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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-3. GORDON EEKHOFF'S HOUSE AT LAE, THE ONLY DWELLING WHICH SURVIVED BOTH JAPANESE AND ALLIED BOMBING. IT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED AS A GEISHA HOUSE DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF LAE. IT WAS LATER USED BY THE AMERICAN FORCES FOR BILLETING TROOPS.
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-20. THE ICEWORKS, FORMERLY THE BURNS PHILP'S FREEZERS, WHICH HAVE BEEN USED SINCE THE OUTBREAK OF WAR BY AUSTRALIANS, JAPANESE, AMERICANS AND AGAIN BY AUSTRALIANS. IT SURVIVED
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-20. THE FORMER GUINEA AIRWAYS HANGAR. IT WAS BADLY DAMAGED BUT WITHSTOOD BOMBING BY THE JAPANESE AND LATER BY THE ALLIES BEFORE THE RECAPTURE OF LAE. IT WAS USED BY THE JAPANE
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-27. WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF BUTIBUM VILLAGE HAVING THEIR PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY HISTORY SECTION. THIS VILLAGE HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUIN
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-27. NX95472 LIEUTENANT F.S. WOOD, PHOTOGRAPHER, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOME OF THE NATIVE INHABITANTS OF BUTIBUM VILLAGE. THIS VILLAGE HAS BEEN TAKEN
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-27. IOSI, THE NATIVE SCHOOL TEACHER AT BUTIBUM VILLAGE EXPLAINING A PROBLEM TO A VERY SHY NATIVE GIRL IN THE CLASS. THIS VILLAGE HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUIN
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-11-26. THE GUINEA AIRWAYS "STIFF-LEG" CRANE. IT IS NO LONGER USED BUT WAS STILL SERVICEABLE WHEN AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN FORCES ENTERED LAE. THE AREA IS NOW OCCUPIED BY 33 SQUADR
