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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TROOPS AND NATIVE CARRIERS CROSSING THE BROWN RIVER, BETWEEN NAURO AND MENARI, BY MEANS OF A HUGE LOG FALLEN ACROSS THE STREAM. NATIVE CARRIERS HAVE PROVED INVALUABLE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MEMBERS OF THE 2/1ST, 2/2ND AND 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALIONS COMPRISING THE 16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE MOVING UP ALONG THE TRACK ACROSS THE OWEN STANLEY ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MEMBERS OF THE 2/1ST, 2/2ND AND 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALIONS COMPRISING THE 16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE MOVING UP ALONG THE TRACK ACROSS THE OWEN STANLEY ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. NATIVE CARRIERS MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH JUNGLE BETWEEN NAURO AND MENARI. NATIVES HAVE PROVED INVALUABLE AND HAVE CARRIED, BESIDES FOOD SUPPLIES, AMMUNITION AND GUNS TO ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A HAPPY GROUP OF FOUR BEARDED SOLDIERS OF THE 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ON THE TRACK ACROSS THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES BETWEEN NAURO AND MENARI. THEY HAVE NOT ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MEMBERS OF THE 2/1ST, 2/2ND AND 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALIONS COMPRISING THE 16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE MOVING UP ALONG THE TRACK ACROSS THE OWEN STANLEY ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TWO OF THE 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE SIGNALLERS, SIGNALLER G.W. HAY, (LEFT) AND SIGNALLER G.B. DEAN, MAKE THEIR MEAL OVER A SMALL FIRE IN THE JUNGLE NEAR MENARI

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A PATROL OF 2/25TH AND 2/33RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALIONS CROSSING THE BROWN RIVER BY MEANS OF A BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED FROM A FALLEN TREE ON THEIR WAY FORWARD TO MENARI

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MEMBERS OF THE 2/1ST, 2/2ND AND 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALIONS COMPRISING THE 16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE MOVING UP ALONG THE TRACK ACROSS THE OWEN STANLEY ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A PATROL OF 2/25TH AND 2/33RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALIONS CROSSING THE BROWN RIVER BY MEANS OF A BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED FROM A FALLEN TREE ON THEIR WAY FORWARD TO MENARI

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. THE PADRE OF THE 2/33RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WASHES HIS SHORTS IN THE BROWN RIVER DURING THE TRACK ACROSS THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. CORPORAL A. MCKEOWN, 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, PHOTOGRAPHED ON THE TRACK BETWEEN NAURO AND MENARI IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES. HE HAD NOT SHAVED FOR A MONTH