The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Soputa, Papua. December 1942. The Officers' Mess, New Guinea style. Officers of the 7th Australian Division seated at a bush table during a meal in their mess in the jungle near Soputa. The table and seats are constructed of tree branches put together roughly. The Mess is without walls and a kunai-grass-covered roof.
Soputa, Papua. December 1942. The Officers' Mess, New Guinea style. Officers of the 7th Australian Division seated at a bush table during a meal in their mess in the jungle near Soputa. The table and
Soputa, Papua. December 1942. Three officers of the 7th Australian Division Headquarters standing in front of their quarters, a bush hut, with kunai grass on the roof and a path hewn from tree branche
Soputa, Papua. December 1942. A hurriedly constructed ladder of rope and small branches leading to an artillery observation post at the top of a tall tree.
Soputa, Papua. December 1942. The bottom of a ladder leading to an observation post at the top of a very tall tree in the jungle forward of Soputa.
Soputa, Papua. December 1942. Seen here is a Banyan tree and the density of the jungle through which Australian troops are throwing back the Japanese invader.
Soputa, Papua. 22 December 1942. Two members of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on a narrow track through the tall kunai grass which abounds in the clearings of the New Guinea jungle.
