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A GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN ON PATROL IN NEW GUINEA SNATCH A QUICK MEAL THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THEIR NATIVE COOKS. (NEGATIVE BY PARER).
ACCOMPANYING THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN PATROL THAT REACHED KOKODA, DAMIEN PARER, OFFICIAL CINEMAPHOTOGRAPHER, (RIGHT) MEETS HIS BROTHER CYRIL, WHO HAS BEEN IN NEW GUINEA FOR MANY YEARS. (NEGATIVE BY D. PAR
MALAMAL, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-13. NATIVE COOKS MEASURING OUT RICE FOR THE EVENING MEAL AT THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE LABOUR COMPOUND.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN ON PATROL CROSSING A RIVER ABOARD A NATIVE "LAKATOI" MANNED BY FIVE SMALL PAPUAN BOYS. NOTICE THAT ONLY ONE OF THE HIRED CREW IS WORKING - THE OTHERS
SQUATTING ON THEIR HAUNCHES OUTSIDE A NATIVE HUT THESE YOUNGSTERS PRESENT A COMIC PICTURE. NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY PARER).
NEW GUINEA. GONA. TROOPS SNATCH A HASTY MEAL DURING A LULL IN THE GONA FIGHTING. IN BACKGROUND IS A JAPANESE GRAVE. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN LESS THAN 100 YARDS FROM THE JAPANESE POSITIONS. (NEGATIVE BY G
THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND MAJOR GENERAL ALLEN WITH A GROUP OF INFANTRYMEN JUST RETURNED FROM A PATROL IN FORWARD AREAS. THE NATIVE IN THE CENTRE OF THE GROUP IS HOLDING A T
