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VETERAN A.I.F. MEN OF A UNIT THAT FOUGHT IN THE WESTERN DESERT AND SYRIA ARE NOW IN ACTION AGAIN IN NEW GUINEA. THIS PICTURE TAKEN IN THE KOKODA AREA, SHOWS A GROUP OF THEM CLEANING THEIR RIFLES BEFORE GOING INTO ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE. (NEGATIVE BY PARER).
THIS PICTURE, TAKEN IN THE KOKODA AREA, SHOWS A GROUP OF A.I.F. MEN IN THEIR TEMPORARY CAMP BESIDE A NATIVE "LEAN-TO" AMID SURROUNDINGS THAT CONTRAST VIVIDLY WITH THOSE THAT THEY KNEW IN THE WESTERN D
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
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).
Kokoda, New Guinea. August 1942. Four men of the AIF who returned recently from action in the Western Desert and Syria prepare for further action against the Japanese.
FOUR MEN OF AN A.I.F. UNIT RETURNED FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WHO ARE NOW IN ACTION ON THE KOKODA FRONT, THEY ARE:- PTE. F.W. LEE; PTE J.E. CLEASBY AND PTE. E.A. ELVY. (NEGATIVE BY PARER).
A.I.F. ARTILLERY MEN RECENTLY RETURNED FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, ARE NOW MANNING 25-PDR, BATTERIES AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN NEW GUINEA. REPORTS INDICATE THAT THEIR OPERATIONS HAVE CONTRIBUTED CONSIDERABLY
