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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. THESE THREE SMALL PAPUAN BOYS COME IN FOR CLOSE SCRUTINY FROM THE AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMAN ON THE RIGHT. THE SOLDIERS ARE MEMBERS OF A PATROL IN THE COASTAL SECTION AND ARE BEING TRANSPORTED ACROSS WATER ON A NATIVE LAKATOI, OR SAILING CRAFT.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PUNTING THEIR "LAKATOI", (NATIVE NAME FOR A SAILING CRAFT) THESE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS PUSH OUT THROUGH THE SHALLOWS ON A FISHING EXCURSION. THE NATIVE SAILING CRAFT ARE
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PUNTING THEIR "LAKATOI", (NATIVE NAME FOR A SAILING CRAFT) THESE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS PUSH OUT THROUGH THE SHALLOWS ON A FISHING EXCURSION. THE NATIVE SAILING CRAFT ARE
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PUNTING THEIR "LAKATOI", (NATIVE NAME FOR A SAILING CRAFT) THESE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS PUSH OUT THROUGH THE SHALLOWS ON A FISHING EXCURSION. THE NATIVE SAILING CRAFT ARE
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROL WADING ASHORE AFTER HAVING BEEN TRANSPORTED BY A NATIVE "LAKATOI" ACROSS THE MOUTH OF A RIVER WHILST ON A COASTAL PATROL.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN ON PATROL CROSSING A RIVER ABOARD A NATIVE "LAKATOI" MANNED BY FIVE SMALL PAPUAN BOYS. NOTICE THAT ONLY ONE OF THE HIRED CREW IS WORKING - THE OTHERS
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PATROL BEING TRANSPORTED ACROSS A RIVER BY SMALL BOYS IN A "LAKATOI" GET OFF AND PUSH ACROSS THE SHALLOW WATERS OVER THE REEF WHICH GIRDLES THE ENTRA
