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A wounded Australian soldier has his cigarette lit by Salvation Army Chaplain Albert Moore, padre to the 2/14th Battalion. The soldier on the stretcher is VX51106 Lieutenant Valentine G. Gardner, D ..

OWEN STANLEY RANGES, NEW GUINEA. C. 1942-09-01. CORPORAL H. G. EVANS AND SGT. L. R. MARTORANA OF THE A.M.F. AT A NATIVE VILLAGE SHORTLY AFTER THEIR UNIT HAS CLASHED WITH THE JAPANESE IN THE KOKODA ..

1942-09-22. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, O.C. ALLIED LAND FORCES IN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC, MEETS SENIOR OFFICERS IN AN ADVANCED OPERATIONAL AREA IN PAPUA. (NEGATIVE BY ARMY PRESS RELATIONS)

1942-10-01. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER PILOTS SQUADRON LEADER TRUSCOTT, D.F.C. AND SQUADRON LEADER L. JACKSON AFTER THE UNSUCCESSFUL JAPANESE ATTACK ON MILNE BAY. TRUSCOTT BECAME ..

Informal portrait of 400213 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Keith William (Bluey) Truscott (left) and Adjutant of 76 Squadron 03356 Thomas George Janes, shortly after the unsuccessful Japanese attack on ..

1942-10-01. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS PLOUGH THROUGH THE MUD AT MILNE BAY SHORTLY AFTER THE UNSUCCESSFUL JAPANESE INVASION ATTEMPT

1942-10-08. GENERAL BLAMEY DISCUSSES THE PROGRAM WITH MAJOR-GENERAL ALLEN BEFORE THE OFFICIAL PARTY BEGINS ITS TOUR OF INSPECTIONS. IT IS AT THIS POINT THAT MECHANICAL TRANSPORT HAS TO GIVE WAY TO ..

PAPUA. 1942-10-09. REPORTS FROM NEW GUINEA INDICATE THAT THE OPERATIONS OF AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY UNITS PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN FORCING THE WITHDRAWAL OF JAPANESE TROOPS FROM SOUTH OF THE OWEN STANLEY ..

1942-10-09. PACK-HORSES AND MULES ARE USED EXTENSIVELY IN NEW GUINEA FOR THE TRANSPORT OF SUPPLIES TO FORWARD POSITIONS. MEMBERS OF AN INDEPENDENT LIGHT HORSE UNIT ARE PICTURED HERE PREPARING TO ..

1942-10-09. RECENT FIGHTING IN THE NEW GUINEA RANGES HAS SHOWN THAT SUCCESS DEPENDS LARGELY ON THE ORGANISATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SUPPLY ROUTES AND IN THIS RESPECT THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES HAVE BEEN ..

1942-10-09. FOUR MEN OF THE NEW GUINEA FORCE RESTING AFTER A JUNGLE PATROL. THEY ARE, PRIVATES B. BERWICK, J. SCHLECHT, R.G. WRIGHT AND J.A. INNES. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

PAPUA. 1942-10-8. GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, ON AN INSEPECTION TOUR OF THE NEW GUINEA BATTLE AREA, SPEAKS WITH AUSTRALIAN OFFICER, DON PEACOCK. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)