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1943-01-14. PAPUA. GIROPI POINT. THIS IS WHAT CHEVROLET TRUCKS LOOK LIKE AFTER AUSTRALIAN MANNED TANKS HAD FINISHED WITH THEM DURING THE GIROPI POINT BATTLE. PTE. R. FRANCIS OF ADELAIDE HAS A REST ..

1943-01-14. NATIVE BOYS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF AN AMERICAN ENGINEER, BRINGING UP A TREE TO PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR A ROAD TO THE FRONT LINE AT BUNA. THE MUD HERE WAS INCHES DEEP. (NEGATIVE BY ..

1943-01-14. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND LIEUT. GENERAL EICHELBERGER INSPECTING A JAPANESE POM POM CAPTURED ON THE BUNA STRIP. THIS GUN WAS CAPTURED INTACT AND WAS BEING FIRED AT IT'S FORMER ..

1943-01-22. SANANANDA AREA, PAPUA. FORDING A MUDDY SWAMP WITH NATIVE PAPUAN BEARERS. THIS IS THE TYPE OF COUNTRY AUSTRALIANS PLOUGHED THROUGH ON THE WAY FROM BUNA TO SANANANDA

1943-01-22. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. 2/7TH CAVALRY REGIMENT HEADQUARTERS 40 YARDS FROM JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE SANANANDA AREA

1943-01-22. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. TROOPERS E. H. T. POLLARD OF WARWICK, QLD, AND A. J. KELLY OF ESK, QLD, MEMBERS OF 2/7TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, JUST AFTER THEIR RETURN FROM PATROL BEHIND JAPANESE ..

1943-01-26. PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. EIGHT AUSTRALIANS PUSH A CAPTURED JAP TRAILER ACROSS AN IMPROVISED BRIDGE AT SANANANDA. USE OF THE TRAILER MADE EASIER THE ..

1943-01-26. PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. TROOPER FRED BEALE OF BRISBANE SHOWS HIS METAL SHAVING MIRROR WHICH PREVENTED HIS BEING A CASUALTY. BEALE WAS CARRYING THE ..

1943-01-26. PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN TROOPS MOVING UP TOWARDS THE JAPANESE POSITIONS AT SANANANDA, THE LAST CENTRE OF JAPANESE RESISTANCE ..

Walking wounded in the Sanananda area, possibly a member of the 2/7th Cavalry Commando assisted by QX16184 Corporal A G 'Scrap Iron' Arthur

1943-01-22. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. PRIVATES M. C. MARRIOTT AND R. L. CRAFT OF BALACLAVA, SA

1943-01-22. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. A FORWARD OBSERVATION POST IN THE SANANANDA AREA