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DOBODURA, NEW GUINEA. GRASS HUT USED BY MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, AND BUILT BY THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU). (DONOR D. THATCHER)
DOBODURA, NEW GUINEA. GRASS HUT USED BY MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, AND BUILT BY THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU). STANDING IN FRONT OF THE HUT IS A NEW GUINEA
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-03-01. ONE OF THE AIF GUARDS WHO PROTECTED MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU) AS THEY CUT THE LONG KUNAI GRASS TO MAKE AN AIRSTRIP. THE STRIP WAS
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-12. DAN THATCHER (LEFT) AND TOM FRENCH, BOTH OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF. (DONOR D. THATCHER)
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01-16. REPAIRED UNDERCARRIAGE OF A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY TOM FRENCH, NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF. HE AND LIEUTENANT SNOOKS OF AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINI
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-03-01. MAJOR HOBCROFT, WAR GRAVES COMMISSION, BESIDE THE TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY DAN THATCHER, NO.1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF. IN LANDING IN THE LONG KUNAI GRASS, THA
TOMA, NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, ARE TRANSPORTED ACROSS A RIVER BY A POLE OARSMAN. THEY HAD LANDED A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT ON A STRIP 150 YARDS L0NG ON ONE SIDE OF THE R
