The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA. AN INDICATION OF THE PRIMITIVE LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND OF THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN THE MOVEMENT OF TROOPS IS SHOWN HERE. NATIVE PORTERS (KNOWN AS FUZZY WUZZY ANGELS) ARE CARRYING WOUNDED AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ON STRETCHERS FROM THE JUNGLE BATTLEFIELD THROUGH A MOUNTAIN STREAM TO THE HOSPITAL BEHIND THE LINES, FOLLOWING A SHARP CLASH WITH JAPANESE FORCES. ALL AUSTRALIANS IN NEW GUINEA PAY A HIGH TRIBUTE TO THE COURAGE, ENDURANCE AND COMRADESHIP OF THE NEW GUINEA NATIVES WHO ARE PLAYING A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN THE ALLIED EFFORTS TO DRIVE THE JAPANESE FROM THE COUNTRY.
NEW GUINEA. AN INDICATION OF THE PRIMITIVE LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND OF THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN THE MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS IS SHOWN HERE. NATIVE PORTERS (KNOWN AS FUZZY WUZZY ANGELS) ARE CARRYIN
OWEN STANLEY RANGES. AN INDICATION OF THE PRIMITIVE LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND OF THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN THE MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS IS SHOWN HERE. NATIVE PORTERS (KNOWN AS FUZZY WUZZY ANGELS) CA
OWEN STANLEY RANGES, NEW GUINEA. WOUNDED AUSTRALIANS BEING CARRIED ON STRETCHERS OUT OF FORWARD BATTLE AREAS THROUGH A MOUNTAIN STREAM BY NATIVE BEARERS (FUZZY WUZZY ANGELS).
OWEN STANLEY RANGES, NEW GUINEA. WOUNDED AUSTRALIANS BEING CARRIED ON STRETCHERS OUT OF FORWARD BATTLE AREAS INTO A VILLAGE BY NATIVE BEARERS OR PORTERS (KNOWN AS FUZZY WUZZY ANGELS).
NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. A FUZZY WUZZY ASSISTS PTE. JERRY CRONIN, OF KATANNING, W.A. TO CROSS A CREEK AFTER CRONIN HAD BEEN WOUNDED IN A CLASH AGAINST THE JAPANESE.
BUNA, PAPUA. AT AN ADVANCED AMERICAN DRESSING STATION. WOUNDED BEING BROUGHT IN ON STRETCHERS ALONG A TRACK THROUGH THE KUNAI GRASS. THE BEARERS ARE PAPUAN NATIVES, FONDLY KNOWN AS FUZZY WUZZY ANGELS.
