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1942-11-23. UNITED STATES NURSES IN NEW GUINEA. RELAXATION IN A SWIMMING HOLE NEAR THE CAMP. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1942-11-23. UNITED STATES NURSES IN NEW GUINEA. GETTING READY TO TAKE COVER DURING AN AIR-RAID ALARM. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1942-11-28. NEW GUINEA. LIEUT. GENERAL GEORGE KENNY JUST AFTER DECORATING 2ND LIEUT. VICTOR FRANCO, ROCHESTER, PENN., WITH SILVER STAR AND SQUADRON COMMANDER WILLIAM BENN, WASHINGTON PENN., WITH ..

1942-12-02. NEW GUINEA. HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT BEING LOADED INTO A TRANSPORT PLANE IN WHICH IT WILL BE FLOWN TO AN ADVANCED BASE WHERE WOUNDED WILL BE TREATED WHILST AWAITING TRANSPORT. (NEGATIVE BY G. ..

1942-11-23. NEW GUINEA. KOKODA. HORSES WERE USED BY THE JAPANESE TO BRING SUPPLIES FROM BUNA TO KOKODA. HERE ARE SHOWN HORSES IN SHOCKING CONDITION, THE SKIN RUBBED OFF THEIR BACKS THROUGH ..

NEW GUINEA. GONA. CHURCH SERVICE BEFORE GOING INTO BATTLE. PADRE J.B. LYNCH. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-09-09. LIEUT. J.F. DAVIES OF BROKEN HILL WITH HIS YOUNG FRIEND "GEORGE". (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

Funeral of New York Times war correspondent Byron Darnton, at the military cemetery at Port Moresby. Pall-bearers were war correspondents. Four were American, one English, one Australian. Left to ..

1942-10-19. OSMAR WHITE, MELBOURNE HERALD WAR CORRESPONDENT, AND CHESTER WILMOT OF THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION, AT THEIR CAMP ON THE KOKODA FRONT. (NEGATIVE BY PARER)

1942-11-11. AUSTRALIAN NURSES RETURN TO NEW GUINEA. THEY ATTEND TO WOUNDED BROUGHT IN FROM THE KOKODA TRACK. LEFT TO RIGHT:- PRIVATE G.A. HAMMOND, N.S.W., SISTER D. BUSH, N.S.W., L/CPL. B.E. DAVIS ..

1942-11-06. SHOT OF AN AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. THIS BATTERY IS MANNED ENTIRELY BY VICTORIANS USING GUNS MANUFACTURED IN A VICTORIAN FACTORY AND THEIR BAG OF ENEMY ..

1942-09-09. PAPUAN NATIVES BUILDING HUTS FOR AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS. PALM LEAVES ARE USED FOR ROOFING AND SAGO BARK FOR WALLS. THE NATIVES SCORN THE USE OF NAILS AND WIRE OR OTHER MODERN ACCESSORIES ..