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PANAMBERI RIVER, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-05. NATIVE CARRIERS ACCOMPANIED 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS ON A SIX DAY PATROL INTO ENEMY TERRITORY. THEY CARRIED ALL STORES AND EQUIPMENT, ADDITIONAL TO THAT CARRIED BY THE TROOPS. SHOWN, A NATIVE CARRIER WITH HIS BLANKET ERECTED ON TOP OF KUNAI GRASS DURING A HALT, TO MAKE A SHADY SPOT FOR HIMSELF IN THE BLISTERIMG HEAT.
BERIMU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-05. TROOPS OF 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING ACROSS A KUNAI GRASS PLAIN IN HEAVY RAIN DURING A SIX DAY PATROL INTO ENEMY TERRITORY. FOR THE MOST PART THEIR TRAIL COVERED A C
PANAMBERI RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-05. TROOPS OF D COMPANY, 2/7TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PUSHING ALONG THE JAPANESE LINE OF COMMUNICATION TRAIL BESIDE THE CREEK DURING A SIX DAY PATROL INTO ENEMY TERRI
PANAMBERI RIVER, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-05. THE COLUMN FROM D COMPANY, 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION HALTED ON THE JAPANESE LINE OF COMMUNICATION TRACK UNTIL THE SCOUT PATROL AHEAD REPORTED IT CLEAR TO MOVE FOR
LERON RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-31. AN EXPEDITION COMPRISING MEMBERS OF 1 MOBILE VETERINARY SURVEY UNIT, CARRIED OUT AN ANIMAL DISEASE SURVEY TOUR IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY, MOUNT HAGEN, RUMU VALLEY AND
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1942-07. TROOPS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ON PATROL IN THE PAPUAN JUNGLE HALT IN A NATIVE VILLAGE AND MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE INHABITANTS.
At a forward position in the Sattelberg area, Private J. Greer of Preston, Vic, doles out crates of bread which will be carried in a blanket by a native carrier to troops in forward positions.
