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NEW GUINEA. NATIVES PADDLING THEIR CANOE ON THE LAKEKAMU RIVER, TAKING STORES TO KANGA FORCE.
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
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
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
TERAPO, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-16. TRAWLER AS56 OF AUSTRALIAN MOVEMENT CONTROL, DISCHARGING STORES ON LAKEKAMU RIVER.
Los Negros Island, Admiralty Group. c. 1943. A group of natives paddling a small outrigger canoe.
Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. c. 1943. Two native boys paddling an outrigger canoe.
