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1942-12-16. PAPUA. GONA. FORWARD OBSERVATION OFFICER WITH 55/53RD BATTALION, LIEUTENANT W. M. FINLEY OF NSW, CLIMBS A TREE TO DIRECT FIRE FROM HIS 25 POUNDER GUN. WHEN THE 25 POUNDERS FIRST ARRIVED ..

1942-12-16. PAPUA. GONA. WOUNDED AUSTRALIANS, PROBABLY FROM THE 55/53RD BATTALION, BEING PLACED IN A SEDAN CAR WHICH WAS CONVERTED INTO AN AMBULANCE. THIS CAR WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AT ..

1942-12-16. PAPUA. GONA. WOUNDED AUSTRALIANS RECEIVE TREATMENT IN THE FRONT LINE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-11. PAPUA GONA. AN AUSTRALIAN OFFICER, WHO HAS JUST CRAWLED IN AFTER LYING EIGHT DAYS WOUNDED NEAR JAPANESE LINES, RECEIVED TREATMENT. HE WAS ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY FROM JAPANESE DUG-OUTS AND ..

1942-12-07. NEW GUINEA. A 105MM M-3A1 HOWITZER COMPLETE WITH SPARES, TRACTOR AND AMMUNITION IS UNLOADED SOMEWHERE IN THE BATTLE AREA. THE GUN CREW ALSO CAME WITH THE GUN. PICTURE SHOWS A PORTION OF ..

1942-12-11. NEW GUINEA. REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE BUNA AREA. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AUSTRALIAN TROOPS HAVE BEEN FLOWN INTO ACTION. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY WISHES THE TROOPS "GOOD LUCK". (NEGATIVE BY ..

1942-12-07. NEW GUINEA. A 105MM M-3A1 HOWITZER COMPLETE WITH SPARES, TRACTOR AND AMMUNITION IS UNLOADED SOMEWHERE IN THE BATTLE AREA. THE GUN CREW ALSO CAME WITH THE GUN. PICTURE SHOWS A PORTION OF ..

1942-12-11. PAPUA - GONA. ALLIED PALNES BOMB JAPANESE POSITIONS. PICTURE SHOWS BOMB BURST IN FRINGE OF BUSH SURROUNDING GONA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-14. PAPUA - GONA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS MOVE DOWN THE COAST TOWARDS BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-14. PAPUA - GONA. CPL. J.R. MCNICHOL, SOUTH AUST., WITH HIS PARROT "IOROBAIWA JOE", RESCUED FROM NATIVE CARRIERS WHO HAD BEEN PLUCKING ITS FEATHERS FOR THEIR HEADDRESS. THE PARROT HAS ..

SANANANDA, NEW GUINEA, 1942-12-05. MEMBERS OF B COMPANY, 55/53RD BATTALION FORDING A RIVER. THE FIRST MAN IN LINE WITHOUT A HAT IS PRIVATE J. HUNTER AND THE NEXT THREE IN LINE ARE PRIVATES J. ..

1942-12-17. NEW GUINEA. RED CROSS. CORPORAL T.R. WALKER MELBOURNE, AND PTE. C.A. MAGEE OF BRISBANE ARE ASSISTED BY TWO NATIVES TO PACK RED CROSS SUPPLIES WHICH ARE TO BE DROPPED TO TROOPS IN ..