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Photograph 015628 Second World War, 1939-1945NEW GUINEA. SGT. CHARLES ROBERTSON OF SOUTH YARRA, VIC., CARRYING MORTAR BOMBS NEAR MOUNT TAMBU. MORTARS WERE EXTENSIVELY USED BY BOTH SIDES IN THE BITTER FIGHTING HERE. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).

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NEW GUINEA. PTE. CHARLES WALKER OF ARMADALE, VICTORIA, AND PTE. CECIL ROBINSON OF ST. ARNAUD, VIC., LOADING A THREE INCH MORTAR ON MOUNT TAMBU. IN THE BITTER FIGHTING IN THIS AREA BOTH SIDES EXTENSIVELY USED MORTARS. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).
NEW GUINEA. SGT. CHARLES ROBERTSON OF SOUTH YARRA, VIC., CARRYING MORTAR BOMBS NEAR MOUNT TAMBU. MORTARS WERE EXTENSIVELY USED BY BOTH SIDES IN THE BITTER FIGHTING HERE. (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. CPL. VALENTINE LYE OF LONG BEACH, CALIF. SPREADS PALM LEAVES ON THE GROUND TO MAKE A BED FOR HIMSELF AND HIS MATES ON MOUNT TAMBU. ON THE POLES THEY STRETCHED THEIR GROUND SHEETS TO KEEP O

NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. WITHIN SOUND OF RIFLE, ARTILLERY AND MORTAR FIRE, FATHER THEO O'KEEFE, OF ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH, CAMPERDOWN, VIC, HOLDS MASS ALONGSIDE A MOUNTAIN STREAM AT THE FOOT OF

NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. WITHIN SOUND OF RIFLE, ARTILLERY AND MORTAR FIRE, FATHER THEO O'KEEFE, OF ST PATRICK'S CHURCH, CAMPERDOWN, VIC., HOLDS MASS ALONGSIDE A MOUNTAIN STREAM AT THE FOOT OF

NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. ON THIS FORWARD BASE FOR SUPPLIES THE SUN HAS NEVER BEEN KNOWN TO SHINE AND GENERALLY A LIGHT MISTY RAIN IS FALLING. IN CHARGE OF THE BASE ARE WARRANT OFFICER DICK SA
