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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 OFFERING AN OLD MAN A CIGARETTE.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. ALTHOUGH THE OLDER FOLK ARE MORE WARY, THE YOUNG CHILDREN OF THE PAPUAN VILLAGES ARE QUICK TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE AUSTRALIANS. THE TROOPS SEEN IN THE PICTURE ARE HALTED I
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. A SECTION OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROL FOLLOWING A NATIVE PATH THROUGH THICK GRASS.
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
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS RETURNING FROM A PATROL THROUGH A NATIVE VILLAGE.
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 LAYING BARBEDWIRE ENTANGLEMENTS THROUGH THE "STILTS" OF A NATIVE VILLAGE. COASTAL NATIVES OF NEW GUINEA BUILD VILLAGES THIS WAY BECAUSE OF AN AGE O
