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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. SENIOR OFFICERS OF MILNE FORCE. LEFT TO RIGHT:- COLONEL F.O. CHILTON, GSO I, MAJOR GENERAL C.A. CLOWES, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE FORCE, AND COLONEL JOHN ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. MULES, HORSES AND THEIR ATTENDANTS READY TO SET OFF DOWN THE MULE TRACK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE JOURNEY TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF UBERI, ON THE KOKODA TRAIL

MAJOR-GENERAL A.S. ALLEN, CB., CBE., DSO., VD., GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION (LEFT) AND BRIGADIER K.W. EATHER, COMMANDING 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, (CENTRE). THEY WERE ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. IN A FORWARD AREA ON THE TRACK TO KOKODA. LEFT TO RIGHT: BRIGADIER ARNOLD W. POTTS DSO MC (COMMANDING 21ST INFANTRY BRIGADE), CORPORAL RONALD SIMPSON (HIS DRIVER), WX3254 CAPTAIN ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. NATIVE CARRIERS MOVING ALONG THE TRACK THROUGH THE THICK JUNGLE IN THE UBERI VALLEY WITH SUPPLIES FOR AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE FORWARD POSITIONS. SOME ARE RESTING ON THEIR LOADS IN ..

A hewn slab of granite marks the memorial to members of 2/22 Battalion, in Queen Elizabeth II Park. The memorial was unveiled on 16 September 1993; an inscription on marble reads '2/22nd Batt ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. JAPANESE PRISONER CAPTURED NEAR NAURO. HE HAD BEEN OVERWORKED AND WAS NEARLY STARVING WHEN TAKEN PRISONER. HE IS SEEN BEING CARED FOR BY AUSTRALIAN STRETCHER BEARERS

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A JAPANESE MOUNTAIN GUN SHELL DUMP, FOUND ON IORIBAIWA RIDGE AFTER THE JAPS HAD BEEN DRIVEN FROM THE RIDGE, THE SHELLS ARE OF 75 MILLIMETRE CALIBRE

MARIBYRNONG, AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. A PARTY OF SIX NATIVE SOLDIERS FROM NEW GUINEA BEING SHOWN OVER THE MUNITION WORKS ARE SEEN WATCHING A HUGE LATHE TURNING A BARREL FOR A BIG GUN

MARIBYRNONG, AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. SIX NATIVE SOLDIERS FROM NEW GUINEA WHO WERE SHOWN OVER THE MUNITION WORKS AT MARIBYRNONG ARE SEEN HERE EXAMINING THE MOUNTING OF A BIG GUN

25-POUNDER GUNS OF B TROOP, 14TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, BEING PULLED THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE IN THE VICINITY OF UBERI ON THE KOKODA TRAIL. AT THE REAR OF THE GUN IS GUN SERGEANT ..

25-POUNDER GUNS OF B TROOP, 14TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, BEING PULLED UP A SLOPE THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE IN THE VICINITY OF UBERI ON THE KOKODA TRAIL. MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT ARE ..