The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. 60-TON TRADING SCHOONER "ROYAL ENDEAVOUR" CARRYING SUPPLIES TO KANGA FORCE, EN ROUTE FROM PORT MORESBY TO LAKEKAMU RIVER, WHERE THE SUPPLIES WILL BE UNLOADED FOR ONWARD MOVEMENT TO THE FORCE OPERATING IN THE WAU AREA. (FILM STILL).
LAKEKAMU RIVER, PAPUA. 1942-07. NATIVES IN DUGOUT CANOES PADDLE UP THE RIVER TO BULLDOG CAMP WITH SUPPLIES FOR KANGA FORCE. SUPPLIES HAD BEEN BROUGHT FROM PORT MORESBY BY THE SCHOONER "ROYAL ENDEAVOUR
LAKEKAMU RIVER, PAPUA. 1942-07. NATIVES UNLOAD CARGO FOR KANGA FORCE FROM THE "ROYAL ENDEAVOUR" AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER, WHERE A SAND SPIT HAS BARRED THE ENTRANCE. SUPPLIES WILL BE MOVED BY CANOE TO
Native carriers and the difficult conditions of weather and terrain they had to overcome to supply members of the AIF and New Guinea Volunteer Rifles, (NGVR) known as Kanga Force. Supplies are brought
NEW GUINEA, 1942-07. NATIVE CARRIERS MANHANDLE SUPPLIES FOR AUSTRALIAN KANGA FORCE OPERATING IN THE WAU AREA 120 MILES FROM BULLDOG CAMP. (FILM STILL)
WAU, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04. AFTER DAYS OF TRAVERSING THICK JUNGLE, WITHOUT SIGHT OF THE SUN, A NATIVE CARRIER-LINE WITH SUPPLIES FOR KANGA FORCE EMERGES NEAR WAU INTO THE HEAT OF THE KUNAI-COVERED LOWER
Troops of the 7th Division wave as their train leaves Brisbane en route to Sydney where they will embark on a troopship for onward movement to the Middle East.
