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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07-15. THIS WEIRD PATTERN MAY LOOK STRANGE FROM THE GROUND, BUT IT BLENDS THE FIELD WORKSHOP SET UP BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WITH THE SURROUNDING NEW GUINEA BUSH TO MAKE IT ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPU, 1942-07. GROUP OF OFFICERS OF 30TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE. LEFT TO RIGHT:- LIEUTENANT-COLONEL O.A. KESSELS, OFFICER COMMANDING 49TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, BRIGADIER ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1942-07-20. "ALL PRESENT AND CORRECT, SIR". AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PLATOON PARADES FOR RIFLE INSPECTION IN A PAPUAN COASTAL VILLAGE. THE STILTS OF THE NATIVE HUTS ARE IN THE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1942-07. PRIVATE LES HOMSEY WHO FEATURES IN THE BALLET PRESENTED BY THE PORT MORESBY CONCERT PARTY AND FIRES THE IMAGINATION OF HIS AUDIENCE OF AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN TROOPS ..

PAPUA, 1942-07-27. THE MASSIVE TAIL OF AN AMERICAN B26 MARAUDER BOMBER AIRCRAFT, SERIAL NO. 01503, OF US AIR FORCE 22ND BOMB GROUP, PROBABLY AT 7 MILE STRIP AIRFIELD. OTHER MARAUDER BOMBER AIRCRAFT ..

NEW GUINEA, 1942-08-11. THE CREW OF A 39TH INFANTRY BATTALION, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES, BREN GUN CARRIER PAY A CALL ON THE REAR-GUNNER OF AN AMERICAN US 22ND BOMB GROUP B26 GIANT BOMBER AS IT ..

NEW GUINEA, 1942-08-10. AN AMERICAN BOMBER TAKES OFF FROM A NEW GUINEA AIRFIELD FOR A RAID OVER JAP OCCUPIED TERRITORY

NEW GUINEA, 1942-08-11. "HAVE ONE OF THESE YANK". A MEMBER OF THE 39TH INFANTRY BATTALION, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES FROM A BREN GUN CARRIER FRATERNIZES WITH THE BOMB AIMER OF A GIANT AMERICAN ..

PAPUA. 1942-08-18. ALLIED BOMBERS EXPLODING ON SEVEN MILE AERODROME NEAR PORT MORESBY AFTER BEING HIT IN A BOMBING RAID BY TWENTY-FOUR JAPANESE BOMBERS

PAPUA. 1942-09. A YMCA TENT JUST BACK OF THE FRONT LINE IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE. YMCA AND SALVATION ARMY PERSONNEL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TROOPS AND PROVIDE A PLACE WHERE THE SOLDIERS CAN WRITE ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. A GUN CREW OF THE 14TH FIELD REGIMENT (MILITIA), ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, WITH THEIR 25-POUNDER GUN IN ACTION POSITION IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE. IDENTIFIED ARE; 2ND FROM LEFT, ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER LOOKS OUT THROUGH A GAP IN THE JUNGLE FOLIAGE ON THE RIDGE WHERE OUR TROOPS ARE HOLDING THE JAPS BACK. IORIBAIWA LIES AWAY IN THE DISTANCE. NOTE THE THREE ..