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1942-12-28. PAPUA. AN AMERICAN IS IN THE STRETCHER BEARER CREW BRINGING OUT A WOUNDED SOLDIER. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE ACTUAL FIGHTING. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

MEMBERS OF CAPTAIN HUNT'S SURVEYING PARTY AT TOIEMONAPU, BOUGAINVILLE, NEW GUINEA, 1917-03. (DONATED BY MR. F.O. CUTLER.)

1942-12-28. PAPUA, GIROPA POINT AREA. AN AUSTRALIAN MANNED TANK FOLLOWED BY INFANTRYMEN IN ACTION LEADING TO THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK.)

1942-12-05. BUNA. ALLIED TROOPS BUILD A BRIDGE ACROSS SEMINI CREEK. TANKS RACED ACROSS THIS BRIDGE IN THE ATTACK ON THE MAIN BUNA AIRSTRIP. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-05. PAPUA. ALLIES ATTACK BUNA. A SIGNALLERS' POST, MANNED BY AMERICANS, AT A FORWARD AREA IN BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-05. PAPUA. ALLIES ATTACK BUNA. ONE OF THE ZERO FIGHTER AIRCRAFT HIT BY THE ALLIED AIR FORCE ON THE AIR STRIP AT BUNA. THESE WERE THE FIRST PICTURES EVER TAKEN OF THE NEW TYPE OF ZERO ..

THE WORK OF THE SURVEY CORPS IN NEW GUINEA. SURVEY LINE THROUGH THE BUSH AND TEMPORARY BRIDGE ACROSS SWAMP, NEW IRELAND. 1918. (DONATED BY F.O. CUTLER.)

1942-12-31. PAPUA. BUNA. AN AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN BATTERY SHELLS BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-05. PAPUA. ADVANCED FRONT. PILOT OFFICER NEIL HUTCHINSON, NO. 4 SQUADRON RAAF, OF MILDURA, JUST IN FROM AN OBSERVATION FLIGHT OVER BUNA

1942-12-05. PAPUA. SERGEANT CHURCH OF NEW SOUTH WALES INSPECTS A TANK GUN BEFORE GOING INTO ACTION. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK.)

1942-12-05. PAPUA. BUNA. FLASH OF A MOUNTAIN GUN AS IT SHELLS JAPANESE POSITIONS AT BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-05. PAPUA. F/O E. IFOULD OF N.S.W. WITH 30 SORTIES HAS UP-TO-DATE MADE THE MOST SORTIES OVER ENEMY POSITIONS ON THE GONA-SANANANDA-BUNA FRONT. HE HAS WATCHED THE WAR ON THIS FRONT FROM A ..