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NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. NATIVES AWAITING OUTSIDE A NATIVE BUILT GRASS HUT WHICH IS THE "SURGERY" OF THE NATIVE HOSPITAL RUN BY THE NATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. FLAME THROWERS USED BY THE JAPANESE AGAINST AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AT MILNE BAY

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. FLAME THROWERS USED BY THE JAPANESE AGAINST AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AT MILNE BAY

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. AMERICAN AMBULANCE DRIVERS FIND A VERY CONGENIAL WAY OF WASHING THEIR VEHICLE IN THE LOLOKI RIVER

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. YOUTHFUL AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS MANNING A FORWARD POST IN NEW GUINEA HAVE TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN A DESERTED NATIVE VILLAGE. THIS PICTURE SHOWS THEM SETTING OUT FOR A SWIM IN ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. YOUTHFUL AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS MANNING A FORWARD POST IN NEW GUINEA HAVE TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN A DESERTED NATIVE VILLAGE. HERE THEY ARE SEEN LINING UP FOR A MEAL

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. AN AUSTRALIAN, WOUNDED IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE, BEING LOADED ON TO 2/1ST HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA FOR EVACUATION TO AUSTRALIA

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. 2/1ST HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA ALONGSIDE THE WHARF AT PORT MORESBY BEING LOADED WITH WOUNDED FOR EVACUATION TO AUSTRALIA. NOTE THE MOTOR AMBULANCES DRAWN UP ON THE WHARF

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. MOTOR AMBULANCES ON THE WHARF AT PORT MORESBY, CARRYING AUSTRALIANS WOUNDED IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE, WAITING TO UNLOAD THEIR PATIENTS ON TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER WOUNDED IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPS IN NEW GUINEA BEING CARRIED ON TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA FOR EVACUATION TO AUSTRALIA

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. AMERICAN ARMY ENGINEERS UNLOADING A "GRABALL" SCOOPFUL OF GRAVEL ON TO THE TRUCK WAITING UNDER THE BRIDGE. THE GRAVEL HAS BEEN SCOOPED FROM THE BED OF THE LOLOKI RIVER ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. AMERICAN ARMY ENGINEERS ADOPT A NOVEL METHOD FOR OBTAINING GRAVEL FOR SURFACING AN AIRFIELD. A GIANT "GRABALL" IS TOWED INTO THE LOLOKI RIVER AND ENOUGH GRAVEL SCOOPED ..