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PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. AUSTRALIANS TROOPS REST AFTER THE CHARGE WHICH CLEANED THE JAPANESE OUT OF GONA. TIRED AND WORN OUT, THE TROOPS DROPPED FOR REST EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF POSITIONS IN WHICH WERE DOZENS OF DEAD JAPANESE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
FALL OF GONA. AUSTRALIANS WHO CLEANED OUT A POCKET OF JAPANESE IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON GONA. THE FIVE DEAD JAPANESE IN THE FOREGROUND WERE KILLED BY A GRENADE THROWN BY AN AUSTRALIAN. THE JAPANESE SUD
PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. THESE DIGGERS WERE THE GUN-CREW WHICH KILLED 18 JAPS. AS THE JAPANESE TRIED TO RUSH OUT OF GONA. THEY ARE LOADING UP MACHINE-GUN BELTS IN READINESS FOR THE JAP'S NEXT MOVE. LEFT T
PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. THIS JAPANESE STAFF CAR WAS FOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF GONA VILLAGE. IT WAS COMPLETELY WRECKED BY MACHINE-GUN AND RIFLE FIRE. THE CAR WAS PORTION OF THE EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE JAPA
PAPUA - GONA. AUSTRALIANS CAPTURED THE EASTERN PART OF GONA VILLAGE. WHEN THE AUSTRALIANS ATTACKED, SOME OF THE JAPANESE SWAM OUT TO SEA. THEY ALL WORE KAPOK LIFE JACKETS. DIGGERS HOLD UP LIFE JACKETS
PAPUA - GONA. AUSTRALIANS CAPTURED THE EASTERN PART OF GONA VILLAGE. BURIAL OF JAPANESE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. A BOMB CRATER IN GONA VILLAGE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE MISSION. THIS BUILDING WAS USED AS JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
