The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gusika, Finschhafen area, New Guinea. 1944-03. Trucks and tents set up at the camp of 17 Field Hygiene Company. In the foreground are knapsack sprays carrying a special oil. They are used to spray mosquito breeding grounds in an attempt to eradicate the malarial mosquito. (Original print housed with AWM Private Records).
Finschhafen, New Guinea. 1944. Indigenous (native) Papuans stand in front of a truck carrying knapsack sprays which carry a special oil, used to spray mosquito breeding places. The men work for the 17
Buna, Papua. 1943. Johnny Levick, 17 Field Hygiene Company, and a group of indigenous (native) Papuans work at clearing a Nipa palm swamp in an attempt to eradicate the malarial mosquito. Swamps such
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 1944. Tents set up at the camp of 17 Field Hygiene Company. This company, with the help of indigenous (native) Papuans, worked to eradicate the malarial mosquito. Note the com
Buna, Papua. c.1943. Indigenous (native) Papuans work at draining a swamp in an attempt to eradicate the malarial mosquito. (Original print housed with AWM Private Records).
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 1944. A group of indigenous (native) Papuans, working for 17 Field Hygiene Company, digging a drainage trench as a first move to eradicate the malarial mosquito. (Original pri
DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-06. A TEAM OF NATIVE BOYS EMPLOYED BY THE 18TH AUSTRALIAN ANTI-MALARIAL CONTROL UNIT SETTING OUT FOR THEIR DAYS WORK SPRAYING ALL MOSQUITO BREEDING PLACES WITH A SPECIAL OIL
