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Photograph 015012 Second World War, 1939-1945NEW GUINEA. PAPUAN INFANTRY UNIT AT RIFLE PRACTICE. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA. A PAPUAN INFANTRY UNIT MARCHES PAST GRASS HUTS EN ROUTE TO THE BARRACKS. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
NEW GUINEA. PAPUAN INFANTRY UNIT AT RIFLE PRACTICE. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).

NEW GUINEA. THIS NATIVE VILLAGE, HANUABADA, MEANING "BIG VILLAGE," HAD A PRE- WAR POPULATION OF 2,700 ROOFED WITH CUNAI GRASS OR BIRI PALMS, THE HUTS HAVE TO BE REROOFED AT THREE YEAR INTERVALS. PRACT

NEW GUINEA. THE RESCUE OF TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS FROM A FLOODED RIVER IN NEW GUINEA EARNED THE COMMONWEALTH MEDAL FOR LOYAL SERVICE TO PAUL MEA, A PAPUAN SCHOOLBOY. HERE PAUL IS BEING PRESENTED WITH TH

NINTH DIVISION A.I.F. AT A CAMP SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. TROOPS HAVE BUILT GRASS HUTS IN THEIR CAMPS. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).

NEW GUINEA. PAUL MEA, A PAPUAN SCHOOLBOY WITH HIS COMMONWEALTH MEDAL. PAUL RESCUED TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS FROM A FLOODED RIVER IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).

AUSTRALIAN NURSES IN NEW GUINEA. NURSES LEAVE THEIR MESS HUTS FOR WARDS AT AN AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
