The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 IN A JUNGLE VILLAGE WHERE THEY RESTED. THEY HAD HAD TO WALK FOR NEARLY SIX DAYS THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE TO REACH THE HOSPITAL. THE MAN HAVING HIS BOOT REMOVED HAD BEEN WOUNDED IN THAT FOOT.
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
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
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. SAPPERS OF THE 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WHO BUILT ROADS THROUGH THE SNOWCLAD MOUNTAINS OF SYRIA, ARE NOW ENGAGED IN PUSHING A ROAD THROUG
Nauro, Papua, 1942-10. A tent (centre) belonging to the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance stands almost concealed in dense jungle along the Kokoda Trail.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. SAPPERS OF THE 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, CAMP BESIDE THE ROAD THEY HAVE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED THROUGH THE DENSE JUNGLE BETWEEN PORT MORESB
Philippines. Nearly 2,000 Filipino evacuees came into the American lines following the invasion of Leyte Island in the Philippines. Some had not eaten for two or three days and were in a bad condition
