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NEW GUINEA. AN AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN GUN BOMBARDING JAPANESE POSITIONS ON MOUNT TAMBU FROM WHICH THE ENEMY WERE DRIVEN, ENABLING ALLIED TROOPS TO ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. THE POSITION FOR THE GUN, AND A FIELD OF FIRE HAD TO BE HACKED IN THE JUNGLE. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).
NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIANS FIRING A THREE INCH MORTAR AT MOUNT TAMBU. THE SURROUNDINGS ARE TYPICAL OF THE COUNTRY FROM WHICH ALLIED TROOPS DROVE THE JAPANESE AND THEN PUSHED ON TO SALAMAUA. (NEGATIVE BY
NEW GUINEA. THE ASSAULT ON MOUNT TAMBU. SMOKE BOMBS BURSTING ON THE MOUNTAIN. THESE BOMBS WERE USED TO ENABLE ACCURACY OF FIRE TO BE OBSERVED. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).
NEW GUINEA. STAFF OF A U.S. PORTABLE HOSPITAL ON MOUNT TAMBU HAVING BREAKFAST. THEY WERE WITHIN 600 YARDS OF THE JAPANESE POSITIONS (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).
NEW GUINEA. GOODVIEW JUNCTION. TYPICAL JUNGLE COUNTRY AND TYPICAL JAPANESE DEFENCES FROM WHICH THE ENEMY WERE DRIVEN BY THE AUSTRALIANS BETWEEN KOMIATUM AND SALAMAUA. FOX HOLES WERE CONNECTED BY TRENC
NEW GUINEA. GOODVIEW JUNCTION. TYPICAL JUNGLE COUNTRY AND TYPICAL JAPANESE DEFENCES FROM WHICH THE ENEMY WERE DRIVEN BY THE AUSTRALIANS BETWEEN KOMIATUM AND SALAMAUA. FOX HOLES WERE CONNECTED BY TRENC
NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. A.I.F. AND NATIVE CARRIERS RESTING ON THE SUMMIT OF KOMIATUM RIDGE FROM WHICH THEY HAD DRIVEN THE JAPANESE. IN THE DISTANCE IS SALAMAUA WHICH THE ALLIED TROOPS HAVE SINCE I
