The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Planes dropping supplies to the forward Company at Aiyo, near Bogadjim. This was the only occasion on which supplies were dropped in that operation. Personnel of 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion as well as natives had to carry all other supplies on foot along a 55 mile Line of Communication, New Guinea.
Australian soldiers of the 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion are shown carrying supplies to forward areas in the Finisterre Ranges in New Guinea. Normally New Guinean men assisted with this work b
Pencil study for watercolour drawing "Dropping supplies by air, Bougainville", featuring four servicemen preparing for an air-drop in front of the open side door of the plane. The supply containers, c
WONGINARA MISSION, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-04. NATIVES CARRYING SUPPLIES ALONG A KAI (FOOD) LINE ALONG THE MABAM RIVER TO FORWARD 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS IN THE TORRICELLI MOUNTAINS. THE LINE WAS AM
Four dispatchers about to drop supplies by air over a jungle clearing in Bougainville. Three crew members steady the container, called "storepedoes", in front of the open side door of the plane while
A human chain handing supplies from the upper deck to storage below. Peter Churcher recalled, "On this particular morning an American supply ship had dropped off a shipment of food supplies for HMAS K
Usually Papuan carriers moved supplies to the forward areas, allowing troops to focus on fighting and other roles. When they were not available it added difficult work onto their other duties. Dargie
