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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 BULLDOG CAMP WERE NATIVE CARRIERS WILL TAKE THEM TO WAU. (FILM STILL).
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
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
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 M
NEW GUINEA, 1942-07. NATIVE CARRIERS MANHANDLE SUPPLIES FOR AUSTRALIAN KANGA FORCE OPERATING IN THE WAU AREA 120 MILES FROM BULLDOG CAMP. (FILM STILL)
NEW GUINEA. NATIVES PADDLING THEIR CANOE ON THE LAKEKAMU RIVER, TAKING STORES TO KANGA FORCE.
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
