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1942-12-16. GONA, PAPUA. CHURCH OF ENGLAND PADRE A.E. BEGBIE IN A CEMETERY BETWEEN TWO CROSSES MARKING THE GRAVES OF SOLDIERS WHO DIED DURING THE BATTLE FOR GONA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-18. NEW GUINEA. PART OF AN RAAF MEDICAL RECEIVING STATION, THE MOST ADVANCED STATION OF ITS KIND IN THE PACIFIC ZONE. STAFFED BY PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS, NURSING SISTERS AND ORDERLIES, THE ..

1942-12-17. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. JAPANESE KILLED IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON GONA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

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

NATIVE CONSTABULARY ON PARADE, KIETA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. (DONATED BY MR. F.O. CUTLER.)

"SOLDIERS" BUNGALOW, KAVIENG (FORMERLY KAWIENG), NEW IRELAND, NEW GUINEA. (DONATED BY MR. F.O. CUTLER.)

1942-12-18. NEW GUINEA. SENIOR SISTER J. WHEATLEY, RAAF NURSING SERVICE, AT AN RAAF MEDICAL RECEIVING STATION GIVES A DRINK TO A NATIVE BOY NAMED LAURABURI (WHICH MEANS WHITE CLOUD) WHO WAS ..

THE CAMP IN THE JUNGLE AT MARBERI ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, NEW GUINEA, OF CAPTAIN HUNT'S SURVEY PARTY, 1917. (DONATED BY F.O. CUTLER.)

1942-12-28. ALLIED INFANTRY FOLLOWED THE TANKS IN PAPUA. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIGHTING. THE TANKS CRASHED THROUGH A JAPANESE CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED PILLBOXES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-28. PAPUA. AUSTRALIAN-MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 LIGHT TANKS ATTACK BUNA. THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN DURING THE ATTACK. AFTER THE FIRST WAVE OF THE TANK ATTACK AT BUNA HAD PASSED. IN THE ..

1942-12-28. PAPUA. PICTURE SHOWS TANK TRACKS ON THE BEACH AT CAPE ENDAIADAIRE

1942-12-28. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIGHTING. THE TANKS CRASHED THROUGH A JAPANESE CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED PILLBOXES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)