The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 YARDS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO CATCH BRUMBIES IN THE HILLS AND BREAKING FOR USE IN RECONNAISSANCE IN ROUGH COUNTRY. FORMERLY QUEENSLAND CATTLE MEN, THEY ARE WORTHILY UPHOLDING THE TRADITIONS OF THE FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE OF WORLD WAR I.
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. 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
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
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. EXPERT HORSEMEN DURING PEACETIME, THESE QUEENSLANDERS ARE NOW SERVING WITH THE AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT LIGHT HORSE TROOP IN NEW GUINEA. THEY ARE TYPICAL OF THE MANY AUSTRA
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. EXPERT HORSEMEN DURING PEACETIME, THESE QUEENSLANDERS ARE NOW SERVING WITH THE AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT LIGHT HORSE TROOP IN NEW GUINEA. THEY ARE TYPICAL OF THE MANY AUSTRA
Informal portrait of Minnie, a locally engaged Aboriginal woman employed on light duties at an army slaughter yard. The army established its own slaughter yards, cooling chambers, and delivery system
