The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-07. MORE A.I.F. FROM THE MIDDLE EAST ARRIVE IN NEW GUINEA. SOME OF THE 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION ON THE SHIP THAT BROUGHT THEM TO PORT MORESBY.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. TWO A.I.F. SIGNALLERS WHO SERVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ARE NOW BUSY WITH THEIR UNIT IN NEW GUINEA. THEY ARE UTILISING EXISTING CIVILIAN TELEPHONE POLES AND SOME EQUIPMEN
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. TWO DESPATCH MOTOR CYCLE RIDERS FORCING A PATH THROUGH LONG THICK GRASS IN THE TROPICAL BUSH OF NEW GUINEA DURING MANOEUVRES CARRIED OUT BY AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY UNDER T
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. STRIPPED TO THE WAIST, THESE SUN-TANNED GUNNERS OF THE A.I.F. KEEP UP THE SUPPLY OF SHELLS DURING AN ENEMY AIR RAID IN NEW GUINEA. THESE TROOPS WERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. SUN-TANNED AUSTRALIAN GUNNERS WHO HAVE SEEN SERVICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PICTURED IN A HAPPY GROUP IN NEW GUINEA.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY MARCHING ALONG BUSH TRACKS AS THEY MOVE UP TO "ATTACK" DURING MANOEUVERES CARRIED OUT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A.I.F. COMMANDER FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY MARCHING ALONG BUSH TRACKS AS THEY MOVE UP TO "ATTACK" DURING MANOEUVRES CARRIED OUT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF AN A.I.F. COMMANDER FROM THE MIDDLE EAS
