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1943-08-10. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. A JAPANESE MOUNTAIN GUN CAPTURED BY AUSTRALIANS IN THE FIGHTING ON MOUNT TAMBU. WARRANT OFFICER E. BRITTEN, OF NEW GUINEA, AND CAPTAIN LEE. MCLAREN, ..

1943-08-10. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. A HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE JAPANESE AT A FRONT LINE DRESSING STATION PTE. "JUDGE" RUTHERFORD, OF CAULFIELD, VIC., RECEIVES ATTENTION TO A LEG INJURY FROM ..

1943-08-11. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. AN AMERICAN OBSERVATION POST ON THE SIDE OF MOUNT TAMBU. IN THE POST THE MUD WAS EIGHTEEN INCHES DEEP. LEFT TO RIGHT:- SGT. ROB. TOBEY, OF EUGENE, ..

1943-08-10. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. AN ALLIED CAMP ON MOUNT TAMBU SIXTY YARDS FROM THE JAPANESE, AND CHRISTENED "BROADWAY" BY ITS OCCUPANTS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-08-16. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. AN AMMUNITION DUMP OF AN AMERICAN BATTERY, THE FIRST IN NEW GUINEA. THESE GUNS WERE CARRIED IN PARTS WEIGHING UP TO 100 POUNDS OVER THE PRECIPITOUS LABABIA ..

1943-08-11. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. CPL. HARRY CRANSTON, OF NORTHCOTE, VIC., AND SIG. ROGER HAGAN, OF YARRAVILLE, VIC., AT AN ADVANCED SIGNAL POST IN THE MOUNTAIN-SIDE OF MOUNT TAMBU. ..

1943-08-14. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BATTLE FOR MOUNT TAMBU, WHICH WAS ONLY 75 YARDS FROM THE JAPANESE AND CONTINUALLY UNDER FIRE FROM MORTARS AND SNIPERS. ..

1943-08-16. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. AUSTRALIANS CLEARING THE JUNGLE ROUND HOUSE BANANA ADVANCED DRESSING STATION. THE HOUSE SERVES AS A STAGING CAMP ON THE TRACK FROM MOUNT TAMBU, WHERE WALKING ..

1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. 2/5TH BATTALION STRETCHER BEARER CORPORAL LESLIE C. "BULL" ALLEN MM, AGE 26, OF BALLARAT, VIC, ABOUT TO DRINK FROM A WATER BOTTLE. ALLEN CARRIED OUT UNDER FIRE TWELVE ..

1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. CPL. VALENTINE LYE OF LONG BEACH, CALIF. SPREADS PALM LEAVES ON THE GROUND TO MAKE A BED FOR HIMSELF AND HIS MATES ON MOUNT TAMBU. ON THE POLES THEY STRETCHED THEIR GROUND ..

1943-09-14. NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. ENTRANCE TO THE HUT OF THE JAP COMMANDER AT KOMIATUM RIDGE FROM WHICH HE AND HIS TROOPS WERE DRIVEN BY THE AUSTRALIANS DURING THE ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. IN THE ..

1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. THE ASSAULT ON MOUNT TAMBU. SMOKE BOMBS BURSTING ON THE MOUNTAIN. THESE BOMBS WERE USED TO ENABLE ACCURACY ON FIRE TO BE OBSERVED. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK)