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MARIBYRNONG, AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. A PARTY OF SIX NATIVE SOLDIERS FROM NEW GUINEA BEING SHOWN OVER THE MUNITION WORKS ARE SEEN WATCHING A HUGE LATHE TURNING A BARREL FOR A BIG GUN

MARIBYRNONG, AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. A PARTY OF SIX PAPUAN NATIVE SOLDIERS BEING SHOWN OVER THE MUNITION WORKS SEE A STACK OF HEAVY CALIBRE SHELLS READY FOR DESPATCH TO THE FIGHTING AREAS

MARIBYRNONG, AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. SIX PAPUAN NATIVE SOLDIERS ON A TOUR OF INSPECTION OF THE MUNITION WORKS HANDLE THE HEAVY CALIBRE SHELLS AWAITING DESPATCH TO UNITS IN THE FORWARD AREA

MARIBYRNONG, AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. SIX NATIVE SOLDIERS FROM NEW GUINEA WHO WERE SHOWN OVER THE MUNITION WORKS AT MARIBYRNONG ARE SEEN HERE EXAMINING THE MOUNTING OF A BIG GUN

MARIBYRNONG, AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. SIX PAPUAN NATIVE SOLDIERS ON A TOUR OF INSPECTION OF THE MUNITION WORKS TAKE A KEEN INTEREST IN A NEARLY COMPLETED 40MM BOFORS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN

25-POUNDER GUNS OF B TROOP, 14TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, BEING PULLED THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE IN THE VICINITY OF UBERI ON THE KOKODA TRAIL. MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT ARE BEING ..

25-POUNDER GUNS OF B TROOP, 14TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, BEING PULLED THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE IN THE VICINITY OF UBERI ON THE KOKODA TRAIL. AT THE REAR OF THE GUN IS GUN SERGEANT ..

25-Pounder guns of B Troop, 14th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, being pulled through dense jungle in the vicinity of Uberi on the Kokoda Trail. Members of the Regiment are bieng ..

25-POUNDER GUNS OF B TROOP, 14TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, BEING PULLED UP A SLOPE THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE IN THE VICINITY OF UBERI ON THE KOKODA TRAIL. MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT ARE ..

25-Pounder guns of B Troop, 14th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, being pulled through dense jungle in the vicinity of Uberi on the Kokoda Trail, Papua and New Guinea. Members of the ..

Native stretcher bearers stop at a river to give a drink of water to their patient, Private A. Baldwin, of the 2/33rd Battalion

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. PRESS CORRESPONDENTS IN THE FORWARD AREA NEAR IORIBAIWA RIDGE AT A CREEK NEAR THEIR CAMP