The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Uberi area, Papua, 1942-09. Australian soldiers cut down trees to widen a section of the Kokoda Trail from Owers' Corner to Uberi so that 25-pounder field guns can be dragged forward along the track to fire on Japanese positions. Eventually, the field guns will be manhandled all the way to the top of Imita Ridge where, in conjunction with the high rate of dysentery among Japanese troops, they will prove crucial in driving the enemy from Ioribaiwa.
Uberi area, Papua, c. 1942-10. Australian soldiers manhandle a 25-pounder field gun along a section of the Kokoda Trail towards Imita Ridge. The soldiers are intending to drag the gun all the way to t
NX191070 LIEUTENANT H. A. HANKE, OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, AT HIS EASEL PAINTS THE BACKGROUND FOR A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE 25 POUNDER GUNS OF B TROOP, 53RD
NX191070 LIEUTENANT H. A. HANKE, OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, AT HIS EASEL PAINTS THE BACKGROUND FOR A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE 25 POUNDER GUNS OF B TROOP, 53RD
ILOLO - KOKODA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-30. THE IMITA RIDGE AND TRAIL VIEWED FROM IORIBAIWA VILLAGE WHERE THE JAPANESE ONCE POSITIONED THEIR HEADQUARTERS.
Kokoda Trail, Papua, c. 1942-10. Laden with boxes of military supplies, pack-mules plod along a muddy section of the track from the end of the motor road at Owers' Corner to Uberi.
OWERS' CORNER CARRIER CAMP IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE POINT WHERE 25 POUNDER GUNS OF B TROOP, 53RD BATTERY, 14TH FIELD REGIMENT, FIRED ON THE JAPANESE AT IORIBAIWA ON 1942-09-23. THE CAMP, SITUATED A
