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1942-12-16. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. THIS JAPANESE STAFF CAR WAS FOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF GONA VILLAGE. IT WAS COMPLETELY WRECKED BY MACHINE-GUN AND RIFLE FIRE. THE CAR WAS PORTION OF THE EQUIPMENT ..

1942-12-16. PAPUA. SANANANDA TRACK. THREE WOUNDED AUSTRALIANS, ALL FROM NSW AND SERVING WITH 55/53RD BATTALION, MAKING THEIR WAY OUT OF THE FRONT LINE TO A FIRST AID STATION. LEFT TO RIGHT: N212796 ..

1942-12-17. PAPUA. AUSTRALIANS AND AMERICANS FOUGHT TOGETHER AT SANANANDA. HERE THEY ARE PUSHING A TRAILER FULL OF EQUIPMENT NEAR SANANANDA

1942-12-17. PAPUA. AUSTRALIANS AND AMERICANS TOGETHER ON A JEEP NEAR SANANANDA

1942-12-18. NEW GUINEA. A CARRIER CARRIED. THIS NATIVE BOY INJURED IN AN ARGUMENT WITH ANOTHER NATIVE WAS CARRIED FROM AN RAAF BOMBER WHICH HAD FLOWN HIM TO AN RAAF MEDICAL RECEIVED STATION. NATIVE ..

1942-12-01. NEW GUINEA. ON THE WAY TO WAIROPI. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CROSS ONE OF THE MANY STREAMS ON A RICKETY PATCHWORK BRIDGE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-01. NEW GUINEA. KANUSI RIVER. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CROSS THE KANUSI RIVER ON FLYING FOXES HASTILY CONSTRUCTED BY ENGINEERS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-01. NEW GUINEA. KANUSI RIVER. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CROSS KANUSI RIVER ON FLYING HASTILY CONSTRUCTED BY ENGINEERS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

Two members of the 2/33rd Battalion coming out for a spell from their own position which was then just one hundred yards from the Japanese positions. Identified is NX44907 Sergeant Stanley Pretty, ..

An Australian mortar crew in action during fighting against Japanese forces in the Gona area

1942-12-11. NEW GUINEA. REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE BUNA AREA. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AUSTRALIAN TROOPS HAVE BEEN FLOWN INTO ACTION. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY WISHES THE TROOPS "GOOD LUCK". (NEGATIVE BY ..

1942-12-07. NEW GUINEA. A 105MM M-3A1 HOWITZER COMPLETE WITH SPARES, TRACTOR AND AMMUNITION IS UNLOADED SOMEWHERE IN THE BATTLE AREA. THE GUN CREW ALSO CAME WITH THE GUN. PICTURE SHOWS THE GUN ..