The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. THE ARMY'S "NAVY"- A PRIMITIVE BUT EFFECTIVE WAY OF PATROLLING THE BEACHES. THESE AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN ARE RETURNING FROM A PATROL IN A NATIVE CANOE. ONE MAN MAY BE SEEN BRINGING IN THE LARGE SWEEP CAR.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN RETURNING FROM A PATROL IN A NATIVE CANOE, A PRIMITIVE BUT EFFECTIVE WAY OF PATROLLING THE BEACHES. NOTE THE LARGE SWEEP CAR USED BY THE MAN IN
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM PATROL, MOVING THROUGH COCONUT PALMS WITH TYPICAL NATIVE VILLAGE IN THE BACKGROUND.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY TROOPS ON PATROL IN NEW GUINEA PASS THROUGH NATIVE VILLAGES AND ARE ABLE TO SEE THE PAPUANS IN THEIR PRIMITIVE STATE. THIS PICTURE SHOWS SOME AUSSIES OF
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. TRAINING IN A BATTLE AREA. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN KEEP UP THEIR TRAINING AT "BATTLE STATIONS" IN NEW GUINEA.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PAPUAN NATIVES ARE EMPLOYED IN ERECTING GRASS AND WOOD HUTS FOR AMERICAN TROOPS. HERE TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE SEEN WATCHING NATIVE "BOYS" STRIPPING THE BARK.
