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1942-12-04. NEW GUINEA. GONA. TYPICAL AUSTRALIAN WHO IS FIGHTING IN THE GONA AREA. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN LESS THAN 100 YARDS FROM THE JAPANESE POSITIONS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-02. NEW GUINEA. JAPANESE BOMB AN AMERICAN FIELD HOSPITAL. PTE. M.J. ALLEN, OF CYRACUSE NEW YORK, HAD A LUCKY ESCAPE WHEN A BOMB FELL ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

NEW GUINEA. GONA. CHURCH SERVICE BEFORE GOING INTO BATTLE. PADRE J.B. LYNCH. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-05. NEW GUINEA. GONA. THESE AUSTRALIANS HAVE JUST COME 100 YARDS BACK FROM THE FRONT LINE FOR FOOD DURING A LULL IN THE FIGHTING. THEY ARE PART OF A COMPANY WHICH HAS BEEN 2 DAYS AND NIGHTS ..

1942-12-08. NEW GUINEA. GONA. ALLIED PLANES BOMB JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE BUSH NEAR GONA. BOMBS WERE RELEASED WHILE THE PLANES WERE STILL A FEW HUNDRED YARDS BEHIND THE AUSTRALIAN FRONT LINES. ..

NEW GUINEA. STOREHOUSE OF RICE ON BUNA ROAD LEFT BEHIND WHEN THE JAPS RETREATED. RICE IS NOW BEING USED BY OUR TROOPS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-04. NEW GUINEA. GONA. TROOPS SNATCH A HASTY MEAL DURING A LULL IN THE GONA FIGHTING. IN BACKGROUND IS A JAPANESE GRAVE. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN LESS THAN 100 YARDS FROM THE JAPANESE POSITIONS. ..

1942-12-08. NEW GUINEA. GONA. TREES IN THE BACKGROUND CONTAIN JAPANESE SNIPERS. AUSTRALIAN MORTOR CREWS IN ACTION 150 YARDS FROM GONA

1942-12-11. PAPUA - GONA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS MOVE DOWN THE COAST TOWARDS BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-11. PAPUA - GONA. AN AUSTRALIAN OFFICER, WHO HAS JUST CRAWLED IN AFTER LYING EIGHT DAYS WOUNDED NEAR JAPANESE LINES, RECEIVES MEDICAL TREATMENT. HE WAS ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY FROM THE ..

1942-12-07. NEW GUINEA. A 105MM M-3A1 HOWITZER COMPLETE WITH SPARES, TRACTOR AND AMMUNITION IS UNLOADED SOMEWHERE IN THE BATTLE AREA. THE GUN CREW ALSO CAME WITH THE GUN. PICTURE SHOWS A PORTION OF ..

1942-12-07. NEW GUINEA. A 105MM M-3A1 HOWITZER COMPLETE WITH SPARES, TRACTOR AND AMMUNITION IS UNLOADED SOMEWHERE IN THE BATTLE AREA. THE GUN CREW ALSO CAME WITH THE GUN. PICTURE SHOWS A PORTION OF ..