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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. FLAME THROWERS USED BY THE JAPANESE AGAINST AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AT MILNE BAY

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. YOUTHFUL AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS MANNING A FORWARD POST IN NEW GUINEA HAVE TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN A DESERTED NATIVE VILLAGE. HERE THEY ARE SEEN LINING UP FOR A MEAL

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER WOUNDED IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPS IN NEW GUINEA BEING CARRIED ON TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA FOR EVACUATION TO AUSTRALIA

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. AMERICAN ARMY ENGINEERS UNLOADING A "GRABALL" SCOOPFUL OF GRAVEL ON TO THE TRUCK WAITING UNDER THE BRIDGE. THE GRAVEL HAS BEEN SCOOPED FROM THE BED OF THE LOLOKI RIVER ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. THE M.V. MALAITA SHORTLY AFTER SHE HAD BEEN TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY ONLY ONE CASUALTY WAS SUSTAINED - THE CHIEF STEWARD WITH TWO BROKEN ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT PLANE LANDING AT KILA KILA AIRFIELD NEAR PORT MORESBY AFTER HAVING CARRIED OUT A SUPPLY-DROPPING MISSION IN THE KOKODA AREA

BUT, NEW GUINEA. MAY 1945. FATHER JOHN ALOYSIUS MOGAN OF MELBOURNE, VIC, CELEBRATING MASS FOR 6TH DIVISION TROOPS ON THE EVE OF THE AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEFEAT OF THE JAPANESE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-07. A 7.7 MILLIMETRE JAPANESE MACHINE GUN CAPTURED AT MILNE BAY. IT WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 130 POUNDS AND IS CARRIED BY MEANS OF POLES BY TWO OR THREE MEN. IT IS AIR COOLED ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.F. ROWELL, CBE., GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING NEW GUINEA FORCE

WING-COMMANDER J.R. BALMER, COMMANDING 1ST AUSTRALIAN BEAUFORT SQUADRON, RAAF

PILOT OFFICER L. CHIPPENDALL, A PILOT OF THE BEAUFORT TORPEDO SQUADRON, RAAF, RELAXES OFF DUTY WITH A "WHODUNIT"

VIEW OF SAMARAI ISLAND A VERY SMALL ISLAND AND UNSUITABLE FOR AN AIRFIELD. IT WAS EVACUATED, FIRST BY RESIDENTS, AND LATER BY AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES. BEFORE EVACUATION ALL INSTALLATIONS, ..