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KOKODA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. INFORMAL PORTRAIT OF TOM FAIRHALL, SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH, TAKEN IN A RUBBER PLANTATION AT KOKODA DURING THE BUNA CAMPAIGN. HE IS TYPING ON HIS TYPEWRITER

War photographer Damien Parer photographed with two diggers. This picture was taken shortly after Parer had distinguished himself by helping to carry a badly wounded soldier to safety during an ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-11-01. A GROUP OF WAR CORRESPONDENTS AT THEIR FOUR MILE BASE DURING THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES AND KOKODA. THE MEN ARE, FROM THE LEFT, BACK ROW, L. ..

ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION OF PORTABLE RECORDING EQUIPMENT USED DURING THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN. THIS RECORDING GEAR WENT THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGNS, AS WELL AS GREECE AND SYRIA BEFORE ..

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROBABLY NORTHERN PROVINCE, LATE 1942 OR EARLY 1943. VILLAGERS PHOTOGRAPHED AFTER BEING BEATEN (THEY CLAIM) BY MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY. (PHOTOS LENT FOR COPYING BY HANK ..

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROBABLY NORTHERN PROVINCE, LATE 1942 OR EARLY 1943. VILLAGERS PHOTOGRAPHED AFTER BEING BEATEN (THEY CLAIM) BY MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY. (PHOTOS LENT FOR COPYING BY HANK ..

Kokoda, Papua-New Guinea. A Papuan soldier standing at arms reversed next to the Memorial at Kokoda erected to commemorate the exploits of the Australian forces in late 1942

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROBABLY NORTHERN PROVINCE, LATE 1942 OR EARLY 1943. VILLAGERS PHOTOGRAPHED AFTER BEING BEATEN (THEY CLAIM) BY MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY. (PHOTOS LENT FOR COPYING BY HANK ..

PAPUA NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF THE PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION. (PHOTO LENT BY HANK NELSON: A.N.U.)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROBABLY NORTHERN PROVINCE, LATE 1942 OR EARLY 1943. VILLAGERS PHOTOGRAPHED AFTER BEING BEATEN (THEY CLAIM) BY MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY. (PHOTOS LENT FOR COPYING BY HANK ..

NEW GUINEA, 1945. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY TALKING TO SERGEANT PERKINS (EX 2/22ND BATTALION) WITH BRIGADIER R. SANDOVER AND LT COL B.F. DAWSON LOOKING ON. THIS WAS TAKEN AFTER THE RECAPTURE BY 6 ..

GISANAMBA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-11. COLONEL GARLAND, OFFICER IN CHARGE, A COMPANY 2ND NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION, DURING MOPPING UP OPERATIONS AFTER ATTACK ON THE JAPANESE HELD VILLAGE