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1942-12-17. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. JAPANESE KILLED IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON GONA

1942-12-18. NEW GUINEA. THESE NURSES, THE FIRST RAAF NURSES TO ARRIVE IN NEW GUINEA WERE CHEERED ON THEIR ARRIVAL. LEFT TO RIGHT - SISTERS E.M. WEBER (ROCKHAMPTON, QLD), N. GARDNER (PORT MACQUARIE ..

1942-12-17. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. JAPANESE WOUNDED IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON GONA RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION

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

SOPUTA, PAPUA, 1942-12. MAIN DRESSING STATION NEAR SOPUTA. TWO AUSTRALIANS BRING IN A WOUNDED COMRADE ON A BUSH STRETCHER. HE IS PRIVATE RON WEAKLY, 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, WOUNDED AT ..

1942-12-28. PAPUA. BODIES OF FOUR DEAD JAPANESE, KILLED IN THE BUNA ACTION, LYING BESIDE A LARGE PILLBOX. THESE WERE DEFENDED BY THE JAPANESE TO THE LAST MAN, AND WITHOUT THE AUSTRALIAN-MANNED ..

1942-12-28. PAPUA. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIGHTING. THE TANKS CRASHED THROUGH A JAPANESE CHAIN OF HEAVILY TORTIFIED PILLBOXES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-28. PAPUA, GIROPA POINT AREA. AUSTRALIAN MANNED TANK AND INFANTRYMEN IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE BEFORE THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK.)

1942-12-28. PAPUA, GIROPA POINT AREA. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN WAIT WHILST AUSTRALIAN TANKS FORGE AHEAD AGAINST A CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED JAPANESE PILLBOXES. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN DURING THE ..

THE CAMP OF THE SURVEY CORPS, AT RALUANA, NEAR RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, WHEN THE CORPS WAS ENGAGED IN TAKING LEVELS FOR A NEW BATTERY SITE LATE IN 1917. (DONATED BY MR. F.O. CUTLER.)

1942-12-28. PAPUA. BY EXPERIENCE ALLIED TROOPS HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE NO CHANCES WITH ENEMY TREE TOP SNIPERS. EVERY TREE TOP THAT COULD HOUSE SNIPERS WAS SPRAYED WITH HUNDRED OF ROUNDS FROM AUTOMATIC ..

1942-12-28. PAPUA. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIGHTING. THE TANKS CRASHED THROUGH A JAPANESE CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED PILLBOXES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)