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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 AUSTRALIANS OF THE NORTHERN BATTLE-FRONT, CLEANING THEIR GUN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A RAID.
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. STRIPPED TO THE WAIST, THESE SUN-TANNED GUNNERS OF THE A.I.F. KEEP UP THE SUPPLY OF SHELLS DURING AN ENEMY AIR RAID IN NEW GUINEA. THESE TROOPS WERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN MILITIA ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS GROUPED AROUND ONE OF THEIR GUNS, WHICH HAS BEEN IN ACTION IN MANY RAIDS.
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
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. SUN-TANNED AUSTRALIAN GUNNERS WHO HAVE SEEN SERVICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PICTURED IN A HAPPY GROUP IN NEW GUINEA.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07. AN AIR-RAID WARNING ONLY TEMPORARILY HELD UP A COMBINED SPORTS MEETING AT PORT MORESBY. THE COMPETITORS' ENTHUSIASM DID NOT FADE AND ALL EVENTS WERE DECIDED. THIS PICTURE
