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NEW GUINEA. ON ROAD TO BUNA AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CROSS A STREAM ON AN IMPROVISED BRIDGE

A PIECE OF JAPANESE FLYING EQUIPMENT KNOWN AS THE "BELLY TANK". THIS TANK IS USED ON THE ZERO FIGHTERS. IT IS MADE OF PLY WOOD AND HOLDS ABOUT 70 GALLONS OF PETROL. THE MOUNTING ON TOP OF THE TANK ..

NEW GUINEA. OUTSIDE GONA, AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN A CAPTURED JAPANESE DUGOUT

New Guinea. On the road to Buna Australian troops cross a stream on an improvised bridge

THE GARRISON AT MADANG OCCUPYING THE TRENCHES FACING THE SEA, AS NATIVES HAD REPORTED THE APPROACH OF A GERMAN CRUISER, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE OILER ESCORTED BY THE "YARRA". (DONATED BY ..

NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN HASTILY CONSTRUCTED TRENCHES ON THE GONA PERIMETER

NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN HASTILY CONSTRUCTED TRENCHES ON THE GONA PERIMETER

NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN HASTILY CONSTRUCTED TRENCHES ON THE GONA PERIMETER

WHEN THE FIRST LINE OF AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PASSED OVER THEIR POSITIONS FOUR JAPANESE RACED INTO THE WATER. CALLED ON TO SURRENDER, THREE OF THEM STARTED TO SWIM OUT TO SEA AND WERE SHOT. THE FOURTH ..

PAPUA. CAPE ENGAIDAIRE: WHEN THE FIRST LINE OF AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PASSED OVER THEIR POSITIONS FOUR JAPANESE RACED INTO THE WATER. CALLED ON TO SURRENDER, THREE OF THEM STARTED TO SWIM OUT TO SEA ..

1942-12. PAPUA. BUNA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS OF 2/7TH CAVALRY REGIMENT AT CAPE ENDAIADERE ADVANCE THROUGH MUD AND SLUSH ON BUNA. FRONT LEFT IS DAVE HERBERT, BEHIND HIM AT FAR REAR IS FRED OUGHTON, ..

NEW GUINEA: GOVERNOR-GENERAL, LORD GOWRIE, VISITS NEW GUINEA. LORD GOWRIE MEETS AUSTRALIAN NURSING SISTERS AT AN AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN NEW GUINEA