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Photograph P01716.003 Second World War, 1939-1945DOBODURA, 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)

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 NATIVE NAMED BOOKER WHO WAS EMPLOYED BY THE UNIT AS A HOUSE BOY WHILE RECOVERING FROM BURNS RECEIVED IN AN ACCIDENT. (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). (DONOR D. THATCHER)

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

Probably Owers' Corner, Papua, 1942-09. An Australian soldier rests on the ground (left), while behind him native Papuans employed by the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) erect a nat

Bougainville. Portrait of a fine Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) native boy bugler.

The recently completed recreational hut used by Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) personnel at Headquarters, Baraga Native labour Camp, Milne Bay.

ULUGUDU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-25. NATIVE BOYS EMPLOYED BY THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU), CHECKING THE WRECKAGE OF A MITCHELL BOMBER AIRCRAFT IN THE JUNGLE.
