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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. PRIVATE P. SHIMMIN OF THE 2/33RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION STARTS ON HIS DAILY RATION OF BULLY BEEF STRAIGHT OUT OF THE TIN. BULLY, BISCUITS AND WATER WAS ALL THE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. JAPANESE SOLDIER CAPTURED BY 3RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (C.M.F.) BETWEEN MENARI AND EFOGI LYING ON THE ROUGH STRETCHER ON WHICH HE WAS BROUGHT IN

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. THE COOKS PARTY OF THE 2/33RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION BRINGING THE WATER RATION ACROSS A HUGE LOG SPANNING A RIVER BETWEEN NAURO AND MENARI

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MEN OF THE 2/33RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MARCHING THROUGH THE SMALL NATIVE VILLAGE OF NAURO ON THEIR WAY THROUGH THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES TO KOKODA

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. THE SIGNAL "OFFICE" OF 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE IN ITS JUNGLE LOCATION NEAR MENARI

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. PRIVATE H.E. NEWMAN OF THE 2/33RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION STOPS BY FOR A DRINK DURING A PATROL BETWEEN NAURO AND MENARI

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, AND SOME OF HIS OFFICERS AT A STOPOVER IN DENSE JUNGLE COUNTRY NEAR MENARI. LEFT TO RIGHT:- ..

A patrol of the 2/31st Battalion negotiates a path through the native cane growing on the swampy river flats bordering the Brown River. A two-day rest at the river, during which time it was ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A PATROL OF THE 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION GOING ALONG THE BANKS OF THE BROWN RIVER AND MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE TALL NATIVE CANE THAT GROWS IN THE SWAMPY ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW FROM A HIGH POINT ON THE TRACK OVER THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES NEAR NAURO LOOKING DIRECTLY IN THE DIRECTION OF KOKODA. THE VALLEY IS THE NAURO VALLEY, ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A VIEW OF THE COUNTRY IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES, TAKEN FROM A HIGH POINT OF THE TRUCK NEAR NAURO, WHERE THE JUNGLE OPENS OUT AND PERMITS THIS VISTA ACROSS THE RIDGES TO ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TWO SOLDIERS OF THE A.I.F. SUPPORTING A JAPANESE PRISONER CAPTURED BY THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (C.M.F.) NEAR MENARI. HE WAS VERY WEAK AND EMACIATED