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1943-01-14. PAPUA. GIROPI POINT. A DEAD JAPANESE LIES IN FRONT OF A BUNKER. AT RIGHT LIEUTENANT D. S. CLARKE OF SYDNEY, NSW. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-01-14. ONE OF THE BULLET RIDDLED BUILDINGS AT BUNA MISSION, THE SCENE OF SOME OF THE FIERCEST FIGHTING OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN. IN THE FOREGROUND IS GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND LIEUT GENERAL ..

1943-01-14. FORCED TO QUICKLY ABANDON A STRONG POINT THE JAPANESE RETURNED SO HURRIEDLY THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO DESTROY THIS RANGE FINDER WHICH IS BEING INSPECTED BY GENERAL SIR THOMAS ..

1943-01-14. LIEUT. GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER AND GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY INSPECT A BUILDING AT BUNA MISSION, THE SCENE OF SOME OF THE BLOODIEST FIGHTING OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN. NOTE THE ..

1943-01-14. NEW GUINEA. TO FEED TROOPS IN THE BUNA AREA SUPPLIES WERE DROPPED BY PARACHUTE FROM JAPANESE PLANES. TWO AUSTRALIANS EXAMINE A PARACHUTE WHICH DROPPED IN ALLIED LINES. (NEGATIVE BY ..

1943-01-21. PAPUA. BUNA. AMERICAN RE-INFORCEMENTS MOVE UP TO THE FRONT LINE, PAUSE AT A TRANSIT CAMP FOR A MEAL. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-01-27. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. PREPARING THE WAY FOR A FURTHER ADVANCE AT SANANANDA. AUSTRALIAN MORTARS LAYING A BARRAGE. IT IS CLAIMED THAT WELL TRAINED AUSTRALIAN MORTAR CREWS IN PAPUA CAN ..

1942-01-27. PAPUA. ALLIED ADVANCE IN SANANANDA. WATER, MUD AND SLUSH ARE ALMOST THE ALLIED TROOPS INSEPARABLE COMPANION IN PAPUA. FOR WEEKS THE ALLIES HAVE BEEN ADVANCING, SOMETIMES UP TO THEIR ..

1943-01-25. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. MEN OF 2/7TH CAVALRY REGIMENT IN A FOX HOLE, A FORWARD SECTION POST LESS THAN 30 YARDS FROM JAPANESE POSITIONS, SURROUNDED BY MUD AND WATER. THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO ..

1943-01-25. PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. AN IMPROVISED BRIDGE MADE BY ALLIED TROOPS TO ENABLE CONTACT TO BE MAINTAINED WITH THE RETREATING ENEMY AT SANANANDA. THE ..

1943-01-27. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. A JAPANESE WAS SEEN BY A NATIVE BOY TO RUN INTO A DUGOUT FROM WHERE HE IMMEDIATELY OPENED FIRE AT AUSTRALIANS CARRYING AMMUNITION TOWARDS THE FRONT LINE AT BUNA. ..

1943-01-26. PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. TIN HATS ARE PUT TO MANY USES IN THE ARMY. HERE AN AMERICAN HAS GIVEN HIS TO ANOTHER TO HOLD AS HE FILLS IT FROM A FRESHLY ..