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1942-12-14. PAPUA - GONA. THIS IS THE BURIAL PLACE OF AUSTRALIANS WHO DIED IN THE FIGHTING FOR GONA VILLAGE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-14. PAPUA - GONA. AUSTRALIANS CAPTURED THE EASTERN PART OF GONA VILLAGE. WHEN THE AUSTRALIANS ATTACKED, SOME OF THE JAPANESE SWAM OUT TO SEA. THEY ALL WORE KAPOK LIFE JACKETS. DIGGERS HOLD ..

1942-12-11. PAPUA - GONA. A DEAD JAPANESE KILLED IN THE FIGHTING FOR THE EASTERN PART OF GONA VILLAGE. THE BULLET RIDDEN PALM TREE IN THE FOREGROUND SHOWS HOW INTENSE WAS THE FIGHTING IN THIS AREA. ..

GONA, PAPUA. 11 DECEMBER 1942. ALLIED PLANES BOMB JAPANESE POSITIONS. ALLIED PLANE WHICH BLEW TO PIECES IN MID-AIR. TAIL AND FIN PORTIONS CAN BE SEEN FLOATING DOWN AMIDST THE WRECKAGE

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 THE CARGO ..

1942-12-16. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. PTE. LEN, OVENS OF KOORDE. HE IS CREDITED WITH 12 KILLS IN 21 HOURS DURING THE FINAL ASSAULT ON GONA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-14. PAPUA. THEY Y.M.C.A. UNIT IN A FORWARD AREA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-16. GONA, PAPUA. CHURCH OF ENGLAND PADRE A.E. BEGBIE IN A SMALL BURIAL GROUND IN A CLEARING PUSHING A CROSS INTO THE GROUND AT THE HEAD OF ONE OF THE GRAVES OF SOLDIERS, MANY FROM 55/53RD ..

1942-12-16. PAPUA. GONA. FORWARD OBSERVATION OFFICER WITH 55/53RD BATTALION, LIEUTENANT W. M. FINLEY OF NSW, CLIMBS A TREE TO DIRECT FIRE FROM HIS 25 POUNDER GUN. WHEN THE 25 POUNDERS FIRST ARRIVED ..

1942-12-16. PAPUA. GONA. WOUNDED AUSTRALIANS, PROBABLY FROM THE 55/53RD BATTALION, BEING PLACED IN A SEDAN CAR WHICH WAS CONVERTED INTO AN AMBULANCE. THIS CAR WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AT ..

1942-12-16. PAPUA. GONA. WOUNDED AUSTRALIANS RECEIVE TREATMENT IN THE FRONT LINE. (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, RECEIVED TREATMENT. HE WAS ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY FROM JAPANESE DUG-OUTS AND ..