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KELANOA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-04. 480 CORPORAL SALA, MM, "A" COMPANY, 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION. "A" COMPANY ARE PAST MASTERS IN JUNGLE WARFARE. LED BY EXPERT AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS AND NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, THEY HAVE KILLED OVER 500 JAPANESE TROOPS FOR THE LOSS OF ONE BOY. CORPORAL SALA HAS KILLED 36 OF THE ENEMY AND TAKEN MANY PRISONERS. DURING HIS FIRST DAY IN ACTION HE ATTACKED A FOXHOLE CONTAINING THREE OF THE ENEMY.
KELANOA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-04. 480 CORPORAL SALA, MM, "A" COMPANY, 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION. "A" COMPANY ARE PAST MASTERS IN JUNGLE WARFARE. LED BY EXPERT AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS AND NON COMMISSION
KELANOA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-04. 480 CORPORAL SALA, MM, "A" COMPANY, 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION. "A" COMPANY ARE PAST MASTERS IN JUNGLE WARFARE. LED BY EXPERT AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS AND NON COMMISSION
KELANOA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-04. 480 CORPORAL SALA, MM, OF "A" COMPANY, 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION, EATING RICE DURING "KAI-KAI" TIME.
KELANOA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-04. 480 CORPORAL SALA, MM, "A" COMPANY, 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION, PICTURED CLEANING AN OWEN GUN OUTSIDE HIS "DOOVER", A SHELTER OR HUT MADE FROM BAMBOO, TARPAULINS AN
KELANOA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-04. 480 CORPORAL SALA, MM, (1) PICTURED WITH ANOTHER MEMBER OF "A" COMPANY, 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 417 WILLIAM MATPI (2), WHO WITH 110 JAPANESE TO HIS CREDIT, HAS
KELANOA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-04. OFFICERS AND NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS FROM "A" COMPANY, 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION. THE TOTAL COMPANY IS COMPOSED OF 5 OFFICERS, 15 EUROPEAN SERGEANTS, AND 120 NAT
