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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS IN A TROPICAL SETTING. AN INFANTRY PATROL PASSES ALONG THE FORESHORE BY A NATIVE VILLAGE, SEVERAL HUTS OF WHICH CAN BE SEEN STILTED OUT OF THE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. IN THE HEART OF THE JUNGLE. TROOPS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROL CROSSING A CREEK

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-27. SQUADRON LEADER P.J. TURNBULL, DFC., COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 76 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, LEADER OF A PARTY OF PILOTS WHO HAVE RECENTLY ARRIVED IN THE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. THREE VERY SNAPPY CHORUS GIRLS-AUSTRALIAN ARMY ISSUE: THESE THREE LADS OF THE PORT MORESBY CONCERT PARTY "MAKE-UP" FOR THEIR PARTS IN THE SHOW PRESENTED BY THE PARTY ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY MOVING THROUGH A BANANA PLANTATION. SCOUTS KEEP A SHARP LOOK-OUT FOR SIGNS OF JAPANESE IN THESE DENSE AREAS

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. A SECTION OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROL FOLLOWING A NATIVE PATH THROUGH THICK GRASS

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY MOVING THROUGH A BANANA PLANTATION. SCOUTS KEEP A SHARP LOOK-OUT FOR SIGNS OF JAPANESE IN THESE DENSE AREAS

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROL WADING ASHORE AFTER HAVING BEEN TRANSPORTED BY A NATIVE "LAKATOI" ACROSS THE MOUTH OF A RIVER WHILST ON A COASTAL PATROL

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, 1942-07-25. A MARAUDER (B26) BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF US AIR FORCE 22ND BOMB GROUP MAKING A FORCED LANDING ON AN AIRFIELD IN NEW GUINEA PLOUGHED THROUGH THE EARTH UNTIL BROUGHT TO A ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-27. THREE FIGHTER PILOTS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE WHO HAVE SEEN ACTION OVERSEAS AND ARE NOW FIGHTING JAPANESE ZERO PLANES OVER NEW GUINEA MOUNTAINS. LEFT TO ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. THE 4TH FORM AT ST. MORESBY'S; AS PRESENTED BY THE PORT MORESBY CONCERT PARTY, A TROUPE OF ENTERTAINERS RECRUITED FROM TROOPS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE FOR THE ..