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NEW GUINEA. C. 1942-09-02. AN INDICATION OF THE PRIMITIVE LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND OF THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN THE MOVEMENT OF TROOPS IS SHOWN HERE. NATIVE PORTERS (KNOWN AS FUZZY WUZZY ..

Australian troops and native carriers stop at an allied base at Eora Creek Village on their way out of a forward area in the Kokoda region for a well-earned spell. The soldier front left is ..

EORA CREEK, PAPUA. C. 1942-09-02. PRIVATE W. PARR IS HELPED TO A CUP OF TEA BY PRIVATE H. BRADBURY AFTER A CLASH WITH JAPANESE JUNGLE FIGHTERS IN THE KOKODA AREA. BOTH MEN ARE FROM THE 39TH ..

OWEN STANLEY RANGES, NEW GUINEA. C. 1942-09-01. A WOUNDED AUSTRALIAN BEING CARRIED ON A STRETCHER INTO A BASE HOSPITAL OUT OF A FORWARD AREA BY NATIVE BEARERS (FUZZY WUZZY ANGELS)

AUSTRALIAN JOHN HANNAM HANDLES A BREN GUN

A wounded Australian soldier has his cigarette lit by Salvation Army Chaplain Albert Moore, padre to the 2/14th Battalion. The soldier on the stretcher is VX51106 Lieutenant Valentine G. Gardner, D ..

OWEN STANLEY RANGES, NEW GUINEA. C. 1942-09-01. CORPORAL H. G. EVANS AND SGT. L. R. MARTORANA OF THE A.M.F. AT A NATIVE VILLAGE SHORTLY AFTER THEIR UNIT HAS CLASHED WITH THE JAPANESE IN THE KOKODA ..

1942-09-22. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, O.C. ALLIED LAND FORCES IN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC, MEETS SENIOR OFFICERS IN AN ADVANCED OPERATIONAL AREA IN PAPUA. (NEGATIVE BY ARMY PRESS RELATIONS)

1942-10-01. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER PILOTS SQUADRON LEADER TRUSCOTT, D.F.C. AND SQUADRON LEADER L. JACKSON AFTER THE UNSUCCESSFUL JAPANESE ATTACK ON MILNE BAY. TRUSCOTT BECAME ..

Informal portrait of 400213 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Keith William (Bluey) Truscott (left) and Adjutant of 76 Squadron 03356 Thomas George Janes, shortly after the unsuccessful Japanese attack on ..

1942-10-01. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS PLOUGH THROUGH THE MUD AT MILNE BAY SHORTLY AFTER THE UNSUCCESSFUL JAPANESE INVASION ATTEMPT

1942-10-08. GENERAL BLAMEY DISCUSSES THE PROGRAM WITH MAJOR-GENERAL ALLEN BEFORE THE OFFICIAL PARTY BEGINS ITS TOUR OF INSPECTIONS. IT IS AT THIS POINT THAT MECHANICAL TRANSPORT HAS TO GIVE WAY TO ..