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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 THE BOMBING AND IS STILL IN OPERATION.
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 OCC
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. 1945-11-26. THE BUTIBUM MISSION CHURCH, FORMERLY CONTROLLED BY THE LUTHERAN MISSION SOCIETY. IT WAS USED BY THE JAPANESE AS A HOSPITAL AND LATER, AS AN AUSTRALIAN DISPATCH RIDER CENTR
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-26. A NATIVE SCHOOL FORMERLY OPERATED BY THE LUTHERAN MISSION SOCIETY. IT WAS USED BY THE JAPANESE AS PART OF THEIR HOSPITAL. AFTER THE RECAPTURE OF LAE IT WAS USED BY THE AUS
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-3. THE GARDENS AT 20 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, LAE, WITH TENTS USED BY THE OCCUPANTS IN THE BACKGROUND. CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF VEGETABLES HAVE BEEN GROWN BY THESE FORMOSANS.
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
