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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER IN NEW GUINEA STOPS WORK FOR A MOMENT TO SMILE FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. A HOT AND DUSTY AUSTRALIAN DESPATCH-RIDER STOPS TO SMILE AT THE CAMERA WHILE TRYING TO FORCE HIS MOTOR CYCLE THROUGH THE LONG GRASS WHILE ENGAGED ON MANOEUVRES IN THE
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. TYPICAL OF THE BRONZED AUSTRALIANS READY TO MEET THE JAPANESE IN NEW GUINEA ARE THESE HAPPY-LOOKING SAPPERS. WHEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER WANTED THEM TO SMILE, HE SAID THAT THE
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. SMILING CONFIDENTLY, THESE MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERING UNIT IN NEW GUINEA LOOK CAMERAWARDS FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER BEFORE STARTING OUT ON A ROUTINE JOB.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER ADMIRES HIS SOUVENIR OF NEW GUINEA, A MODEL LAKATOI, OR NATIVE SAILING CRAFT.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. A BRONZED AUSTRALIAN SIGNALLER TESTS THE LINE TO AN ARMY OUTPOST IN THE NEW GUINEA BUSH.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07-20. A NATIVE WOODEN MASK, SOUVENIRED BY AN AUSTRALIAN SERVING IN NEW GUINEA.
