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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 ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. DOUGLAS C47 TRANSPORT PLANE OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE DROPPING FOOD SUPPLIES ON A CLEARED SPACE AT NAURO VILLAGE DURING THE ADVANCE OF THE 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ..

PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MEN LEADING PACK HORSES AND MULES LOADED WITH SUPPLIES UP THE PRECIPITOUS CURVING TRACK FROM THE END OF THE ROAD DOWN INTO UBERI VALLEY OVER WHICH TROOPS AND SUPPLIES ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TRANSPORT PLANE OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE DROPPING FOOD SUPPLIES ON A CLEARED SPACE AT NAURO VILLAGE DURING THE ADVANCE OF THE 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE OVER ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TRANSPORT PLANE OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE DROPPING FOOD SUPPLIES ON A CLEARED SPACE AT NAURO VILLAGE DURING THE ADVANCE OF THE 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE OVER ..

PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MEN LEADING PACK HORSES AND MULES LOADED WITH SUPPLIES DOWN THE PRECIPITOUS CURVING TRACK FROM THE END OF THE ROAD DOWN INTO UBERI VALLEY OVER WHICH TROOPS AND SUPPLIES ..

Pack horse loaded with supplies for the forward troops in the Owen Stanley Ranges, being led up the steep slope of Uberi Ridge. Identified leading the horse is N45380 Private Sidney Ronald ..

PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MEN OF THE 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MARCHING ALONG A TRACK AS PART OF THEIR PHYSICAL TRAINING DURING THEIR "BUILD UP" PROGRAM, DURING A REST PERIOD FROM THE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MEN OF THE 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION DOING PHYSICAL TRAINING IN AN OPEN GRASSY AREA AS PART OF THEIR "BUILD UP" PROGRAM, DURING A REST PERIOD FROM THE FORWARD ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A MAKE-SHIFT COOKHOUSE OF THE 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION IN THEIR REST AREA IN THE JUNGLE BEHIND THE FORWARD AREA OF THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES. THIS BATTALION HAD ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TACTICAL LECTURE FOR MEN OF THE 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION IN THE JUNGLE DURING A RESPITE FROM THE FORWARD AREA

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A PATROL FROM THE 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION LOOKING OUT OVER THE UBERI VALLEY