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1942-12-08. NEW GUINEA. GONA. ALLIED PLANES BOMB JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE BUSH NEAR GONA. BOMBS WERE RELEASED WHILE THE PLANES WERE STILL A FEW HUNDRED YARDS BEHIND THE AUSTRALIAN FRONT LINES. ..

NEW GUINEA. STOREHOUSE OF RICE ON BUNA ROAD LEFT BEHIND WHEN THE JAPS RETREATED. RICE IS NOW BEING USED BY OUR TROOPS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-04. NEW GUINEA. GONA. TROOPS SNATCH A HASTY MEAL DURING A LULL IN THE GONA FIGHTING. IN BACKGROUND IS A JAPANESE GRAVE. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN LESS THAN 100 YARDS FROM THE JAPANESE POSITIONS. ..

1942-12-08. NEW GUINEA. GONA. TREES IN THE BACKGROUND CONTAIN JAPANESE SNIPERS. AUSTRALIAN MORTOR CREWS IN ACTION 150 YARDS FROM GONA

1942-12-11. PAPUA - GONA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS MOVE DOWN THE COAST TOWARDS BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-11. PAPUA - GONA. AN AUSTRALIAN OFFICER, WHO HAS JUST CRAWLED IN AFTER LYING EIGHT DAYS WOUNDED NEAR JAPANESE LINES, RECEIVES MEDICAL TREATMENT. HE WAS ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY FROM THE ..

1942-12-07. NEW GUINEA. A 105MM M-3A1 HOWITZER COMPLETE WITH SPARES, TRACTOR AND AMMUNITION IS UNLOADED SOMEWHERE IN THE BATTLE AREA. THE GUN CREW ALSO CAME WITH THE GUN. PICTURE SHOWS A PORTION OF ..

1942-12-07. NEW GUINEA. A 105MM M-3A1 HOWITZER COMPLETE WITH SPARES, TRACTOR AND AMMUNITION IS UNLOADED SOMEWHERE IN THE BATTLE AREA. THE GUN CREW ALSO CAME WITH THE GUN. PICTURE SHOWS A PORTION OF ..

NEW GUINEA. GONA. AUSTRALIANS ON RECONNAISSANCE IN THE GONA AREA FOUND THIS PIECE OF PACKING CASE MARKED "A.I.F. MALAYA". EVIDENTLY AUSTRALIAN MATERIAL CAPTURED IN MALAYA IS BEING USED AGAINST US ..

1942-12-14. NEW GUINEA. TROOPS LOAD PLANE WITH AMMUNITION WRAPPED IN BLANKETS, WHICH WILL BE DROPPED TO THE TROOPS IN THE BUNA-GONA AREA. GENERAL BLAMEY DISPLAYS KEEN INTEREST IN THE LOADING OF THE ..

1942-12-14. PAPUA - GONA. PRIVATE A.H. SNADDON (NSW) HAS A WELCOME DRINK OF COCONUT MILK. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-16. PAPUA. BUNA. AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED GO OUT AS AMERICAN TROOPS MOVE IN. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)