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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 THE STERN.
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
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
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS RETURNING FROM A PATROL THROUGH A NATIVE VILLAGE.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07-20. A NATIVE WOODEN MASK, SOUVENIRED BY AN AUSTRALIAN SERVING IN NEW GUINEA.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS LAYING BARBEDWIRE ENTANGLEMENTS THROUGH THE "STILTS" OF A NATIVE VILLAGE. COASTAL NATIVES OF NEW GUINEA BUILD VILLAGES THIS WAY BECAUSE OF AN AGE O
