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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 ARE MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN THE SOLDIERS.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PARTY LEAVING A NATIVE VILLAGE ENCOUNTERED WHILE ON PATROL. THEY ARE ABOARD A "LAKATOI" MANNED BY FIVE SMALL BOYS, BUT THE DIGGERS LENT A HAND AND EV
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 B
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
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.
An Australian patrol crossing the fast flowing Kapuira River by lakatoi (native boat). A native police boy is steering.
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.
