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NEW GUINEA. GONA. AUSTRALIANS ON RECONNAISSANCE IN THE GONA AREA FOUND THIS PIECE OF PACKING CASE MARKED "A.I.F. MALAYA". EVIDENTLY AUSTRALIAN MATERIAL CAPTURED IN MALAYA IS BEING USED AGAINST US ..

1942-12-14. NEW GUINEA. TROOPS LOAD PLANE WITH AMMUNITION WRAPPED IN BLANKETS, WHICH WILL BE DROPPED TO THE TROOPS IN THE BUNA-GONA AREA. GENERAL BLAMEY DISPLAYS KEEN INTEREST IN THE LOADING OF THE ..

1942-12-14. PAPUA - GONA. PRIVATE A.H. SNADDON (NSW) HAS A WELCOME DRINK OF COCONUT MILK. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-16. PAPUA. BUNA. AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED GO OUT AS AMERICAN TROOPS MOVE IN. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

An American jeep driver brings wounded Australians, probably from the 55/53rd Battalion, to a first aid station from the front line

1942-12-16. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. A BOMB CRATER IN GONA VILLAGE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE MISSION. THIS BUILDING WAS USED AS JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-16. PAPUA. GONA. AUSTRALIANS WOUNDED RECEIVE TREATMENT IN THE FRONT LINE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-16. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. THIS JAPANESE STAFF CAR WAS FOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF GONA VILLAGE. IT WAS COMPLETELY WRECKED BY MACHINE-GUN AND RIFLE FIRE. THE CAR WAS PORTION OF THE EQUIPMENT ..

1942-12-16. PAPUA. SANANANDA TRACK. THREE WOUNDED AUSTRALIANS, ALL FROM NSW AND SERVING WITH 55/53RD BATTALION, MAKING THEIR WAY OUT OF THE FRONT LINE TO A FIRST AID STATION. LEFT TO RIGHT: N212796 ..

1942-12-17. PAPUA. AUSTRALIANS AND AMERICANS FOUGHT TOGETHER AT SANANANDA. HERE THEY ARE PUSHING A TRAILER FULL OF EQUIPMENT NEAR SANANANDA

1942-12-17. PAPUA. AUSTRALIANS AND AMERICANS TOGETHER ON A JEEP NEAR SANANANDA

1942-12-18. NEW GUINEA. A CARRIER CARRIED. THIS NATIVE BOY INJURED IN AN ARGUMENT WITH ANOTHER NATIVE WAS CARRIED FROM AN RAAF BOMBER WHICH HAD FLOWN HIM TO AN RAAF MEDICAL RECEIVED STATION. NATIVE ..