The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA. CPL. DON MATHER OF SOUTH YARRA, VIC., OF THE SELF NAMED "DEVIL'S OWN" OUTFIT AT MOUNT TAMBU. SHORTLY BEFORE THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN THE OUTFIT CLASHED WITH A JAPANESE PATROL WHICH WAS RUN OFF MINUS FIVE OF ITS MEN WHO WERE KILLED. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).
THE SELF NAMED "DEVIL'S OWN" OUTFIT - A GROUP OF AUSTRALIANS WHO HELPED DRIVE THE JAPS FROM MOUNT TAMBU; AND CLEARED THE WAY FOR THE ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. LEFT TO RIGHT (BACK) CORPORAL DON MATHER OF SO
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. 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. NATIVE CARRIERS AT A LUNCH HOUR HALT AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT TAMBU. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).
NEW GUINEA. NATIVE CARRIERS AT A LUNCH HOUR HALT AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT TAMBU. (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).
