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Photograph 030209/08 Second World War, 1939-1945Soputa, Papua. December 1942. Australian troops bathing in the River Basari at Soputa. Two men are standing on a wooden platform while they dry themselves (right).

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Soputa, Papua. December 1942. Australian troops bathing in the River Basari at Soputa. Some of the men are standing on a wooden platform while they dry themselves. A soldier, at far left is cleaning his teeth as he stands in the river.
Soputa, Papua. December 1942. Australian troops bathing in the River Basari at Soputa. Two men are standing on a wooden platform while they dry themselves (right).

Soputa, Papua. December 1942. Australian troops bathing in the River Basari at Soputa.

Soputa, Papua. December 1942. A very welcome cool off and wash in a river for troops of the 7th Australian Division who were engaged in the fighting for Buna.

Soputa, Papua. December 1942. A group of Australian troops marching along the Soputa to Buna road.

Soputa, Papua. December 1942. An American soldier enjoys a rest and a read of a Pix magazine at a Salvation Army rest centre on the track between Soputa and Buna.

Soputa, Papua. December 1942. Australian and American troops pass one another on the Soputa to Buna track.
