The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. A FUZZY WUZZY ASSISTS PTE. JERRY CRONIN, OF KATANNING, W.A. TO CROSS A CREEK AFTER CRONIN HAD BEEN WOUNDED IN A CLASH AGAINST THE JAPANESE.
NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. WARRANT OFFICER E. BRITTEN, OF NEW GUINEA, LEADING A LINE OF FUZZY-WUZZIES CARRYING AMMUNITION AND FOOD ON THE WAY TO MOUNT TAMBU. U.S. TROOPS PROVIDED THE EXCORT.
NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. LT. STAN CONDON, OF MUDGEE, N.S.W. WALKING BACK FROM THE FRONT LINE AT MOUNT TAMBU, TO AN ADVANCED DRESSING STATION AFTER HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED IN THE FIGHTING THERE. THE BRIDGE
New Guinea. November 1942. New Guinea natives armed with knives. These people were the "fuzzy wuzzy" angels who acted as bearers for the Australian and other Allied troops, carrying supplies and wound
NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. PTE. ROY STURNER, OF REDFERN, N.S.W. WHO WAS WOUNDED IN THE FIGHTING ON MOUNT TAMBU CHATS WITH SGT. HARRY HILL, OF ROSEBERG, OREGON, AND 1ST CLASS PTE. ANTHONY NIEMIE
NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. A HOSPITAL IN THE JUNGLE AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT TAMBU. JAPANESE SNIPERS PUT 23 BULLETS THROUGH THE TARPAULIN COVERING WITHOUT HITTING ANY OF THE WOUNDED. (NEGATIVE BY G
NEW GUINEA. AN INDICATION OF THE PRIMITIVE LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND OF THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN THE MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS IS SHOWN HERE. NATIVE PORTERS (KNOWN AS FUZZY WUZZY ANGELS) ARE CARRYIN
