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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM A COASTLINE PATROL SEARCHING FOR THE REMAINS OF JAPANESE BOMBERS SHOT DOWN IN A RAID ON PORT MORESBY. THE PLANES WERE SEEN DIVING ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY CONDUCTING MANOEUVRES IN DENSE TROPICAL BUSH IN NEW GUINEA. THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE "ENEMY" (WHO WORE FELT HATS AS DISTINGUISHING MARKS) WAIT TO ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY MARCHING ALONG BUSH TRACKS AS THEY MOVE UP TO "ATTACK" DURING MANOEUVERES CARRIED OUT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A.I.F. COMMANDER FROM THE MIDDLE ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-15. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN SEARCHLIGHT CREW HAVE MADE THEMSELVES COMFORTABLE IN AN OLD BUILDING WHICH THEY HAVE CONVERTED INTO THEIR BILLETS

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 ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-04. SECTION PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WATERFRONT TAKEN FROM OBSERVATION HILL COVERS AIRSTRIP WITH TREES BEHIND IT, THEN SEA AND MOUNTAINS. TO JOIN PHOTOGRAPHS NOS. 57973, 57974, ..

DUMPU AIRSTRIP, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-13. GUNNERS OF THE 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT DOING LAYING PRACTICE ON A DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT AS IT APPROACHES THE AIRSTRIP. SHOWN ARE: VX24641 ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-11. UNLOADING A DOUGLAS TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ON THE AIRSTRIP. A TRUCK IS BACKED UP TO A SIDE DOOR

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-11. A DOUGLAS TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT, NICKNAMED SANDY, BEING REFUELLED ON THE AIRSTRIP

FINISTERRE RANGES, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-23. NATIVES CARRYING A STRETCHER CASE DOWN A STEEP SLOPE FROM SHAGGY RIDGE, ON THE WAY TO THE ADVANCED DRESSING STATION AT GUY'S POST. IN THE CENTRE OF THE ..

AT SEA. 1944-05-12. MESS ORDERLIES, COLLECTING RATIONS FROM THE GALLEY STAFF OF THE TROOPSHIP ORMISTON DURING THE JOURNEY FROM PORT MORESBY TO LAE

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-11. TRANSPORT AND FIGHTER AIRCRAFT LINED UP ON THE AIRSTRIP. THE DOUGLAS IS ON THE RIGHT WITH A THUNDERBOLT AND TWO KITTYHAWKS ON THE LEFT