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PARI BEACH, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. A LITTLE EXERTION IS THE ONLY PRICE OF A COCONUT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA. IN THIS PICTURE TWO AUSSIES HAVE REACHED THE TOP OF THE TREE AND ARE ABOUT ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-20. AN AIRA- COBRA FIGHTER PLANE OF AN AMERICAN SQUADRON IN FLIGHT ON TAKE OFF TO INTERCEPT JAPANESE BOMBERS WHEN THE ALARM SOUNDS AT A JUNGLE DROME

PARI BEACH, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PERSONNEL OF 20 PLATOON, 49TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ENJOYING THE COOL MILK OF COCONUTS, THEY HAVE OBTAINED BY CLIMBING A NEARBY COCONUT TREE

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROL PASSING BY A PAPUAN COASTAL VILLAGE AND THROUGH A COCONUT GROVE

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. THESE THREE SMALL PAPUAN BOYS COME IN FOR CLOSE SCRUTINY FROM THE AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMAN ON THE RIGHT. THE SOLDIERS ARE MEMBERS OF A PATROL IN THE COASTAL SECTION AND ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PARTY LEAVING A NATIVE VILLAGE ENCOUNTERED WHILE ON PATROL. THEY ARE ABOARD A "LAKATOI" MANNED BY FIVE SMALL BOYS, BUT THE DIGGERS LENT A HAND AND ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. A CONCERT PARTY WAS FORMED FROM AMONG THE TROOPS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE SERVING IN THE AREA FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN TROOPS IN PAPUA. ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROL BEING TRANSPORTED ACROSS A RIVER BY SMALL BOYS IN A "LAKATOI" GET OFF AND PUSH ACROSS THE SHALLOW WATERS OVER THE REEF WHICH GIRDLES THE ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07-25. US AIR FORCE 22ND BOMB GROUP PERSONNEL INSPECTING THE DAMAGE TO A MARAUDER (B26) BOMBER AIRCRAFT "COSSACK" WHICH MADE A FORCED LANDING ON THE AIRFIELD AT SEVEN MILE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-27. MEN OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE MARINE SECTION AT WORK AT THEIR SEAPLANE BASE. HERE THEY ARE SHOWN REPAIRING A FLYING-BOAT TENDER

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-27. "ABDUL THE BULL", A PLANE OF A ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE FIGHTER SQUADRON, TAKEN ON ITS BOMB LOAD, PRIOR TO SETTING OUT ON A RAID OVER JAPANESE OCCUPIED AREAS

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-25. A MARAUDER (B26) BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF US AIR FORCE 22ND BOMB GROUP MAKING A FORCED LANDING ON THE AIRFIELD AT SEVEN MILE STRIP PLOUGHED THROUGH THE EARTH UNTIL ..