The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dutch New Guinea. Gunner Lloyd Moore of Dubbo, NSW, with a small 'Timor-pony' foal he has just helped through the swamps and tall swamp grass. These ponies breed prevalently in the swamps.
Dutch New Guinea. Time off for washing, at a forward camp using a drum of hot water, a bucket to wash and a dish as a clothes basket, a line between palm trees and a bamboo pole for a prop to dry the
Dutch New Guinea. Troops on patrol move through open water in swamps. There is 60,000 square miles of swamp, much of which is patrolled by Aussies.
Dutch New Guinea. Gunner Jim Scott of Tamworth, NSW, on patrol through the swamps, holds his rife above the water. There are 60,000 square miles of swamps, much of which is kept under constant surveil
Dutch New Guinea. Corporal Syd Turner of Cairns, Qld, and Private Stan Dawson of Mossman, Qld, move through chest-high water in the swamps. There is 60,000 square miles of swamp, much of which is patr
Merauke, Dutch New Guinea, 1943-11. A member of Detachment, 5 Field Survey Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), mounted on a Timor pony. The soldier has just ridden the horse to victory in the "
New Guinea. Gunner (Gnr) Jim Scott of Tamworth, NSW, Gnr Jack McGufficke of Manard, NSW, and Gnr Arthur Mackenzie of Kurrajong, Qld. Three soldiers on patrol waist deep through the swamps holding thei
