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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).
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
THE SPIRIT OF DETERMINATION IS PORTRAYED IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BEHIND THE LINES IN NEW GUINEA. IT SHOWS MEN OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY UNIT SHARPENING THEIR BAYONETS BEFORE GOING INTO ACTION AGAINST
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
Discusses prewar employment; religion; education; politics; joined militia; at age twenty one conscripted to 39th Battalion in Melbourne; transported by train to Sydney; embarkation on SS Aquitania; a
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
ARMY UNITS FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA HAVE FEATURED LARGELY IN THE STORY OF AUSTRALIA'S PART PLAYED ON THE WORLD'S BATTLEFIELDS. SHOWN JUST BEFORE GOING INTO ACTION IS PRIVATE MOREY, A WESTRALIAN, SERVING
