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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 ..

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