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1943-01-08. PAPUA. BUNA. THIS PICTURE IS EVIDENCE OF THE ACCURACY OF ALLIED AIRMEN WHEN THEY BOMBED THE AIRSTRIP AT BUNA. PICTURE SHOWS WRECKED JAPANESE BOMBER ON THE LANDING STRIP. (NEGATIVE BY G. ..

BUNA, PAPUA, 25 DECEMBER 1942. QX23902 PRIVATE GEORGE C. "DICK" WHITTINGTON BEING HELPED ALONG A TRACK THROUGH THE KUNAI GRASS TOWARDS A FIELD HOSPITAL AT DOBODURA. THE PAPUAN NATIVE HELPING HIM IS ..

1943-01-11. ALLIED AIRMEN IN NEW GUINEA. THREE AUSSIE AIRMEN WATCH NATIVES MAKING A CANOE. THE NATIVES PRIZE THESE HIGHLY, BUT AFTER THEY HAD BROUGHT IN THE BODIES OF FOUR AUSTRALIANS KILLED IN A ..

1943-01-08. PAPUA. BUNA. THE SUN NEWSPAPER WAR CORRESPONDENT, FRED FOLKARD, DRINKS FROM A COCONUT

Australian-manned General Stuart M3 Light Tanks bust Japanese pillboxes in a final assault on Buna. Men of D Company, 2/12th Battalion, advance as tanks blast a pillbox. Shell burst on pillbox can ..

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, THE ..

1943-01-08. PAPUA. BUNA. CAPTURED AIR STRIP AT BUNA. JAPANESE LEFT BEHIND PLANES STRAFED BY ALLIED FIGHTERS. NOTE BULLET HOLES IN WING OF ZERO. THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW TYPE SQUARE WING ZERO AIRCRAFT

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 ..

1943-01-08. PAPUA. GIROPI POINT. AUSTRALIANS TEND GRAVES OF COMRADES WHO FELL IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. DECORATIONS ARE OF CORAL FROM NEARBY REEF

1942-12-17. PAPUA. Y.M.C.A. OFFICER, PERN 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 ..

1942-12-23. PAPUA. SOPUTA. MAIN DRESSING STATION NEAR SOPUTA. THIS NATIVE BOY ASSISTS AT THE DRESSING STATION. HIS MOST PRIZED POSSESSION IS THE LARGE SIZED SAFETY PIN WHICH HE WEARS IN HIS EAR. ..

1942-12-17. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. A CAPTURED JAPANESE MACHINE GUN. AT THE RIGHT IS FRED FOLKARD, SYDNEY "SUN" WAR CORRESPONDENT. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)