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BARRACA. THE BOYS GOT A GREAT LOT OF AMUSEMENT FROM TEACHING POPPA TO PLAY NOUGHTS AND CROSSES BUT AFTER THE OLD MAN HAD LOST TWENTY LIRA HE DECIDED THAT THE GAME WAS CROOK --- SO MUCH SO THAT IT TOOK A BOTTLE OF AUSTRALIAN LAGER TO BRING HIM BACK TO A FRIENDLY BASIS AGAIN. (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).
Mascots have become part and parcel of a serviceman's life abroad. At Bien Hoa, Vietnam, this parrot recently waddled into the mess hut of RAAF and Army members of No 161 Independent Reconnaissance F
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ARE SO KEEN ON CRICKET THAT THEY EVEN FIND IT POSSIBLE TO PLAY IN THE DESERT. HERE ARE MEN OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION HAVING A GAME IN THE EL ALAM
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ARE SO KEEN ON CRICKET THAT THEY EVEN FIND IT POSSIBLE TO PLAY IN THE DESERT. HERE WE SEE A GAME IN PROGRESS BETWEEN TWO UNITS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN D
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ARE SO KEEN ON CRICKET THAT THEY EVEN FIND IT POSSIBLE TO PLAY IN THE DESERT. HERE WE HAVE A CLOSE UP OF A KEEN SLIP FIELDSMAN HAVING A GAME WHILE SER
SYRIA. THE ARABS, ALTHOUGH OF A FRIENDLY CHARACTER AND GENERALLY WITHOUT VICE, ARE INHERENTLY KLEPTOMANIAC SO THAT WHEN AN AUSTRALIAN UNIT FOUND THAT MUCH OF ITS EQUIPMENT WAS MISSING THE LOCAL HEADMA
WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. IN ORDER TO RESCUE AN AMERICAN PILOT, LIEUTENANT (LT) J. P. CARTER, WHO HAD BALED OUT OF HIS LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT NEAR ENEMY-OCCUPIED TERRITORY, TWO NATIVE
