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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AMERICAN SOLDIERS WATCHING PAPUAN NATIVES ERECTING GRASS AND WOOD HUTS WHICH WILL BE OCCUPIED BY AMERICAN TROOPS

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS LAYING BARBEDWIRE ENTANGLEMENTS THROUGH THE "STILTS" OF A NATIVE VILLAGE. COASTAL NATIVES OF NEW GUINEA BUILD VILLAGES THIS WAY BECAUSE OF AN ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM PATROL, MOVING THROUGH COCONUT PALMS WITH TYPICAL NATIVE VILLAGE IN THE BACKGROUND

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. MORNING PARADE IN A NEW SETTING. RIFLE INSPECTION FOR AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY IN A PAPUAN VILLAGE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. A GROUP OF NEW GUINEA "BOYS" IN A NATIVE VILLAGE SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF THE WHITE CIVILIAN POPULATION THESE "BOYS" DO LAUNDRY WORK AND DOMESTIC DUTIES IN CAMP AREAS

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. JAPANESE BOMBING RAIDS OVER PORT MORESBY CAUSED MOST OF THE NATIVE POPULATION TO GO TO THE HILLS. A SMALL NUMBER OF NATIVE "BOYS" REMAINED, OTHERS WERE BROUGHT BACK ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PUNTING THEIR "LAKATOI", (NATIVE NAME FOR A SAILING CRAFT) THESE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS PUSH OUT THROUGH THE SHALLOWS ON A FISHING EXCURSION. THE NATIVE SAILING CRAFT ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN RETURNING FROM A PATROL IN A NATIVE CANOE, A PRIMITIVE BUT EFFECTIVE WAY OF PATROLLING THE BEACHES. NOTE THE LARGE SWEEP CAR USED BY THE MAN ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. THE ARMY'S "NAVY"- A PRIMITIVE BUT EFFECTIVE WAY OF PATROLLING THE BEACHES. THESE AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN ARE RETURNING FROM A PATROL IN A NATIVE CANOE. ONE MAN MAY ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AMERICAN SOLDIERS WATCHING PAPUAN NATIVES ERECTING GRASS AND WOOD HUTS WHICH WILL BE OCCUPIED BY AMERICAN TROOPS

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. JAPANESE BOMBING RAIDS OVER PORT MORESBY CAUSED MOST OF THE NATIVE POPULATION TO GO TO THE HILLS. A SMALL NUMBER OF NATIVE "BOYS" REMAINED, OTHERS WERE BROUGHT BACK ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PUNTING THEIR "LAKATOI", (NATIVE NAME FOR A SAILING CRAFT) THESE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS PUSH OUT THROUGH THE SHALLOWS ON A FISHING EXCURSION. THE NATIVE SAILING CRAFT ..