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Lacking anti-tank weapons, the Japanese, surprised by the Australian use of tanks, had to improvise anti-tank defences by cutting down a coconut tree in the path of one of the oncoming tanks. That ..

1942-12-28. PAPUA. ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF FREEING THE COCOANUT GROVES OF JAPANESE SNIPERS WAS TO SPRAY TOPS OF COCOANUT TREES WITH INTENSE GUN FIRE. THE PHOTO SHOWS THE EFFECT OF THIS ..

1942-12-31. BUNA. AN AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN BATTERY SHELLS BUNA. GUNNER A. DIXON (N.S.W.) HAS A SHELL READY FOR GUNNER A.E. BARRETT (N.S.W.) TO RAM HOME. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

An M3 Stuart light tank moving up for the dawn attack

1942-12-28. PAPUA. TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS DRESS THE WOUNDS OF AN AUSTRALIAN. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE ACTUAL ADVANCE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

Australian manned M3 Stuart light tanks in action leading to the final assault on Buna, Papua, during which they crashed through a Japanese chain of heavily fortified pillboxes

1942-12-05. PAPUA. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN SUPPORTED BY AN AUSTRALIAN MANNED TANK MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS THE JAPANESE HELD BUNA AREA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK.)

Troops crouch behind an M3 Stuart light tank as they wait to advance during the clearing out of pillboxes on the edge of Semini Creek

1942-12-05. BUNA. AT AN ADVANCED AMERICAN DRESSING STATION. WOUNDED BEING BROUGHT IN ON STRETCHERS BY SOLDIERS ALONG A WET AND MUDDY TRACK

1942-12-05. BUNA, PAPUA. AT AN ADVANCED AMERICAN DRESSING STATION. WOUNDED BEING BROUGHT IN ON STRETCHERS ALONG A TRACK THROUGH THE KUNAI GRASS. THE BEARERS ARE PAPUAN NATIVES, FONDLY KNOWN AS ..

PAPUA. 1942-12-05. AT AN ADVANCED POST, WIRRAWAY PILOT OFFICER NEIL HUTCHINSON, OF MILDURA, VIC, AND OBSERVER PILOT OFFICER NORMAN A. JOBSON, OF NO. 4 TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON RAAF, RELAX ..

1942-12-05. BUNA. ALLIED TROOPS MOVE IN BEHIND TANKS ON BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)