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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-09-19. TROOPS OF THE 19TH INFANTRY BATTALION ENGAGED IN A MOCK INVASION AT THE MOUTH OF THE BUSO RIVER APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES EAST OF LAE. THIS VIEW, LOOKING NORTH WEST, SHOWS A SECTION OF A 60 FOOT SUSPENSION BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED BY THE 12TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-09-19. TROOPS OF THE 19TH INFANTRY BATTALION CROSSING A 60 FOOT SUSPENSION BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED BY THE 12TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ACROSS THE BUSO RIVER APPROXI
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-09-19. THE BUSO RIVER MOUTH SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES EAST OF LAE, VIEWED LOOKING TOWARDS THE NORTH EAST WITH THE FINISTERRE RANGE IN THE BACKGROUND. THE RIVER MOUTH, COMPR
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-09-19. AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE MOUTH OF THE BUSO RIVER, ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF LAE.
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-09-19. THE BUSO RIVER LOOKING EAST TOWARDS FINSCHHAFEN WITH THE FINISTERRE RANGE IN THE BACKGROUND.
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1946-01-28. THE BUSU RIVER, SHOWING THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE SPANNING THE WIDTH OF THE RIVER. THE BRIDGE, BELIEVED TO BE THE LONGEST IN NEW GUINEA, WAS CONSTRUCTED BY 20TH AUSTRALIAN FIE
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-09-08. THE NEW SUSPENSION BRIDGE BEING BUILT ACROSS THE BUSU RIVER BY TROOPS OF THE 20TH FIELD ENGINEERS.
