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AITAPE, NORTHERN NEW GUINEA. 16 SEPTEMBER 1945. TWO OF THE COMPETING TEAMS AWAITING THE START OF AN EVENT AT THE SURF-LIFESAVING CARNIVAL IN WHICH SOME TWENTY TEAMS FROM RAAF AND AUSTRALIAN ARMY UNITS COMPETED AND WAS WATCHED BY A CROWD OF APPROXIMATELY 10,000. NOTE THE WINGS ON THE REEL.
AITAPE, NORTHERN NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-09. THE GENERAL MARCH PAST OF RAAF AND AUSTRALIAN ARMY UNITS SURF LIFE-SAVING TEAMS AT THE CARNIVAL IN WHICH SOME TWENTY TEAMS COMPETED AND WAS WATCHED BY A CROWD
One of the teams competing in the A.I.F. Surf Carnival in Tel Aviv take up their positions at the reel.
SURF LIFESAVING CARNIVAL AT GAZA BEACH. THE 6TH DIVISION CAVALRY TEAM LINED UP IN THEIR SWIMMING TRUNKS, WEARING BERETS, POSSIBLY READY FOR THE BELT AND REEL EVENT. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
Aitape, North East New Guinea. 16 April 1945. Following a few casualties in the rough surf of the Aitape coast, Australian troops organised surf teams to police the bathing areas. Life-saving work bec
THE START OF THE SPRINT RACE AT THE SURF LIFESAVING CARNIVAL AT GAZA BEACH.
LAE. NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-27. THE REST AND RECREATION TEAM FROM THE TRANSPORT SECTION, HEADQUARTERS, 5TH DIVISION, CARRY THE REEL OFF THE BEACH AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SURF LIFESAVING EVENT AT THE SUR
