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Photograph 017230 Second World War, 1939-1945New Guinea. Diggers off duty north of Alexishafen. Corporal L. Hollier of Hunters Hill, NSW, keeps cool sitting in the shade while writing letters.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. Diggers off duty north of Alexishafen. Corporal R. R. Fuller of Sydney, NSW, rolls a cigarette and 'spine-bashes' while sheltering under a 'doover' on the beach at Sarang Harbour.
New Guinea. Diggers off duty north of Alexishafen. Corporal L. Hollier of Hunters Hill, NSW, keeps cool sitting in the shade while writing letters.

New Guinea. Diggers off duty north of Alexishafen. Pausing for a smoke, Private R. Muller of Aramac, Qld, has been washing his clothes.

New Guinea. Diggers off duty north of Alexishafen. Private R. G. Plant of Pennant Hills, NSW, drinking tea and eating a biscuit, soaks his feet in Condy's Crystals before setting out on a three-day tr

New Guinea. Corporal G. K. Fisher of Gladesville, NSW, looks inquiringly at a hen he bought from natives on Sarang Island, north of Alexishafen. He expects the hen to lay a regular supply of eggs to s

New Guinea. North of Alexishafen, these Australian infantrymen rig a tent in the form of a beach umbrella to sit under while they eat and drink.

ALEXISHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-27. A MEMBER OF THE 8TH INFANTRY BRIGADE EXAMINES A JAPANESE HEAVY DUTY SEWING MACHINE AMONG ABANDONED ENEMY EQUIPMENT AT NORTH ALEXISHAFEN.
