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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. SAPPERS OF THE 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WHO BUILT ROADS THROUGH THE SNOWCLAD MOUNTAINS OF SYRIA, ARE NOW ENGAGED IN PUSHING A ROAD ..

PAPUA. 1942-08-18. VIEW OF SEVEN MILE AERODROME NEAR PORT MORESBY AFTER A RAID BY 24 JAPANESE BOMBERS. THE CASUALTIES WERE ONE KILLED AND THIRTEEN INJURED; FOUR PLANES WERE DESTROYED AND SEVERAL ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. LOOKING FROM MAATA (POST "C") OUT ACROSS RUGGED HILLS TO THE ENTRANCE TO BOOTLESS INLET

PAPUA. 1942-08-19. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS EXAMINE A CAPTURED JAPANESE MACHINE GUN

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

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-15. EDDY AVENUE, PORT MORESBY IS ITS NAMESAKE IN SYDNEY

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. STUDY OF BRIGADIER S.H.W.C. PORTER, DSO., COMMANDER OF 30TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM PATROL, MOVING THROUGH COCONUT PALMS WITH TYPICAL NATIVE VILLAGE IN THE BACKGROUND

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 ..

An outdoors group portrait of the Commanding Officer and officers of the 2nd Australian Field Brigade Headquarters. Left to right, back row: Interpreter Gregoire, wearing a Military Medal ribbon; ..