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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TROOPS AND NATIVE CARRIERS CROSSING THE BROWN RIVER, BETWEEN NAURO AND MENARI, BY MEANS OF A HUGE LOG FALLEN ACROSS THE STREAM. NATIVE CARRIERS HAVE PROVED INVALUABLE AND HAVE CARRIED BESIDES FOOD SUPPLIES, AMMUNITION AND GUNS TO OUR FORWARD POSITIONS. THEIR WORK IN CARRYING OUT WOUNDED SOLDIERS SAVED MANY MEN FROM A LIKELY DEATH IN THE JUNGLE.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TROOPS AND NATIVE CARRIERS CROSSING THE BROWN RIVER, BETWEEN NAURO AND MENARI, BY MEANS OF A HUGE LOG FALLEN ACROSS THE STREAM. NATIVE CARRIERS HAVE PROVED INVALUABLE AND H
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. NATIVE CARRIERS MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH JUNGLE BETWEEN NAURO AND MENARI. NATIVES HAVE PROVED INVALUABLE AND HAVE CARRIED, BESIDES FOOD SUPPLIES, AMMUNITION AND GUNS TO OUR
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. THE COOKS PARTY OF THE 2/33RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION BRINGING THE WATER RATION ACROSS A HUGE LOG SPANNING A RIVER BETWEEN NAURO AND MENARI.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A PATROL OF 2/25TH AND 2/33RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALIONS CROSSING THE BROWN RIVER BY MEANS OF A BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED FROM A FALLEN TREE ON THEIR WAY FORWARD TO MENARI.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A PATROL OF 2/25TH AND 2/33RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALIONS CROSSING THE BROWN RIVER BY MEANS OF A BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED FROM A FALLEN TREE ON THEIR WAY FORWARD TO MENARI.
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. Carrying boxes of supplies attached by means of loya vines to poles resting on their shoulders, native Papuan carriers cross a makeshift wooden bridge over one of the many stre
