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OWEN STANLEY RANGES, NEW GUINEA. SCENES IN A NATIVE VILLAGE AT EORA CREEK, IN THE JUNGLE COUNTRY THAT IS THE BATTLEGROUND FOR AUSTRALIAN AND JAPANESE TROOPS IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF PAPUA. SOLDIERS CONFER WHILE NATIVE TROOPS WAIT NEARBY, A SHORT WHILE BEFORE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LAUNCHED AN ATTACK AGAINST JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA. Taken at the same time as Parer filmed the footage that was screened as "Kokoda Frontline" (AWM film F01212), this image was one of the last he took before having to discard his still camera. Note the Light Horse pattern leather leggings worn by the soldier in the left foreground.
OWEN STANLEY RANGES, NEW GUINEA. A NATIVE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE COUNTRY THAT IS THE BATTLEGROUND FOR AUSTRALIANS AND JAPANESE TROOPS IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF PAPUA. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN A SH
OWEN STANLEY RANGES, NEW GUINEA. CORPORAL H. G. EVANS AND SGT. L. R. MARTORANA OF THE A.M.F. AT A NATIVE VILLAGE SHORTLY AFTER THEIR UNIT HAS CLASHED WITH THE JAPANESE IN THE KOKODA AREA. (PHOTOGRAPHE
EORA CREEK, PAPUA. MELBOURNE CORPORAL J. A. CANTY OF THE A.M.F. 39TH BATTALION JUST BEFORE GOING INTO ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE AT ISURAVA IN THE KOKODA AREA. (PHOTOGRAPHER DAMIEN PARER).
OWEN STANLEY RANGES, NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN PRIVATES E.L. FLOWER AND E.O. MOREY HAVE A CIGARETTE DURING A BREAK IN THE JUNGLE FIGHTING AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN THE KOKODA AREA. MOREY IS FROM WA. (PHOTO
Kokoda, New Guinea. November 1942. A toy motor car left behind when a family fled from the village during the early Japanese advance. Behind the toy are Japanese graves, a result of the fighting befor
EORA CREEK, PAPUA. PRIVATE W. PARR IS HELPED TO A CUP OF TEA BY PRIVATE H. BRADBURY AFTER A CLASH WITH JAPANESE JUNGLE FIGHTERS IN THE KOKODA AREA. BOTH MEN ARE FROM THE 39TH BATTALION. (PHOTOGRAPHER
