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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AFTER A HECTIC FEW MINUTES OF ACTION AGAINST JAP BOMBERS IN NEW GUINEA, AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LOOK ROUND FOR MORE TARGETS. SPENT SHELL-CASES CAN BE SEEN IN FRONT OF THE ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AN A.I.F. "ACK ACK" GUNNER APPLYING GREASE TO THE BREECH MECHANISM OF AN ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN AFTER AN ENGAGEMENT WITH JAPANESE PLANES IN NEW GUINEA

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AN A.I.F. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CREW LEAP TO POSITIONS IN NEW GUINEA AS THE SPOTTER GIVES THE ALARM THAT JAPANESE PLANES ARE APPROACHING

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. WASHING OUT A GUN BARREL AFTER THE "ALL-CLEAR" HAS SOUNDED IN A NEW GUINEA AREA. THIS IS A ROUTINE JOB THAT FOLLOWS JAPANESE RAIDS

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. THESE GUNNERS FOUGHT GERMAN AND ITALIAN PLANES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HERE THEY ARE SEEN MANNING AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN DURING A JAPANESE RAID IN NEW GUINEA. THEY WORK ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AT THEIR POSTS IN TRENCHES DUG IN DENSE NEW GUINEA BUSH

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. SUN-TANNED AUSTRALIAN GUNNERS WHO HAVE SEEN SERVICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PICTURED IN A HAPPY GROUP IN NEW GUINEA

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA HAVE A WASHING DAY

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AN AUSTRALIAN BREN GUN CARRIER IN NEW GUINEA RETURNING FROM A PATROL, IS TAKEN INTO A WELL CONCEALED POSITION UNDER CAMOUFLAGE NETTING, TO PREVENT OBSERVATION FROM ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. TYPICAL OF THE BRONZED AUSTRALIANS READY TO MEET THE JAPANESE IN NEW GUINEA ARE THESE HAPPY-LOOKING SAPPERS. WHEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER WANTED THEM TO SMILE, HE SAID THAT ..

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 ..