The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. Natives carrying supplies and ammunition on their shoulders through the river in the Mosa Gorge. Maintenance of regular supplies to troops at advanced posts in the Finnisterees overlooking Bogadjim, involves a four-day journey over one of the worst cracks in New Guinea, but supplies are sent out in daily relays by natives who wade through rivers, down steep gorges and climb and slide down mountains. It takes five natives to maintain supplies for one soldier.
New Guinea. Natives carrying supplies and ammunition on their shoulders through the river that flows through the Mosa Gorge. Maintenance of regular supplies to troops at advanced posts in the Finniste
New Guinea. Natives carrying supplies and ammunition on their shoulders through a river in the Mosa Gorge to Australian troops at advanced positions in the Finisterre Ranges.
New Guinea. To supply troops at advanced positions in the Finnisterre Ranges, native carriers are obliged to cross and recross a river that flows through the Mosa Gorge at least a dozen times. After h
New Guinea. To supply troops at advanced positions in the Finnisterre Ranges, native carriers are obliged to cross and recross a river that flows through the Mosa Gorge at least a dozen times. After h
New Guinea. A helping hand from one of his mates gets this soldier over a steep, wet and slippery patch on a 5000 feet climb through the tough Finisterre Ranges as his unit moves along the track that
New Guinea. Some native men and a digger pause during a supply march. Some of the difficult jungle country through which the natives have to convey supplies to troops at advanced posts in the Finniste
