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Photograph 025603 Second World War, 1939-1945PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS GUARDING A STRATEGIC POINT IN NEW GUINEA CHECK UP ON THEIR MACHINE GUN AND CAMOUFLAGE.

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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. TRAINING IN A BATTLE AREA. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN KEEP UP THEIR TRAINING AT "BATTLE STATIONS" IN NEW GUINEA.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS GUARDING A STRATEGIC POINT IN NEW GUINEA CHECK UP ON THEIR MACHINE GUN AND CAMOUFLAGE.

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. INSIDE THE SAND-BAGGED GUN-PIT, FROM WHERE AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS KEEP WATCH ON NEW GUINEA SKIES.

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AT THEIR POSTS IN TRENCHES DUG IN DENSE NEW GUINEA BUSH.

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. 1942-08. ONE WAY TO KEEP COOL IN NEW GUINEA. THIS AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER SEEMS TO BE ENJOYING HIS BATH AT A ROAD HYDRANT IN PORT MORESBY.

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS IN NEW GUINEA KEEP A SHARP LOOK-OUT FOR JAPANESE RAIDERS DURING AN "ALERT". NOTE SHELLS IN POSITION ON GUN, WITH MORE READY IN MAN'S HAND
