The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PARI BEACH, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. A LITTLE EXERTION IS THE ONLY PRICE OF A COCONUT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA. IN THIS PICTURE TWO AUSSIES HAVE REACHED THE TOP OF THE TREE AND ARE ABOUT TO THROW DOWN THE NUTS TO THEIR WAITING MATES, MEMBERS OF 20 PLATOON, 49TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION.
PARI BEACH, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. A LITTLE EXERTION IS THE ONLY PRICE OF A COCONUT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA. HERE A MEMBER OF THE 49TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION SEEN CLIMBING A TREE TO
PARI BEACH, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PERSONNEL OF 20 PLATOON, 49TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ENJOYING THE COOL MILK OF COCONUTS, THEY HAVE OBTAINED BY CLIMBING A NEARBY COCONUT TREE.
PARI BEACH, PAPUA, 1942-07-20. A MEMBER OF 20 PLATOON 49TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ENJOYING A LONG DRAUGHT OF COOL MILK FROM A COCONUT HE HAS OBTAINED BY CLIMBING A NEARBY TREE.
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. 1942-07-20. HAVING ENJOYED A SWIM AFTER A DAY'S WORK, THESE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LOOSEN UP WITH A BRISK RUN ALONG THE BEACH.
