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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. VIEW ACROSS THE VALLEY FROM A HIGH RIDGE NEAR UBERI LOOKING TOWARDS IMITA RIDGE AND OIRABAIWA IN THE DISTANCE. THE JAPANESE ADVANCED TO THE LATTER RIDGE WHILE OUR ..

Papua, New Guinea. 1942-09. Men of the 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion crossing the Brown River on their way from Nauro to Menari. This huge tree that they are walking along, is the bridge ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. MEN OF THE 55TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION IN THEIR DEFENSIVE POSITIONS ON UBERI RIDGE, MANNING A .303 BREN MARK 1 LIGHT MACHINE GUN IN A PIT

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. MEN OF THE 55TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION PREPARING A MORTAR POSITION ON THE STEEP SLOPES OF UBERI RIDGE

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. A MEMBER OF THE 55TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, SHOWING A TYPICAL HOME IN WHICH TROOPS LIVE, IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES

Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) A G Cameron, Commanding Officer, 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion, a Militia Battalion that has been incorporated into the 25th Australian Infantry Brigade, 7th ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. LIEUTENANT COLONEL A.G. CAMERON, COMMANDING OFFICER OF 3RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, A MILITIA BATTALION THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE 25TH AUSTRALIAN ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. COMMANDING OFFICER OF 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE BATTALION PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE JUNGLE DURING THE ADVANCE OVER OWEN STANLEY RANGES TO ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A PARTY OF MEN OF THE 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION REST ON THE JUNGLE SLOPES TO UBERI, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD MAKING A TRACK TO GET TROOPS FORWARD

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MEN OF THE 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION STOP FOR A REST IN THE JUNGLE BETWEEN NAURO AND MENARI, BUT DO NOT LEAVE THEIR .303 BREN MARK 1 LIGHT MACHINE GUN TOO FAR ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MEN OF THE 2/33RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MARCHING THROUGH NAURO VILLAGE IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE, DURING THE ADVANCE OF THE 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MEMBERS OF THE 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AS THEY REACHED THE OUTPOST AT ITIKI, AFTER BEING OUT OF TOUCH WITH OTHER TROOPS FOR 13 DAYS. THEY HAD HAD VERY ..