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TROOPS IN DARWIN ARE STANDING TO ARMS, READY TO MEET ANY ATTACK ON AUSTRALIA'S NORTHERN COAST. TROOPS MANNING DARWIN'S FRONT LINE DEFENCES ARE SPREAD OVER MANY HUNDREDS OF MILES OF COAST AND THEY HAVE TO BE PROVISIONED. THE WORK OF SUPPLYING THEM WITH STORES IS THOROUGHLY ORGANISED. PICTURE SHOWS STORES BEING UNLOADED FROM A LAUNCH FOR FRONT LINE TROOPS. MEAT, VEGETABLES, GROCERIES AND MAIL ARE AMONG THE CARGO BROUGHT TO THIS FORCE, WHICH IS FAR FROM THE MAIN BASE.
TROOPS IN DARWIN ARE STANDING TO ARMS, READY TO MEET ANY ATTACK ON AUSTRALIA'S NORTHERN COAST. TROOPS MANNING DARWIN'S FRONT LINE DEFENCES ARE SPREAD OVER MANY HUNDREDS OF MILES OF COAST AND THEY HAVE
TROOPS IN DARWIN ARE STANDING TO ARMS, READY TO MEET ANY ATTACK ON AUSTRALIA'S NORTHERN COAST. THAT LETTER FROM HOME...PERCHED IN A BOUGH OF A TREE WITH HIS PET COCKATOO, THIS MEMBER OF ONE OF DARWIN'
TROOPS IN DARWIN ARE STANDING TO ARMS, READY TO MEET ANY ATTACK ON AUSTRALIA'S NORTHERN COAST. A MACHINE GUN CARRIER IN THE THICK JUNGLE UNDERGROWTH SURROUNDING DARWIN'S OUTER DEFENCES.
POTSHOT, EXMOUTH GULF, WA. 1943-04-28. UNLOADING AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND UNITED STATES NAVY STORES. THE STORES AND EQUIPMENT ARE LOADED ONTO PONTOONS FROM SHIPS ANCHORED SEVERAL MILES OFF-SHORE AND TOWED
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-18. MEMBERS OF 2/22 FIELD PARK COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, STANDING ON A JAPANESE BUILT LANDING STAGE, APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES UP THE URFIP CREEK, WHERE TROO
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-01-25. THE VERSATILE ANSON AIRCRAFT OF NO. 10 COMMUNICATIONS UNIT RAAF BASED AT TOROKINA SKIRTS UP THE COAST AS THE CREW WATCH FOR THE CONCEALED POSITION
