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PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. NATIVE BOYS AND AMERICANS EXAMINE A CAPTURED 75MM. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN, NEAR SANANANDA. AN AUSTRALIAN TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A CUP OF TEA. THE JAPS IN THEIR RETREAT TOOK WITH THEM THE BREECH BLOCK OF THE GUN SO THAT IT COULD NOT BE USED AGAINST THEM.
PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN TROOPS MOVING UP TOWARDS THE JAPANESE POSITIONS AT SANANANDA, THE LAST CENTRE OF JAPANESE RESISTANCE IN PAPUA. NATI
PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. EIGHT AUSTRALIANS PUSH A CAPTURED JAP TRAILER ACROSS AN IMPROVISED BRIDGE AT SANANANDA. USE OF THE TRAILER MADE EASIER THE TASK OF GETTING
Nearing the end of the Papuan campaign against Japan. On their way to continue the offensive against the Japanese at Sanananda, Australians from the 2/12th Battalion, move past a group of Americans (N
PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUNNERS TRY OUT A CAPTURED JAPANESE HEAVY MACHINE, CAPTURED IN THE FIGHTING AT SANANANDA. THE JAP CREW OF THE GUN HAD FL
PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. NX14359 LIEUTENANT J. M. DONALDSON OF SYDNEY, MEMBER OF 2/7TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, WHO SHOT DOWN SEVEN SNIPERS FROM TREES AT SANANANDA. HIS UN
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
