025606
Photograph 025606 Second World War, 1939-1945PORT 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.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA HAVE A WASHING DAY.
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. HOME DUTIES. DOMESTICATED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA ARE EXPERTS NOW AT WASHING THEIR CLOTHES, AS THIS PICTURE SHOWS.

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. WASHING OUT A GUN BARREL AFTER THE "ALL-CLEAR" HAS SOUNDED IN A NEW GUINEA AREA. THIS IS A ROUTINE JOB THAT FOLLOWS JAPANESE RAIDS.

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. 1942-07-15. OPEN AIR BATHROOM. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS SHARING THE SHOWER IN THE NEW GUINEA BUSH.
