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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROL PASSING BY A PAPUAN COASTAL VILLAGE AND THROUGH A COCONUT GROVE

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROL AFTER LEAVING THE COAST AND ITS OPEN BEACHES IS SOON SWALLOWED UP IN THE LONG GRASS THAT PRECEDES THE DENSE JUNGLE

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS RETURNING FROM A PATROL THROUGH A NATIVE VILLAGE

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY TROOPS ON PATROL IN NEW GUINEA PASS THROUGH NATIVE VILLAGES AND ARE ABLE TO SEE THE PAPUANS IN THEIR PRIMITIVE STATE. THIS PICTURE SHOWS SOME AUSSIES ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROL STOP IN A COASTAL VILLAGE TO MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A DUSKY "KIKINI" WHICH IS THE PAPUAN TRANSLATION OF A YOUNG GIRL

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS RUSHING INTO THE SHALLOWS FOR A REFRESHING PLUNGE AFTER A DAY'S WORK

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LAYING BARBEDWIRE ENTANGLEMENTS AMONG THE "STILTS" OF A NATIVE VILLAGE

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. THESE THREE SMALL PAPUAN BOYS COME IN FOR CLOSE SCRUTINY FROM THE AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMAN ON THE RIGHT. THE SOLDIERS ARE MEMBERS OF A PATROL IN THE COASTAL SECTION AND ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. HAVING ENJOYED A SWIM AFTER A DAY'S WORK, THESE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LOOSEN UP WITH A BRISK RUN ALONG THE BEACH

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PARTY LEAVING A NATIVE VILLAGE ENCOUNTERED WHILE ON PATROL. THEY ARE ABOARD A "LAKATOI" MANNED BY FIVE SMALL BOYS, BUT THE DIGGERS LENT A HAND AND ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. THE MORESBY HULA GIRLS

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. ALTHOUGH THE OLDER FOLK ARE MORE WARY, THE YOUNG CHILDREN OF THE PAPUAN VILLAGES ARE QUICK TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE AUSTRALIANS. THE TROOPS SEEN IN THE PICTURE ARE ..