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NEW GUINEA, 1942-08-11. "HAVE ONE OF THESE YANK". A MEMBER OF THE 39TH INFANTRY BATTALION, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES FROM A BREN GUN CARRIER FRATERNIZES WITH THE BOMB AIMER OF A GIANT AMERICAN ..

PAPUA. 1942-08-18. ALLIED BOMBERS EXPLODING ON SEVEN MILE AERODROME NEAR PORT MORESBY AFTER BEING HIT IN A BOMBING RAID BY TWENTY-FOUR JAPANESE BOMBERS

PAPUA. 1942-09. A YMCA TENT JUST BACK OF THE FRONT LINE IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE. YMCA AND SALVATION ARMY PERSONNEL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TROOPS AND PROVIDE A PLACE WHERE THE SOLDIERS CAN WRITE ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. A GUN CREW OF THE 14TH FIELD REGIMENT (MILITIA), ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, WITH THEIR 25-POUNDER GUN IN ACTION POSITION IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE. IDENTIFIED ARE; 2ND FROM LEFT, ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER LOOKS OUT THROUGH A GAP IN THE JUNGLE FOLIAGE ON THE RIDGE WHERE OUR TROOPS ARE HOLDING THE JAPS BACK. IORIBAIWA LIES AWAY IN THE DISTANCE. NOTE THE THREE ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. SECTION OF THE ROAD CONSTRUCTED BY SAPPERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE. OVER SOME SECTIONS THE SURFACE IS SO TREACHEROUS THROUGH ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1942-10. PERSONNEL OF THE AIR SUPPORT CONTROL SIGNALS COOKING THEIR TEA BY A SMALL FIRE IN THE JUNGLE AT NAURO, IN THE OWEN STANLEYS REGION. THE MAN ON THE RIGHT IS CORPORAL J. ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1942-10. PRIVATE H. MASSON, OF 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION SMILES DESPITE THE PRIVATIONS OF THE CAMPAIGN

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1942-10. 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE SIGNALS OFFICE AT BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS IN THE THICK JUNGLE AT NAURO. THE SIGNALS OFFICE WAS A LEAFY LEAN-TO BESIDE A JUNGLE TREE

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-05. LIEUTENANT A.E. CHAPPELLE (BEPPO) AND STAFF SERGEANT E.L. STRACHAN, AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE, (TERESA) SINGING THEIR DUET DURING THE PLAYING OF THE MUSICAL ..

VUNAKANAU, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-12. FIRST FULL REGIMENTAL PARADE OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS REGIMENT AS ONE COMPLETE UNIT. UNTIL THE WAR ENDED COMPANIES AND PLATOONS SERVED IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS. ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-06. MR BISHTON, RADIO OPERATOR, AMALGAMATED WIRELESS AUSTRALASIA LTD, BOOKING RADIO TELEPHONE CALLS FOR SERVICE PERSONNEL WITH THE GPO SYDNEY. THIS OPERATOR ESCAPED ..