The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 DESERT AND SYRIA. (NEGATIVE BY PARER).
Kokoda, New Guinea. August 1942. A group of Australian soldiers rest beside their temporary lean-to amid surroundings far different from those that they knew not very long ago in the Western Desert an
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 BEFOR
DURING A AIR RAID BY GERMAN PLANES OVER OUR POSITIONS IN THE WESTERN DESERT COASTAL SECTOR, ONE OF THE ENEMY AIRCRAFT WAS HIT AND FORCED TO LAND. EYE-WITNESSES STATE THAT THE PILOT VAINLY ATTEMPTED A
DURING AIR RAID BY GERMAN PLANES OVER OUR POSITIONS IN THE WESTERN DESERT COASTAL SECTOR, ONE OF THE ENEMY AIRCRAFT WAS HIT AND FORCED TO LAND. EYE-WITNESSES STATE THAT THE PILOT VAINLY ATTEMPTED A BE
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).
MEN OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL CORPS TAKE THINGS EASY IN PLEASANT SURROUNDINGS. A TEMPORARY CAMP AT AN ADVANCED OPERATIONAL BASE. THEY ARE "ON CALL" DAY AND NIGHT AND THEIR LEISURE MOMENTS ARE FE
