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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. MEN OF THE INDEPENDENT LIGHT HORSE TROOP, PUTTING ON A HALTER ON A FRESHLY CAUGHT HORSE FROM THE HILLS. THE PERSONNEL OF THIS UNIT ARE MOSTLY QUEENSLAND CATTLEMEN AND WERE RECRUITED FOR THEIR HORSEMANSHIP. THEY ROUND UP AND BREAK IN BRUMBIES AND THEN USE THEM FOR PATROL AND RECONNAISSANCE WORK IN ROUGH COUNTRY.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. DIGGER HORSE-BREAKERS. FORMERLY QUEENSLAND BUSHMEN, THESE MEN WERE RECRUITED INTO THE INDEPENDENT LIGHT HORSE TROOP TO ROUND UP AND BREAK, BRUMBIES FROM THE HILLS OF N
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. THE BREAKING IN YARD OF THE INDEPENDENT LIGHT HORSE TROOP IN WHAT LOOKS TYPICAL AUSTRALIAN BUSH, BUT IS ACTUALLY IN A NEW GUINEA BATTLE ZONE. THESE MEN ERECTED THE YAR
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSEMEN AGAIN. REVIVING THE AUSTRALIAN TRADITION OF FINE HORSEMANSHIP BUILT BY THE FAMOUS LIGHT HORSEMEN OF THE LAST WAR, AN AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE U
Soputa, Papua. December 1942. Three horses of the Australian Independent Light Horse Troop grazing on the kunai grass. These horses were caught and broken in by members of the Troop formed for the exp
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. THESE AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT LIGHT HORSE TROOP MEN ARE SERVING IN NEW GUINEA WHERE THEIR DUTIES INCLUDE CONSIDERABLE PATROL WORK, LEFT TO RIGHT:- DOUGLAS COCHRANE, ALF AN
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. EXPERT HORSEMEN DURING PEACETIME, THESE QUEENSLANDERS ARE NOW SERVING WITH THE AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT LIGHT HORSE TROOP IN NEW GUINEA, LEFT TO RIGHT:- CLINTON FULLERTON,
