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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER, WOUNDED IN THE FIGHTING IN NEW GUINEA, BEING CARRIED ON TO THE CORVETTE H.M.A.S. BENDIGO FOR FERRYING OUT TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA, LYING ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. THE STEAMER "ANSHUN" LYING ON HER SIDE IN MILNE BAY, WHERE SHE WAS SHELLED AND SUNK BY A JAPANESE CRUISER. THE "ANSHUN" WAS LATER SALVAGED AND TOWED TO SYDNEY, A DISTANCE ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-03. THREE AMERICAN SOLDIERS TAKING THINGS EASY ON THE BOW OF A SMALL CRAFT ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-04. KETCHES AND SCHOONERS, FORMERLY USED AS PEARLING LUGGERS, RUBBER CARRIERS ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-04. LIEUTENANT CHAMPION RESIDENT OFFICER AT BUNA (LEFT) AND SERGEANT BISHOP, OF THE 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION, THE FIRST MEN TO SIGHT THE JAPS AT BUNA, BEING QUESTIONED BY ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. A PAPUAN NATIVE MEDICAL ORDERLY ATTENDS TO A SICK NATIVE IN ONE OF THE WARDS OF THE HOSPITAL OPERATED BY THE NATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES. THESE NATIVE ORDERLIES HAVE RECEIVED ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. A MEDICAL ORDERLY WARRANT OFFICER II. J.N. WALSHE, OF THE NATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES PAINTING THE CHEEKS OF A FUZZY-HAIRED NATIVE WHO HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY FACIAL TINEA

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. YOUTHFUL AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS MANNING A FORWARD POST IN NEW GUINEA HAVE TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN A DESERTED NATIVE VILLAGE. THIS PICTURE SHOWS THEM SETTING OUT FOR A SWIM IN ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. AMERICAN ARMY ENGINEERS ADOPT A NOVEL METHOD FOR OBTAINING GRAVEL FOR SURFACING AN AIRFIELD. A GIANT "GRABALL" IS TOWED INTO THE LOLOKI RIVER AND ENOUGH GRAVEL SCOOPED ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. SHATTERED FITTINGS ON THE PROMENADE DECK OF M.V. MALAITA CAUSED WHEN SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY. THE VESSEL WAS TOWED INTO PORT ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. A CLOSE VIEW OF THE STARBOARD SIDE OF M.V. MALAITA WHERE THE SHIP WAS HIT BY A TORPEDO FROM AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY. THE VESSEL WAS TOWED INTO PORT ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. CAPTAIN R. DUDDELL, CAPTAIN OF M.V. MALAITA WHICH WAS TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY. THE TORPEDO ENTERED THE SHIP BELOW THE WATERLINE UNDER ..