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NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-04. THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND (ACF) HAS BEEN DOING THE SAME GOOD WORK IN PORT MORESBY AND NEW GUINEA GENERALLY AS THE A.C.F. WAS NOTED FOR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HERE, THE ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-04. THE FIRST MEN TO SIGHT THE JAPS IN BUNA. SERGEANT BISHOP OF THE 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION (LEFT) AND LIEUTENANT CHAMPION, RESIDENT OFFICER AT BUNA

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-04. LIEUTENANT CHAMPION RESIDENT OFFICER AT BUNA (LEFT) AND SERGEANT BISHOP, OF THE 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION, THE FIRST MEN TO SIGHT THE JAPS AT BUNA, BEING QUESTIONED BY ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-03. FROM THEIR "BEDOUIN" - LIKE TENTS IN NEW GUINEA, THESE A.I.F. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS RUSH OUT TO THEIR POSTS WHEN THE AIR RAID ALARM SOUNDS

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. SUPERFICIAL EXAMINATION OF NATIVE CARRIERS ON THE MORNING SICK PARADE BY THE REGIMENTAL AID POST ATTENDANT WARRANT OFFICER II. J.N. WALSHE. IN THESE DAYS WHEN LARGE NUMBERS OF ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. SUPERFICIAL EXAMINATION OF NATIVE CARRIERS ON THE MORNING SICK PARADE BY THE REGIMENTAL AID POST ATTENDANT WARRANT OFFICER II. J.N. WALSHE. IN THESE DAYS WHEN LARGE NUMBERS OF ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. A FUZZY HAIRED PAPUAN EXAMINED BY CAPTAIN P. JENSEN, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. CAPTAIN P. JENSEN, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES IN NEW GUINEA EXAMINES A NATIVE FOR A THROAT COMPLAINT

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. A PAPUAN NATIVE MEDICAL ORDERLY ATTENDS TO A SICK NATIVE IN ONE OF THE WARDS OF THE HOSPITAL OPERATED BY THE NATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES. THESE NATIVE ORDERLIES HAVE RECEIVED ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. THIS YOUNG PAPUA BOY HAS HAD A SERIOUS BOIL INFECTION OF THE FACE AND HAS BEEN RECEIVING TREATMENT AT THE HOSPITAL OF THE NATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. THIS YOUNG PAPUAN BOY HAD SUFFERED A SERIOUS BOIL INFECTION OF THE FACE. HERE, CAPTAIN P. JENSON, THE COMMANDER OF NATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES IS SEEN INSPECTING THE AFFECTED JAW

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. A MEDICAL ORDERLY WARRANT OFFICER II. J.N. WALSHE, OF THE NATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES PAINTING THE CHEEKS OF A FUZZY-HAIRED NATIVE WHO HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY FACIAL TINEA