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New Guinea. 1943-01-22. Department of Information cameramen Bill Carty and Cliff Bottomley, official photographers, followed by native bearers, on the muddy track between Buna and Sanananda during ..

Nearing the end of the Papuan campaign against Japan. On their way to continue the offensive against the Japanese at Sanananda, Australians from the 2/12th Battalion, move past a group of Americans ..

1943-01-26. PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. AFTER FIGHTING IN THE JUNGLE AT SANANANDA LIEUTENANT S. HORDEN OF SYDNEY HAS A REST

1943-01-27. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. A REGIMENTAL BASE AT SANANANDA BEACH. THE MEDICAL OFFICER CAPTAIN C. COPLAND OF MELBOURNE DRESSES THE WOUND OF AN AUSTRALIAN SHOT IN THE ARM. HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED ..

1943-01-27. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUNNERS ON SANANANDA BEACH OVERHAUL THEIR VICKERS MACHINE GUN AFTER HAVING BEEN IN ACTION. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-01-27. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. MUCH HAS BEEN SAID OF THE INVALUABLE HELP WHICH THE NEW GUINEA NATIVES GIVE THE ALLIED TROOPS. THIS PICTURE SHOWS NATIVES CARRYING OUT ALLIED WOUNDED AND THE ..

1943-03-03. PAPUA. JAPANESE UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTACK WAU. 25 POUNDER GUNS FLOWN INTO WAU, AND MANNED BY AUSTRALIANS PREPARING TO OPEN FIRE ON THE JAPANESE AT WAU AERODROME

1943-03-02. NEW GUINEA. PORT MORESBY. A GROUP OF CHINESE WHOSE AGES RANGE FROM 10 MONTHS TO 70 YEARS WALKED 500 MILES FROM WEWAK TOWARDS MORESBY. THEY LEFT WEWAK AN HOUR AFTER A JAPANESE CONVOY WAS ..

NEW GUINEA, 1943-02-25. CREWS OF A BEAUFIGHTER SQUADRON DISCUSS A STRAFING RAID OVER MADANG. LEFT TO RIGHT, STANDING, WING COMMMANDER B.R. WALKER (ADELAIDE, SA), SERGEANT F.B. ANDERSON (BANKSTOWN, ..

1943-03-03. WATER SUPPLY. A PUMP SET UP IN ONE OF THE MANY RUSHING CROOKS ROUND WAU TO SUPPLY WATER FOR THE TROOPS. (NEGATIVE BY CAPT. CLARKE)

Wreck that saves lives. This battle scarred ambulance built with galvanised iron and scrap material saved many lives in the battle for Wau. It carried scores of men, some badly wounded from the ..

1943-03-03. PRESENTATION OF LOYAL SERVICE MEDALS AT WAU AERODROME. ON PARADE. A GUARD OF NATIVE CONSTABLES ON PARADE AT WAU AERODROME NEW GUINEA, WHEN THE G.O.C. PRESENTED LOYAL SERVICE MEDALS TO ..