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Photograph 025608 Second World War, 1939-1945PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA HAVE A WASHING DAY.

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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. WASHING DAY. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA, UNLIKE THOSE THAT FOUGHT IN LIBYA, FIND A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THEIR DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA HAVE A WASHING DAY.

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. HOME DUTIES. DOMESTICATED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA ARE EXPERTS NOW AT WASHING THEIR CLOTHES, AS THIS PICTURE SHOWS.

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. FROM TOBRUK TO NEW GUINEA THE HUMOUR OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS HAS BECOME SO WELL KNOWN, THAT AN AMERICAN WRITER DESCRIBED A.I.F. SOLDIERS AS "THOSE LAUGHING AUSTRALIANS". THI

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. FROM TOBRUK TO NEW GUINEA THE HUMOUR OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS HAS BECOME SO WELL KNOWN, THAT AN AMERICAN WRITER DESCRIBED A.I.F. SOLDIERS AS "THOSE LAUGHING AUSTRALIANS". THI

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. THESE SUN TANNED AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS IN NEW GUINEA FIND THAT ONLY A MINIMUM OF CLOTHING IS NECESSARY IN THE TROPICAL HEAT. SHIRTS ARE RARELY WORN BY THE TROOPS AND AN ARM

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS DOING THEIR DOMESTIC CHORES NEAR THEIR TENT IN THE NEW GUINEA JUNGLE.
