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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROL STOP IN A COASTAL VILLAGE TO MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A DUSKY "KIKINI" WHICH IS THE PAPUAN TRANSLATION OF A YOUNG GIRL

NEW GUINEA, 1942-08. BREN GUN CARRIERS MANNED BY PERSONNEL OF THE 39TH INFANTRY BATTALION, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES, PASSING THROUGH THE LONG KUNAI GRASS DURING MANOEUVRES IN THE NEW GUINEA ..

PAPUA. 1942-07-25. THIS MARAUDER (B26) BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF US AIR FORCE 22ND BOMB GROUP IS NOT AIR-BORNE, AS MIGHT APPEAR, BUT IS MAKING A FORCED LANDING ON AN AIRFIELD. NOTE THE CLOUD OF DUST ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1942-07-27. AMERICAN MECHANICS DO NOT LOSE ANY TIME WHEN THE COBRA FIGHTER PLANES RETURN FROM A RAID INTERCEPTING JAPANESE ZEROS. THEY ARE QUICKLY ON THE JOB OF RE-FUELLING AND ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. AN ARTIST IN THE RAAF WORKSHOPS PUTS THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO A WALL PAINTING OF A NAKED WOMAN (A PIN-UP ON A LARGE SCALE) THAT HE CONSIDERS WOULD HELP THE BOYS TO ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-27. SQUADRON LEADER P.J. TURNBULL, DFC., COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 76, (KITTYHAWK) FIGHTER SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, CLIMBS INTO THE COCKPIT OF HIS FIGHTER ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROLS IN PAPUA CHECK UP ON ANY SIGNS OF JAPANESE INFILTRATION. PAPUAN NATIVES IN A COASTAL VILLAGE ARE SHOWN BEING QUESTIONED REGARDING THE MOST ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-27. THREE FIGHTER PILOTS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE WHO HAVE SEEN ACTION OVERSEAS AND ARE NOW FIGHTING JAPANESE ZERO PLANES OVER NEW GUINEA MOUNTAINS. LEFT TO ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-27. SQUADRON LEADER P.J. TURNBULL, DFC., THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 76 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, JUST BEFORE SETTING OUT ON A MISSION OVER ..

NEW GUINEA, 1942-08. BREN GUN CARRIERS OF THE 39TH INFANTRY BATTALION, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES, ENGAGED IN MANOEUVRES IN THE JUNGLE OF NEW GUINEA

New Guinea, 1942-08-10. A North American B25 Mitchell bomber aircraft takes off from a New Guinea airfield for a raid over Japanese occupied territory

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-27. "LOOKS LIKE I'VE MISSED MY SEAT", SAID GENERAL SCANLON, COMMANDING AMERICAN AIR FORCE IN NEW GUINEA, ON RIGHT, AS HE INSPECTS THE PLANE IN WHICH HE WAS TO HAVE MADE A ..