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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. THESE SUN TANNED AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS IN NEW GUINEA FIND THAT ONLY A MINIMUM OF CLOTHING IS NECESSARY IN THE TROPICAL HEAT. SHIRTS ARE RARELY WORN BY THE TROOPS AND AN ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. EXPERT HORSEMEN DURING PEACETIME, THESE QUEENSLANDERS ARE NOW SERVING WITH THE AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT LIGHT HORSE TROOP IN NEW GUINEA. THEY ARE TYPICAL OF THE MANY ..

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-17. MEMBERS OF NO. 14 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 35TH INFANTRY BATTALION. A SECTION OF THE PLATOON HAS RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A PATROL WHICH CROSSED THE REMPI RIVER NORTH ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. A HEAD STUDY OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL D.D. PITT, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER I, NEW GUINEA FORCE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. LOOKING FOR JAPANESE ZEROS AND BOMBERS, THE KEEN EYES OF THE SPOTTER OF AN AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT CREW SEARCHES THE NEW GUINEA SKY

PORT MORESBY, 1942-07. FOLLOWING AN ALARM THAT JAPANESE PLANES WERE IN THE VICINITY, THIS AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT CREW IN NEW GUINEA WAS PHOTOGRAPHED JUST AFTER REACHING ACTION STATIONS AND WHILE ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. ALWAYS READY. NO TIME IS LOST IN PREPARING ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FOR ACTION AGAIN AFTER JAPANESE RAIDS ON OUR POSITIONS IN NEW GUINEA. THIS PICTURE SHOWS SUN-TANNED ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. SILHOUETTED AGAINST HEAVY TROPIC CLOUDS, THESE GUNS, MANNED BY AUSTRALIANS WHO SAW ACTION AGAINST GERMAN BOMBERS AT HAIFA, PALESTINE, ARE BEING BROUGHT TO BEAR ON ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. ALWAYS READY. NO TIME IS LOST IN PREPARING ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FOR ACTION AGAIN AFTER JAPANESE RAIDS ON OUR POSITIONS IN NEW GUINEA. THIS PICTURE SHOWS SUN-TANNED ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. AN AMBULANCE DETACHMENT KEEPS UP WITH THE INFANTRY DURING MANOEUVRES CARRIED OUT BY AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN DENSE TROPICAL BUSH UNDER THE DIRECTION OF AN A.I.F. ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. NO SHIFTWORK AT THE FRONT. THESE MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN SEARCHLIGHT CREW IN NEW GUINEA, DO NOT CONFINE THEIR EFFORTS TO THEIR REGULAR NIGHTLY HOURS OF DUTY. DURING ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. A BRONZED AUSTRALIAN SIGNALLER TESTS THE LINE TO AN ARMY OUTPOST IN THE NEW GUINEA BUSH