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1942-09-03. FOUR AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER PILOTS NOW OPERATING IN NEW GUINEA. AMONG THEM IS THEIR SQUADRON LEADER WHO, BEFORE RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA, HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED AN ENVIABLE REPUTATION AS A ..

WX14316 PRIVATE HAROLD REGINALD NASH, 2/16 BATTALION, OF SUBIACO, WA, A WESTRALIAN TYPICAL OF THE TOUGH INFANTRYMEN RECRUITED FROM THIS STATE. WOUNDED DURING A JUNGLE CLASH WITH THE JAPANESE IN THE ..

NEW GUINEA. C. 1942-09-01. THE SPIRIT OF DETERMINATION IS PORTRAYED IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BEHIND THE LINES IN NEW GUINEA. IT SHOWS MEN OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY UNIT SHARPENING THEIR BAYONETS ..

OWEN STANLEY RANGES, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-27. A NATIVE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE COUNTRY THAT IS THE BATTLEGROUND FOR AUSTRALIANS AND JAPANESE TROOPS IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF PAPUA. THIS PICTURE ..

Wounded receiving treatment as an Australian unit leaves a forward area for a well-earned spell. The soldier front left is believed to be SX13157 Private John Charles Smith, 2/6 Field Ambulance

Australian troops plough through mud and slush in the heart of New Guinea on their way out of a forward area for a well-earned spell

Some members of D Company, 39th Battalion, returning to their base camp after a battle at Isurava. Right to left: Warrant Officer 2 R. Marsh, Private (Pte) G. Palmer, Pte J. Manol, Pte J. Tonkins, ..

1942-10-01. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. THIS IS TYPICAL OF THE COUNTRY AROUND WHERE AUSTRALIAN MILITIA FORCES REPULSED JAPANESE ATTEMPS TO LAND. SURVEYING THE SCENE IS CORPORAL HAROLD JACOBS, 55TH ..

1942-10-01. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AN AUSTRALIAN MILITIA OFFICER WHO TOOK PART IN THE MILNE BAY FIGHTING, WITH AN ENEMY TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANK KNOCKED OUT DURING THE UNSUCCESSFUL JAPANESE ATTACK

1942-10-01. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY: AN ALLIED VESSEL SUNK BY JAPANESE WARSHIPS DURING THE UNSUCCESSFUL JAPANESE ATTACK ON MILNE BAY. SHIPS NEARBY WERE UNDAMAGED

1942-10-01. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ADVANCING THROUGH THE JUNGLE. THIS IS TYPICAL OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE BATTLE FOR MILNE BAY WAS FOUGHT

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-10-01. A LIGHT GUN USED BY THE JAPANESE DURING AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON MILNE BAY WHEN THEY WERE REPULSED BY AUSTRALIAN MILITIA FORCES. SQUADRON LEADER K.W. TRUSCOTT OF NO ..