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Photograph 030258/13 Second World War, 1939-1945Sanananda, Papua. January 1943. An Australian Vickers machine gun crew with their gun, well concealed on the beach near Sanananda.

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PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUNNERS ON SANANANDA BEACH OVERHAUL THEIR VICKERS MACHINE GUN AFTER HAVING BEEN IN ACTION. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
Sanananda, Papua. January 1943. An Australian Vickers machine gun crew with their gun, well concealed on the beach near Sanananda.

PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. A REGIMENTAL BASE AT SANANANDA BEACH. THE MEDICAL OFFICER CAPTAIN C. COPLAND OF MELBOURNE DRESSES THE WOUND OF AN AUSTRALIAN SHOT IN THE ARM. HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED THREE MINUTES E

PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. ON SANANANDA BEACH AN AUSTRALIANS READY TO FIRE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF ANY JAPANESE IN THE DERELICT BARGE. IN THE BACKGROUND ARE FURTHER JAPANESE LANDING BARGES. (NEGATIVE BY BOTT

PAPUA. ALLIED ADVANCE ON SANANANDA. WATER, MUD, AND SLUSH ARE ALMOST THE ALLIED TROOPS INSEPARABLE COMPANIONS IN PAPUA. FOR WEEKS THE ALLIES HAVE BEEN ADVANCING, SOMETIMES UP TO THEIR THIGHS IN MUD. A

PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. AFTER HAVING BEEN IN ACTION DURING WHICH TIME THEIR ONLY FOOD WAS BULLY BEEF AND BISCUITS, THESE AMERICANS PREPARE A HOT MEAL - JUNGLE STEW.

PAPUA. ALLIED ADVANCE ON SANANANDA. WATER, MUD AND SLUSH ARE ALMOST THE ALLIED TROOPS INSEPARABLE COMPANIONS IN PAPUA. FOR WEEKS THE ALLIED HAVE BEEN ADVANCING, SOMETIMES UP TO THEIR THIGHS IN MUD. AM
