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1942-12-11. PAPUA - GONA. ALLIED PLANES BOMB JAPANESE POSITIONS. PICTURE SHOWS BOMB BURST IN FRINGE OF BUSH SURROUNDING GONA

1942-12-16. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. THESE DIGGERS WERE THE GUN-CREW WHICH KILLED 18 JAPS. AS THE JAPANESE TRIED TO RUSH OUT OF GONA. THEY ARE LOADING UP MACHINE-GUN BELTS IN READINESS FOR THE JAP'S ..

Gona, Papua, 1942-12-16. The three Chapman brothers of South Australia, who all joined the 2/27th Infantry Battalion, pause for a break just after the fall of Gona. Left to right: SX12357 Pte ..

1942-12-16. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. AUSTRALIANS TROOPS REST AFTER THE CHARGE WHICH CLEANED THE JAPANESE OUT OF GONA. TIRED AND WORN OUT, THE TROOPS DROPPED FOR REST EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE RIGHT IN THE ..

1942-12-16. PAPUA. GONA. 55/53RD INFANTRY BATTALION CREW OF 25 POUNDER UNIT NEAR THE MUZZLE OF THEIR GUN. WHEN THE 25 POUNDERS FIRST ARRIVED BY PLANE AND OPENED FIRE ON THE JAPANESE, TROOPS STOOD ..

1942-12-16. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. SYDNEY "SUN" WAR CORRESPONDENT, FRED FOLKARD, PLOUGHS THROUGH THE MUD ON HIS WAY TO GET DETAILS OF THE GONA STORY. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-17. PAPUA. GONA TRACK. REGIMENTAL AID POSTS ERECTED BY NATIVES ON THE TRACK TO GONA. SMOKE IN THE BACKGROUND IS FROM CAMP FIRES. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1942-12-16. PAPUA. GONA. PTE. DONALD GRANT FLEMING, FROM NEWTOWN NSW, RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE FRONT LINE. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN TEN MINUTES AFTER HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AS HE WAS GOING ..

1942-12-17. NEW GUINEA. RED CROSS. SACKS OF CHRISTMAS PARCELS WHICH WILL BE DROPPED FROM TRANSPORT PLANES IN THE KOKODA AND MYOLA AREAS. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

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 ..

1942-12-08. NEW GUINEA. GONA. ALLIED PLANES SOAR IN AT LOW LEVEL TO MACHINE-GUN JAPANESE SNIPERS OUTSIDE GONA

1942-12-14. PAPUA - GONA. AUSTRALIANS CAPTURED THE EASTERN PART OF GONA VILLAGE. BURIAL OF JAPANESE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)