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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY UNIT AT ITS ACTION STATION ON THE NEW GUINEA COAST. SHADE FROM THE COCONUT PALMS PROVIDE EXCELLENT CAMOUFLAGE. NOTE - THESE GUNS ARE NOT IN ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. A MACHINE GUN CARRIER GOES IN TO THE ATTACK THROUGH THICK BUSH DURING MANOEUVRES CARRIED OUT BY AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY IN THE NEW GUINEA BUSH

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY CONDUCTING MANOEUVRES IN DENSE TROPICAL BUSH IN NEW GUINEA. HERE SOME OF THE TROOPS ARE RESTING DURING A BREAK IN THE EXERCISE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. RELAXING AFTER A LONG ROUTE MARCH, AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ENJOY THE FRESHNESS OF A NEW GUINEA MOUNTAIN STREAM

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-15. ARMY DIRECTION SIGNS ON A NEW GUINEA BUSH TRACK

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. TWO DESPATCH MOTOR CYCLE RIDERS FORCING A PATH THROUGH LONG THICK GRASS IN THE TROPICAL BUSH OF NEW GUINEA DURING MANOEUVRES CARRIED OUT BY AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PAPUAN NATIVES ARE EMPLOYED IN ERECTING GRASS AND WOOD HUTS FOR AMERICAN TROOPS. HERE TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE SEEN WATCHING NATIVE "BOYS" STRIPPING THE BARK

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. DIGGER HORSE-BREAKERS. FORMERLY QUEENSLAND BUSHMEN, THESE MEN WERE RECRUITED INTO THE INDEPENDENT LIGHT HORSE TROOP TO ROUND UP AND BREAK, BRUMBIES FROM THE HILLS ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. SMILING CONFIDENTLY, THESE MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERING UNIT IN NEW GUINEA LOOK CAMERAWARDS FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER BEFORE STARTING OUT ON A ROUTINE JOB

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PAPUAN NATIVES ASSEMBLING AND LASHING TOGETHER THE FRAMEWORK OF A HUT THEY ARE ERECTING FOR AMERICAN TROOPS

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. RELAXING AFTER A LONG ROUTE MARCH, AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ENJOY THE FRESHNESS OF A NEW GUINEA MOUNTAIN STREAM

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. A FIGHT WITHOUT NOISE. IN BETWEEN ALERTS, CAPTAIN W. BOYD OF OHIO AND LIEUTENANT R.W. SCHICK (FACING CAMERA) OF SAN FRANCISCO, MATCH THEIR SKILL ON THE CHESS BOARD. ..