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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. SILHOUETTED AGAINST HEAVY TROPIC CLOUDS, THESE GUNS, MANNED BY AUSTRALIANS WHO SAW ACTION AGAINST GERMAN BOMBERS AT HAIFA, PALESTINE, ARE BEING BROUGHT TO BEAR ON JAPANESE PLANES.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. THESE GUNNERS FOUGHT GERMAN AND ITALIAN PLANES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HERE THEY ARE SEEN MANNING AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN DURING A JAPANESE RAID IN NEW GUINEA. THEY WORK STRIPPE
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM A COASTLINE PATROL SEARCHING FOR THE REMAINS OF JAPANESE BOMBERS SHOT DOWN IN A RAID ON PORT MORESBY. THE PLANES WERE SEEN DIVING TO
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AFTER A HECTIC FEW MINUTES OF ACTION AGAINST JAP BOMBERS IN NEW GUINEA, AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LOOK ROUND FOR MORE TARGETS. SPENT SHELL-CASES CAN BE SEEN IN FRONT OF THE GUN P
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. MOTOR AMBULANCES ON THE WHARF AT PORT MORESBY, CARRYING AUSTRALIANS WOUNDED IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE, WAITING TO UNLOAD THEIR PATIENTS ON TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP MANUN
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. ALWAYS READY. NO TIME IS LOST IN PREPARING ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FOR ACTION AGAIN AFTER JAPANESE RAIDS ON OUR POSITIONS IN NEW GUINEA. THIS PICTURE SHOWS SUN-TANNED AUSTRALI
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. ALWAYS READY. NO TIME IS LOST IN PREPARING ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FOR ACTION AGAIN AFTER JAPANESE RAIDS ON OUR POSITIONS IN NEW GUINEA. THIS PICTURE SHOWS SUN-TANNED AUSTRALI
