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KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND, 1945-08-13. AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVES PLACING WHITE PARACHUTE BUNDLES ALONG THE AIR STRIP IN 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION AREA, TO INDICATE TO THE PILOT THE MOST SUITABLE PART FOR LANDING. AS IT IS NEWLY PREPARED SOME SECTIONS ARE STILL SOFT.
KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND, 1945-08-13. AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY FLYING OFFICER W.H.R. SMITH, COMES IN LOW FOR A CLOSE INSPECTION OF THE AIRSTRIP WHICH IS IN 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION AREA. IT HAS BEEN MA
KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-13. FLYING OFFICER W.H.R. SMITH, 12 LOCAL AIR SUPPLY UNIT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BESIDE HIS TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT. IT IS THE FIRST AIRCRAFT TO L
KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. TALL BLACK COLUMNS OF SMOKE RISING FROM THE SOUTHERN END OF KIARIVU FOLLOWING A HEAVY AIR STRIKE BY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BEAUFORTS. AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF THE K
KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-13. THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY FLYING OFFICER W.H.R. SMITH, BEING RECEIVED BY 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS AND NATIVES. IT
COCONUT KNOLL, KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. THE NORTHERN END OF KIARIVU VILLAGE STILL BEING HELD BY THE ENEMY. THE JAPANESE NATIVE HUTS CAN BE SEEN THROUGH THE COCONUT TREES. 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALIO
KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-13. THE TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT WITH FLYING OFFICER W.H.R. SMITH, 12 LOCAL AIR SUPPLY UNIT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE AT THE CONTROLS TAKING OFF. IT W
