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MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. SERGEANT G.E. PAGAN, SERVING WITH 76 FIGHTER SQUADRON RAAF IN NEW GUINEA

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. FLYING OFFICER B. D. WATSON, (LEFT) AND SERGEANT R. G. RIDDELL, SERVING WITH 75 FIGHTER SQUADRON RAAF IN NEW GUINEA

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-10. A BULLDOZER OF AN AUSTRALIAN UNIT HOPELESSLY BOGGED IN SOFT MUD NEAR GILI GILI ON THE SHORES OF MILNE BAY. FURTHER UP THE ROAD ON THE LEFT A TRUCK MAY BE SEEN ALSO WELL ..

This picture shows the bad state of the roads in and around Gili Gili where Australian troops are stationed on the shores of Milne Bay. An AIF truck is seen hopelessly bogged. Identified, standing ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. THIS WATER POINT, TO SUPPLY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE GILI GILI AREA, IS SET IN A TROPICAL SETTING IN A COCONUT PLANTATION

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. JETTY AT MILNE BAY FORMERLY OWNED BY LEVER BROTHERS PLANTATION, WHICH IS USED BY THE SMALLER CRAFT FOR UNLOADING

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.F. ROWELL, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING NEW GUINEA FORCE (RIGHT) AND BRIGADIER H.G. ROURKE, CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. TROOPS OF THE 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE DISEMBARKING AT THE WHARF FROM NAVAL CORVETTES, HAVING BEEN FERRIED BY THOSE VESSELS FROM TROOPSHIPS ANCHORED IN THE ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. TROOPS OF THE 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE DISEMBARKING FROM A TROOPSHIP TO A NAVAL CORVETTE FOR FERRYING TO THE WHARF

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. SENIOR OFFICERS OF MILNE FORCE. LEFT TO RIGHT:- COLONEL F.O. CHILTON, GSO I, MAJOR GENERAL C.A. CLOWES, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE FORCE, AND COLONEL JOHN ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. MULES, HORSES AND THEIR ATTENDANTS READY TO SET OFF DOWN THE MULE TRACK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE JOURNEY TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF UBERI, ON THE KOKODA TRAIL

PAPUA. 1942-09. SAPPERS OF THE 2/6TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, FELLING AND SAWING TREES WITH WHICH TO BRIDGE SMALL CREEKS ALONG THE TRACK THROUGH THE VALLEY ON THE WAY TO KOKODA