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1942-10-09. A LINK IN THE NEW GUINEA TRANSPORT CHAIN IS THE "PONY EXPRESS" WHICH TAKES OVER FROM THE POINT AT WHICH MECHANICAL TRANSPORT CEASES. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1942-10-09. CORPORAL MCNICOL, MEDICAL ORDERLY AT ONE OF OUR FORWARD POSTS IN THE NEW GUINEA JUNGLE, GIVES MEDICAL ATTENTION TO AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AND TO NATIVES PASSING THROUGH THE AREA. (NEGATIVE ..

1942-10-09. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS ARE CONTINUALLY DEVISING NEW METHODS TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES OF SUPPLY TO TROOPS IN THE FORWARD AREAS IN NEW GUINEA. THIS PICTURE SHOWS THEM AT WORK ON THE ..

1942-10-09. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS ARE CONTINUALLY DEVISING NEW METHODS TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES OF SUPPLY TO TROOPS IN THE FORWARD AREAS IN NEW GUINEA. THIS PICTURE SHOWS THEM AT WORK ON THE ..

1942-10-09. RECENT FIGHTING IN THE NEW GUINEA RANGES HAS SHOWN THAT SUCCESS DEPENDS LARGELY ON THE ORGANISATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SUPPLY ROUTES AND IN THIS RESPECT THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES HAVE BEEN ..

1942-10-09. CORRESPONDENTS IN NEW GUINEA SPEAK HIGHLY OF THE WORK OF THE SALVATION ARMY AMONG THE TROOPS IN FORWARD AREAS. TROOPS AND NATIVES ALIKE RELISH THE SIMPLE CONFORTS THAT ARE PROVIDED AT ..

1942-10-19. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ADVANCE THROUGH OWEN STANLEY RANGES. JAP. PRISONER. THIS SOLDIER, LEFT TO DIE BY THIS COMRADES, WAS BROUGHT IN BY AN AUSTRALIAN PATROL

General Douglas Macarthur with men of the 2/3 Battalion. With him is General Blamey, Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area. Identified left to right: NX100 Major Ian ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA-NEW GUINEA. 1942-10-12. GENERAL MACARTHUR AND GENERAL BLAMEY ARRIVE FOR THEIR TOUR OF THE NEW GUINEA BATTLE AREA

General MacArthur in light-hearted mood during a talk with Australian officers at the foot of the Golden Staircase in New Guinea. From left to right: General MacArthur, smiling; Lieutenant Nicholas ..

PAPUA. 1942-08-28. INFORMAL OUTDOORS PORTRAIT OF TOUGH AND WIRY PRIVATE H.A. LAKE, ONE-TIME KANGAROO HUNTER, NOW A SNIPER WITH THE 2/5TH INDEPENDENT COMPANY. (NEGATIVE BY DAMIEN PARER)

1942-08-29. AIDED BY NEW GUINEA NATIVE AND BY EXPERIENCED MINERS, AUSTRALIAN PATROLS, AFTER A LONG AND HAZARDOUS JOURNEY, FOUND THEIR WAY ACROSS THE OWEN STANLEYS RANGE TO KOKODA. THEY PASSED ..