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Photograph 014174 Second World War, 1939-1945PAPUA. ALLIED TROOPS ON THE MOVE FROM BUNA TO SANANANDA FORD A MUDDY RIVER CROSSING WITH THE AID OF NATIVE PAPUAN BEARERS.

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SANANANDA AREA, PAPUA. FORDING A MUDDY SWAMP WITH NATIVE PAPUAN BEARERS. THIS IS THE TYPE OF COUNTRY AUSTRALIANS PLOUGHED THROUGH ON THE WAY FROM BUNA TO SANANANDA.
PAPUA. ALLIED TROOPS ON THE MOVE FROM BUNA TO SANANANDA FORD A MUDDY RIVER CROSSING WITH THE AID OF NATIVE PAPUAN BEARERS.

PAPUA. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION CAMERAMAN, AN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER, ON THE TREK FROM BUNA TO SANANANDA, WITH NATIVE PAPUAN BEARERS CARRYING MOST OF HIS GEAR AS THEY FORD A MUDDY CROSSING.

BUNA, PAPUA. AUSTRALIANS WADED THROUGH THIS SWAMP TO ATTACK AN AIRSTRIP AT BUNA. THE SWAMP AND SURROUNDING FOLIAGE IS TYPICAL OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH WHICH ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCED ON BUNA. (PHOTOGRAPHER

PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. AN IMPROVISED BRIDGE MADE BY ALLIED TROOPS TO ENABLE CONTACT TO BE MAINTAINED WITH THE RETREATING ENEMY AT SANANANDA. THE PHOTOS SHOW CLEAR

PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. AN IMPROVISED BRIDGE MADE BY ALLIED TROOPS TO ENABLE CONTACT TO BE MAINTAINED WITH THE RETREATING ENEMY AT SANANANDA. THE PHOTO SHOWS CLEAR

PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. MUCH HAS BEEN SAID OF THE INVALUABLE HELP WHICH THE NATIVE BEARERS GIVE THE ALLIED TROOPS. THIS PICTURE SHOWS NATIVES CARRYING OUT A WOUNDED SOLDIER ON A STRETCHER AND THE NATUR
