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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS GUARDING A STRATEGIC POINT IN NEW GUINEA CHECK UP ON THEIR MACHINE GUN AND CAMOUFLAGE.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. SURE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR MACHINE GUN, THESE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS SMILED CONFIDENTLY WHEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER ASKED THEM HOW THEY FELT ABOUT MEETING THE JAPANESE. THE PICTUR
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AT THEIR POSTS IN TRENCHES DUG IN DENSE NEW GUINEA BUSH.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AN AUSTRALIAN BREN GUN CARRIER IN NEW GUINEA RETURNING FROM A PATROL, IS TAKEN INTO A WELL CONCEALED POSITION UNDER CAMOUFLAGE NETTING, TO PREVENT OBSERVATION FROM ENEMY
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. TRAINING IN A BATTLE AREA. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN KEEP UP THEIR TRAINING AT "BATTLE STATIONS" IN NEW GUINEA.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. A WELCOME FOR THE JAPS. CONCEALED AMONG TROPICAL FOLIAGE, THIS AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUN POST IS READY TO MEET ANY JAPANESE ADVANCE IN NEW GUINEA.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. A MACHINE GUN CARRIER GOES IN TO THE ATTACK THROUGH THICK BUSH DURING MANOEUVRES CARRIED OUT BY AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY IN THE NEW GUINEA BUSH.
