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WAU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-24. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (1) WITH MEMBERS OF HIS OFFICIAL PARTY ARRIVING AT WAU AIRFIELD DURING A TOUR OF INSPECTION OF NEW GUINEA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- MR J. DONOVAN, PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE MINISTER (2); NX191031 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A.A. CONLON, DIRECTORATE OF ARMY RESEARCH (3); MAJOR-GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, GOC AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT(4); VX94717 COLONEL R.J. WRIGHT, DIRECTORATE OF ARMY RESEARCH (5); NX70327 MAJOR A.M. ALISON, COMMANDING OFFICER, WAU AREA (6).
WAU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-25. MAJOR-GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, GOC AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (1), INDICATES AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY BRIGADE REST CAMP AT THE REAR OF WAU AIRFIELD TO THE HONOUR
KOITAKI, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-19. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (4), PICTURED WITH OFFICIALS INSPECTING A RUBBER TREE AT THE KOITAKI RUBBER PL
FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-25. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (1), CHATTING WITH GENERAL BAKER, UNITED STATES ARMY (2), AND MAJOR-G
KOITAKI, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-19. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (5), WITH THE OFFICIAL PARTY DURING HIS VISIT TO A KOITAKI RUBBER PLANTATION.
MALAHANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-23. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (1), WITH MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY DURING AN INSPECTION OF NATIVES AT TH
WAU - BULOLO ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. A DREDGE OWNED BY THE BULOLO GOLD MINING COMPANY STANDS UNUSED 6 MILES FROM SUNSHINE AFTER BEING RENDERED USELESS BY AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS DURING THE JAPANESE
