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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 ENTRANCE TO THE RIVER. MOST OF THESE SOLDIERS ARE FROM SYDNEY AND MANY REFERENCES WERE MADE TO THE HARBOUR FERRIES.
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. 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
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
