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1943-01-08. AN AUSTRALIAN CLIMBING TO A JAPANESE OBSERVATION POST BUILT HIGH UP IN A TREE TO ALLOW THE ENEMY TO DIRECT THE FIRE OF TWO 3-INCH NAVAL GUNS AGAINST ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCING ON BUNA. ..

GIROPA POINT, PAPUA. THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. AN AUSTRALIAN MORTAR CREW FROM HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 2/12TH BATTALION, LAYS DOWN A BARRAGE AS INFANTRY ADVANCES TO ATTACK A JAPANESE PILLBOX. LEFT TO ..

1943-01-08. AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN WAR CORRESPONDENTS AT A JAPANESE DUGOUT INSPECT A LIGHT JAPANESE ARTILLERY PIECE WHICH HAS BEEN BLASTED FROM ITS MOUNTING BY AN AUSTRALIAN MANNED TANK, WHICH ..

Pilot Officer (PO) John S (Jack) Archer and Sergeant J L (Les) Coulston, both from Melbourne, Vic, seated in No. 4 Squadron, RAAF, Wirraway A20-103. On 26 December 1942 this crew was flying A20-103 ..

1943-01-11. ALLIED AIRMEN IN NEW GUINEA. NATIVE CHILDREN HAVING A SPLASHING GAME WITH, LEFT TO RIGHT - CPL. R. BOYLES OF TOLEDO, OHIO, AND PTE. 1ST CLASS E. LAUTZENHEISER OF DECATUR, INDIANA, AND ..

1943-01-11. SALVAGING AEROPLANES IN NEW GUINEA. LITTLE IS HEARD OF THE GROUND STAFF OF THE RAAF - THE MEN WHO WORK ALL HOURS AND UNDER ALL CONDITIONS, KEEPING OUR PLANES IN THE AIR, AND STILL LESS ..

Australian-manned General Stuart M3 Light Tanks bust Japanese pillboxes in the final assault on Buna. NX105541 Private S. Sloss, 2/12th Battalion, leans against a coconut palm 40 yards away from a ..

Use of transport planes in New Guinea enables speedy evacuation of wounded from forward areas to the base. Compared with their trek across the Owen Stanleys, which took days, wounded have been ..

1943-01-08. THE GRAVE OF FOUR AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN "SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA". ON THE GRAVE IS A PIECE OF MATERIAL FROM THEIR PLANE ON WHICH IS WRITTEN "HERE LIE THE BODIES OF W. H. R. CAMPBELL, F. ..

1943-01-11. SALVAGING AEROPLANES IN NEW GUINEA. LITTLE IS HEARD OF THE GROUND STAFF OF THE RAAF - THE MEN WHO WORK ALL HOURS AND UNDER ALL CONDITIONS, KEEPING OUR PLANES IN THE AIR, AND STILL LESS ..

1943-01-11. USE OF TRANSPORT PLANES IN NEW GUINEA ENABLES SPEEDY EVACUATION OF WOUNDED FROM FORWARD AREAS TO THE BASE. COMPARED WITH THEIR TREK ACROSS THE OWEN STANLEYS, WHICH TOOK DAYS, WOUNDED ..

1942-12-17. PAPUA. Y.M.C.A. OFFICER, FERN HOOPER, ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN IDENTITIES BETWEEN PORT MORESBY AND THE NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA. EACH DAY HE SERVES UPWARDS OF 1400 CUPS OF TEA. HIS DAY'S ..