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1942-12-14. PAPUA - GONA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS MOVE DOWN THE COAST TOWARDS BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-14. PAPUA - GONA. CPL. J.R. MCNICHOL, SOUTH AUST., WITH HIS PARROT "IOROBAIWA JOE", RESCUED FROM NATIVE CARRIERS WHO HAD BEEN PLUCKING ITS FEATHERS FOR THEIR HEADDRESS. THE PARROT HAS ..

SANANANDA, NEW GUINEA, 1942-12-05. MEMBERS OF B COMPANY, 55/53RD BATTALION FORDING A RIVER. THE FIRST MAN IN LINE WITHOUT A HAT IS PRIVATE J. HUNTER AND THE NEXT THREE IN LINE ARE PRIVATES J. ..

1942-12-17. NEW GUINEA. RED CROSS. CORPORAL T.R. WALKER MELBOURNE, AND PTE. C.A. MAGEE OF BRISBANE ARE ASSISTED BY TWO NATIVES TO PACK RED CROSS SUPPLIES WHICH ARE TO BE DROPPED TO TROOPS IN ..

1942-12-16. PAPUA. GONA. AUSTRALIANS MARCH INTO THE FRONT LINE. THEY ARE PROBABLY OF THE 55/53RD BATTALION. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-17. NEW GUINEA. THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY DEPOT IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1942-12-17. NEW GUINEA. RED CROSS, MR G.F. HAUGHAN (AT LEFT) SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS, PHOTOGRAPHED WITH ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER D.H. HARDY. MR HAUGHAN HAS LIVED IN NEW ..

1942-12-17. NEW GUINEA. SALVATION ARMY. AUSTRALIANS AND AMERICANS PAUSE FOR A CUP OF TEA AT A SALVATION ARMY REST TENT IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

SOPUTA, PAPUA, 1942-12-23. MAIN DRESSING STATION NEAR SOPUTA. MEDICAL OFFICERS OPERATE ON A WOUNDED SOLDIER IN THE DEPTHS OF THE JUNGLE. THE OPERATING THEATRE IS IN ANKLE DEEP MUD. THE ONLY ROOF IS ..

1942-12-23. PAPUA. SOPUTA. FOUR AUSTRALIANS DRINK A CUP OF COFFEE AT A SALVATION ARMY HUT. LEFT TO RIGHT - PTES. R.D. MILLER, O. NAGLE, L.G. BRAUND OF N.S.W. AND H. JOHANSEN OF QUEENSLAND. THE ..

1942-12-17. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. JAPANESE CAPTURED IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON GONA

THE QUININE PARADE, RABAUL, 1917. (DONATED BY MR. F.O. CUTLER.) WARRANT OFFICER F.O. CUTLER A.N. & M.E.F