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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AN AUSTRALIAN BREN GUN CARRIER IN NEW GUINEA RETURNING FROM A PATROL, IS TAKEN INTO A WELL CONCEALED POSITION UNDER CAMOUFLAGE NETTING, TO PREVENT OBSERVATION FROM ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE TOWNSHIP AND PORTION OF THE HARBOUR (RIGHT)

PORT MORESBY PAPUA, 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY UNIT AT IS ACTION STATION ON THE NEW GUINEA COAST. SHADE FROM THE COCONUT PALMS PROVIDE EXCELLENT CAMOUFLAGE. NOTE -THESE ARE IN ACTUAL ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-15. THIS WEIRD PATTERN MAY LOOK STRANGE FROM THE GROUND, BUT IT BLENDS THE FIELD WORKSHOP SET UP BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WITH THE SURROUNDING NEW GUINEA BUSH TO MAKE IT ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. A MACHINE GUN CARRIER GOES IN TO THE ATTACK THROUGH THICK BUSH DURING MANOEUVRES CARRIED OUT BY AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY IN THE NEW GUINEA BUSH

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY CONDUCTING MANOEUVRES IN DENSE TROPICAL BUSH IN NEW GUINEA. HERE SOME OF THE TROOPS ARE RESTING DURING A BREAK IN THE EXERCISE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. NO MATTER WHERE HE IS, THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER ALWAYS TAKES A KEEN INTEREST IN SPORTING EVENTS AT HOME. HERE, MILITIAMEN FROM VICTORIA EAGERLY WATCH THE DRAWING OF A ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. STUDY OF BRIGADIER S.H.W.C. PORTER, DSO., COMMANDER OF 30TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. A GROUP OF NEW GUINEA "BOYS" IN A NATIVE VILLAGE SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF THE WHITE CIVILIAN POPULATION THESE "BOYS" DO LAUNDRY WORK AND DOMESTIC DUTIES IN CAMP AREAS

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN RETURNING FROM A PATROL IN A NATIVE CANOE, A PRIMITIVE BUT EFFECTIVE WAY OF PATROLLING THE BEACHES. NOTE THE LARGE SWEEP CAR USED BY THE MAN ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. JAPANESE BOMBING RAIDS OVER PORT MORESBY CAUSED MOST OF THE NATIVE POPULATION TO GO TO THE HILLS. A SMALL NUMBER OF NATIVE "BOYS" REMAINED, OTHERS WERE BROUGHT BACK ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PUNTING THEIR "LAKATOI", (NATIVE NAME FOR A SAILING CRAFT) THESE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS PUSH OUT THROUGH THE SHALLOWS ON A FISHING EXCURSION. THE NATIVE SAILING CRAFT ..