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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. A CONCERT PARTY WAS FORMED FROM AMONG THE TROOPS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE SERVING IN THE AREA FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN TROOPS IN PAPUA. ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROL BEING TRANSPORTED ACROSS A RIVER BY SMALL BOYS IN A "LAKATOI" GET OFF AND PUSH ACROSS THE SHALLOW WATERS OVER THE REEF WHICH GIRDLES THE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN ON PATROL CROSSING A RIVER ABOARD A NATIVE "LAKATOI" MANNED BY FIVE SMALL PAPUAN BOYS. NOTICE THAT ONLY ONE OF THE HIRED CREW IS WORKING - THE ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07-25. US AIR FORCE 22ND BOMB GROUP PERSONNEL INSPECTING THE DAMAGE TO A MARAUDER (B26) BOMBER AIRCRAFT "COSSACK" WHICH MADE A FORCED LANDING ON THE AIRFIELD AT SEVEN MILE ..

NEW GUINEA, 1942-08. BREN GUN CARRIERS MANNED BY PERSONNEL OF THE 39TH INFANTRY BATTALION, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES, PASSING THROUGH THE LONG KUNAI GRASS DURING MANOEUVRES IN THE NEW GUINEA ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-27. MEN OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE MARINE SECTION AT WORK AT THEIR SEAPLANE BASE. HERE THEY ARE SHOWN REPAIRING A FLYING-BOAT TENDER

PAPUA. 1942-07-25. THIS MARAUDER (B26) BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF US AIR FORCE 22ND BOMB GROUP IS NOT AIR-BORNE, AS MIGHT APPEAR, BUT IS MAKING A FORCED LANDING ON AN AIRFIELD. NOTE THE CLOUD OF DUST ..

Crew members standing in front of a United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B26 Martin Marauder bomber which has been named 'sourpuss'. Identified from left to right: Charles Smith of South Carolina, ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-27. "ABDUL THE BULL", A PLANE OF A ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE FIGHTER SQUADRON, TAKEN ON ITS BOMB LOAD, PRIOR TO SETTING OUT ON A RAID OVER JAPANESE OCCUPIED AREAS

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1942-07-27. AMERICAN MECHANICS DO NOT LOSE ANY TIME WHEN THE COBRA FIGHTER PLANES RETURN FROM A RAID INTERCEPTING JAPANESE ZEROS. THEY ARE QUICKLY ON THE JOB OF RE-FUELLING AND ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. AN ARTIST IN THE RAAF WORKSHOPS PUTS THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO A WALL PAINTING OF A NAKED WOMAN (A PIN-UP ON A LARGE SCALE) THAT HE CONSIDERS WOULD HELP THE BOYS TO ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-27. SQUADRON LEADER P.J. TURNBULL, DFC., COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 76, (KITTYHAWK) FIGHTER SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, CLIMBS INTO THE COCKPIT OF HIS FIGHTER ..