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Alexishafen, New Guinea. 1944. Tents set up at the camp of 17 Field Hygiene Company. This company, with the help of indigenous (native) Papuans, worked to eradicate the malarial mosquito. Note the company's "theatre". (Original print housed with AWM Private Records).
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 1944. Tents set up on the bank of a river at the final camp of 17 Field Hygiene Company. This company, with the help of indigenous (native) Papuans, worked at eradicating the
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 1944. Tents set up at the old ice works which became the camp of 17 Field Hygiene Company. This company, with the help of indigenous (native) Papuans, worked at eradicating ma
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 1944. A group of indigenous (native) Papuans, working for 17 Field Hygiene Company, digging a drainage trench as a first move to eradicate the malarial mosquito. (Original pri
Buna, Papua. 1943. Johnny Levick, 17 Field Hygiene Company, and a group of indigenous (native) Papuans work at clearing a Nipa palm swamp in an attempt to eradicate the malarial mosquito. Swamps such
Buna, Papua. c.1943. Indigenous (native) Papuans work at draining a swamp in an attempt to eradicate the malarial mosquito. (Original print housed with AWM Private Records).
Gusika, Finschhafen area, New Guinea. 1944-03. Trucks and tents set up at the camp of 17 Field Hygiene Company. In the foreground are knapsack sprays carrying a special oil. They are used to spray mos
