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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.F. ROWELL CB., GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING NEW GUINEA FORCE

PAPUA. 1942-08-19. AMERICAN BOMBER AND FIGHTER PLANES TAKING OFF FROM AN AERODROME

PAPUA. 1942-08-19. LOADING A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT WITH SUPPLIES FOR TROOPS IN THE FORWARD AREA. FOR TROOPS NEAR KOKODA, SUPPLIES ARE DROPPED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE GROUND TROOPS HAVE ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. MILITIA ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS, REPAIR, AND MAKE NEW, CAMOUFLAGE NETTING IN BETWEEN RAIDS

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. A HOT AND DUSTY AUSTRALIAN DESPATCH-RIDER STOPS TO SMILE AT THE CAMERA WHILE TRYING TO FORCE HIS MOTOR CYCLE THROUGH THE LONG GRASS WHILE ENGAGED ON MANOEUVRES IN ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. "TILLY", THE MASCOT OF AUSTRALIAN MILITIA ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS, KNOWS THINGS ABOUT TWO TYPES OF BUTT. SHE PREFERS THE TOBACCO VARIETY, AND PICKS THEM NEATLY OFF THE ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. "TILLY", THE MASCOT OF AUSTRALIAN MILITIA ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS, KNOWS THINGS ABOUT TWO TYPES OF BUTT. SHE PREFERS THE TOBACCO VARIETY, AND PICKS THEM NEATLY OFF THE ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS LAYING BARBEDWIRE ENTANGLEMENTS THROUGH THE "STILTS" OF A NATIVE VILLAGE. COASTAL NATIVES OF NEW GUINEA BUILD VILLAGES THIS WAY BECAUSE OF AN ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. THE ARMY'S "NAVY"- A PRIMITIVE BUT EFFECTIVE WAY OF PATROLLING THE BEACHES. THESE AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN ARE RETURNING FROM A PATROL IN A NATIVE CANOE. ONE MAN MAY ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AMERICAN SOLDIERS WATCHING PAPUAN NATIVES ERECTING GRASS AND WOOD HUTS WHICH WILL BE OCCUPIED BY AMERICAN TROOPS

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS LAYING BARBEDWIRE ENTANGLEMENTS THROUGH THE "STILTS" OF A NATIVE VILLAGE. COASTAL NATIVES OF NEW GUINEA BUILD VILLAGES THIS WAY BECAUSE OF AN ..

PARI BEACH, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. A LITTLE EXERTION IS THE ONLY PRICE OF A COCONUT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA. HERE A MEMBER OF THE 49TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION SEEN CLIMBING A TREE ..