Heavy fighting against Japanese in New Guinea: Allies capture Mubo in drive on Lae and Salamaua

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Heavy fighting against Japanese in New Guinea: Allies capture Mubo in drive on Lae and Salamaua

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Kura Heritage Collections Online

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Official pictures from the Commonwealth Department of Information illustrate recent fighting in New Guinea, where the Japanese-occupied area is being steadily reduced. Left: Wing-Commander Clive 'Killer' Caldwell, one of Australia's best-known air aces, who has been helping to intercept Japanese raids on the Northern Territory. Right: Papuan natives being trained as infantrymen attack a hut supposed to contain Japanese troops. It was set on fire by blazing arrows shot from longbows. Before th...

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1943-08-18

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Auckland Weekly News

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https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/305138

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Pilots / Australia. Royal Australian Air Force / Caldwell, Clive / Indigenous peoples - Papuans / Campaigns and battles - Pacific / World War, 1939-1945

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