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1943-08-16. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. AUSTRALIANS CLEARING THE JUNGLE ROUND HOUSE BANANA ADVANCED DRESSING STATION. THE HOUSE SERVES AS A STAGING CAMP ON THE TRACK FROM MOUNT TAMBU, WHERE WALKING ..

1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. 2/5TH BATTALION STRETCHER BEARER CORPORAL LESLIE C. "BULL" ALLEN MM, AGE 26, OF BALLARAT, VIC, ABOUT TO DRINK FROM A WATER BOTTLE. ALLEN CARRIED OUT UNDER FIRE TWELVE ..

1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. CPL. VALENTINE LYE OF LONG BEACH, CALIF. SPREADS PALM LEAVES ON THE GROUND TO MAKE A BED FOR HIMSELF AND HIS MATES ON MOUNT TAMBU. ON THE POLES THEY STRETCHED THEIR GROUND ..

1943-09-14. NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. ENTRANCE TO THE HUT OF THE JAP COMMANDER AT KOMIATUM RIDGE FROM WHICH HE AND HIS TROOPS WERE DRIVEN BY THE AUSTRALIANS DURING THE ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. IN THE ..

1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. THE ASSAULT ON MOUNT TAMBU. SMOKE BOMBS BURSTING ON THE MOUNTAIN. THESE BOMBS WERE USED TO ENABLE ACCURACY ON FIRE TO BE OBSERVED. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK)

1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIANS FIRING A THREE INCH MORTAR AT MOUNT TAMBU. THE SURROUNDINGS ARE TYPICAL OF THE COUNTRY FROM WHICH ALLIED TROOPS DROVE THE JAPANESE AND THEN PUSHED ON TO INVEST ..

1943-09-01. NEW GUINEA. CPL. DON MATHER OF SOUTH YARRA, VIC., OF THE SELF NAMED "DEVIL'S OWN" OUTFIT AT MOUNT TAMBU. SHORTLY BEFORE THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN THE OUTFIT CLASHED WITH A JAPANESE PATROL ..

THE SELF NAMED "DEVIL'S OWN" OUTFIT - A GROUP OF AUSTRALIANS WHO HELPED DRIVE THE JAPS FROM MOUNT TAMBU; AND CLEARED THE WAY FOR THE ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. LEFT TO RIGHT (BACK) CORPORAL DON MATHER OF ..

1943-09-14. NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. MEMBERS OF THE A.I.F. TEST A JAPANESE TYPE 92 MACHINE GUN CAPTURED ON KOMIATUM RIDGE. THIS TYPE OF MACHINE GUN IS KNOWN TO THE AUSTRALIANS AS THE ..

1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. STAFF OF A U.S. PORTABLE HOSPITAL ON MOUNT TAMBU HAVING BREAKFAST. THEY WERE WITHIN 600 YARDS OF THE JAPANESE POSITIONS (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK)

1943-09-14. NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. AUSTRALIANS EXAMINE A THREE INCH MORTAR CAPTURED FROM THE JAPS AFTER THEY HAD BEEN DRIVEN FROM KOMIATUM RIDGE. THE MORTAR WAS A DUTCH TYPE AND HAD PROBABLY ..

1943-09-15. NEW GUINEA. THE COMMANDER OF THE ALLIED LAND FORCES IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY INSPECTS AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AT A NEW GUINEA BASE. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK)