEFT), AND LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN D. W. SINCLAIR, WEST END, QLD, IN THE DRAWING OFFICE OF NO. 13 SURVEY AND DESIGN
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. LOOKING THROUGH THE THEODOLITE, LIGHT LIEUTENANT J. G. MCGUIRE, WHO, AS A FORMER MAYOR OF ROCKDALE, NSW, AND PRESIDENT OF THE ROCKDALE RAAF RECRUITING COMMIT
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. CORPORAL H. J. CLARKE, FOOTSCRAY, VIC, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT G. J. MCGUIRE, FORMER MAYOR OF ROCKDALE, NSW, NOW RAAF SURVEYOR (LOOKING THROUGH THEODOLITE), AND LE
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF NO. 13 SURVEY UNIT RAAF WHO LANDED WITH THE FIRST WAVES AND WHO SET OUT BIVOUAC AREAS IN THE AITAPE AREA. AMONG THEM ARE: SQUADR
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. PILOT OFFICER G. R. GOLD, ARTARMON, NSW, ADJUTANT OF NO. 13 SURVEY AND DESIGN UNIT RAAF, USING A FIELD TELEPHONE CAPTURED FROM THE JAPANESE IN THE AITAPE LAN
