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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS OF THE CAMPAIGN IN NEW GUINEA IS THE TRANSPORT OF SUPPLIES AND NATIVE CARRIERS HAVE TO BE EMPLOYED TO TRAVERSE THE NARROW PATHS THROUGH THE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. MUCH OF THE SUPPLIES FOR THE FORWARD AREA IN NEW GUINEA WHERE THE COUNTRY IS INACCESSIBLE TO WHEELED TRANSPORT, IS TAKEN FORWARD BY MULE PACK TEAMS WHICH ARE OPERATED BY ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. MUCH OF THE SUPPLIES FOR THE FORWARD AREA IN NEW GUINEA WHERE THE COUNTRY IS INACCESSIBLE TO WHEELED TRANSPORT, IS TAKEN FORWARD BY MULE PACK TEAMS WHICH ARE OPERATED BY ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. SAPPERS OF THE 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, CAMP BESIDE THE ROAD THEY HAVE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED THROUGH THE DENSE JUNGLE BETWEEN PORT ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. THREE MEMBERS OF THE 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WHO WERE IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPS IN THE KOKODA AREA, AND WHO HAVE BEEN SENT BACK WITH BULLET WOUNDS, ..

NEW GUINEA, 1942-08-03. AN A.I.F. GUNNER, RECENTLY RETURNED FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, PICKING THE "DESSERT DISH" FOR THE EVENING MEAL - A GOOD BUNCH OF PAW-PAWS

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. LOADING SUPPLIES ON TO A TRANSPORT PLANE FOR DROPPING TO TROOPS IN THE FORWARD AREA

Papua, New Guinea. 1942-08. Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft flying in formation over New Guinea

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS EXAMINE CAPTURED JAPANESE ARMS AND EQUIPMENT

PAPUA. 1942-08. WOUNDED MEMBERS OF THE 39TH INFANTRY BATTALION MAKING THEIR WAY BACK ALONG A JUNGLE TRAIL TO THE BASE HOSPITAL. THEY ARE ALL SUFFERING FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS SUSTAINED IN THE FIGHTING ..

NEW GUINEA, 1942-08-03. AMERICANS MAN A RUBBER BOAT COMING DOWN A RIVER IN NEW GUINEA WITH ITS CARGO WHILST THE NATIVE WORKMEN STAND BEHIND

NEW GUINEA, 1942-08-03. A.I.F. TROOPS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST NOW IN NEW GUINEA SOON MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE NATIVES WHO THEY CONSIDER ARE A FINE TYPE AND MUCH SUPERIOR TO SOME OF THE ARAB TRIBES