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WOUNDED MEMBERS OF THE 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MAKING THEIR WAY BACK ALONG A JUNGLE TRAIL TO THE BASE HOSPITAL. THEY ARE ALL SUFFERING FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS SUSTAINED IN THE FIGHTING AGAINST THE JAPS IN THE KOKODA AREA. TO REACH THE HOSPITAL AREA THEY HAD TO WALK FOR NEARLY SIX DAYS THROUGH THICK JUNGLE. IDENTIFIED IS VX137545 RAYMOND CECIL BURMEISTER, THIRD FROM RIGHT, WEARING GLASSES.
PAPUA. 1942-08. WOUNDED MEMBERS OF THE 39TH INFANTRY BATTALION MAKING THEIR WAY BACK ALONG A JUNGLE TRAIL TO THE BASE HOSPITAL. THEY ARE ALL SUFFERING FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS SUSTAINED IN THE FIGHTING AGA
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. THREE MEMBERS OF THE 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WHO WERE IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPS IN THE KOKODA AREA, AND WHO HAVE BEEN SENT BACK WITH BULLET WOUNDS, PHOTOGRAPHED
Unidentified members of C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) making their way along a track through thick jungle, as they return to their Company lines after visiting a loca
NEW GUINEA. CPL. VALENTINE LYE OF LONG BEACH, CALIF. SPREADS PALM LEAVES ON THE GROUND TO MAKE A BED FOR HIMSELF AND HIS MATES ON MOUNT TAMBU. ON THE POLES THEY STRETCHED THEIR GROUND SHEETS TO KEEP O
EORA CREEK, PAPUA. PRIVATE W. PARR IS HELPED TO A CUP OF TEA BY PRIVATE H. BRADBURY AFTER A CLASH WITH JAPANESE JUNGLE FIGHTERS IN THE KOKODA AREA. BOTH MEN ARE FROM THE 39TH BATTALION. (PHOTOGRAPHER
Nauro, Papua, 1942-10. In an area of dense jungle along the Kokoda Trail, a tent belonging to the 2/4th Field Ambulance stands in a partially cleared area in which the unit's Main Dressing Station (MD
