The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS OF THE CAMPAIGN IN NEW GUINEA IS THE TRANSPORT OF SUPPLIES AND NATIVE CARRIERS HAVE TO BE EMPLOYED TO TRAVERSE THE NARROW PATHS THROUGH THE VALLEYS AND ALONG THE RIDGES ESPECIALLY IN THE KOKODA AREA. THIS PICTURE SHOWS NATIVE CARRIERS SETTING OFF WITH THEIR LOADS FROM A CONTROL POINT TO THE FORWARD AREA.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS OF THE CAMPAIGN IN NEW GUINEA IS THE TRANSPORT OF SUPPLIES AND NATIVE CARRIERS HAVE TO BE EMPLOYED TO TRAVERSE THE NARROW PATHS THROUGH THE VALLEY
Owers' Corner, Papua, 1942-10. A group of native carriers (right), who are known colloquially as 'fuzzy wuzzies', wait to pick up their loads from a large stack of 20-pound sandbags resting on the gro
Owers' Corner, Papua, c. 1942-09-23. Native carriers set about breaking up boxes and crates of supplies into 20-pound loads suitable for carrying along the Kokoda Trail. The supplies have been deliver
Torricelli Mountains, New Guinea. February 1945. Scene at a supply depot on the Yakamul-Yembes track showing native carriers awaiting their loads before setting off for the forward area.
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. Carrying 20-pound sandbags full of supplies on their shoulders, two native Papuan carriers pause as they cross one of the many streams on the Kokoda Trail near Kokoda. The Papu
Torricelli Mountains, New Guinea. February 1945. Scene at a supply depot on the Yakamul-Yambes track showing native carriers awaiting their loads before setting off for the forward area. Note the corr
