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Photograph 030209/30 Second World War, 1939-1945Soputa, 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.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. 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. 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

Sanananda, Papua. January 1943. A rope and bamboo ladder leading to a look-out post in a tall tree.

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. 21 December 1942. Warrant Officer Class 1 D. L. Rintel (left), an Official War Photographer of the Military History Section, examines somewhat quizzically, a cluster of fruit that has b
