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Photograph 026025 Second World War, 1939-1945PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY MOVING THROUGH A BANANA PLANTATION. SCOUTS KEEP A SHARP LOOK-OUT FOR SIGNS OF JAPANESE IN THESE DENSE AREAS.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA, 1942-08-03. THE COOKHOUSE OF ONE SMALL BAND OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA IS SET IN THE MIDST OF THE DENSE FOLIAGE OF A BANANA PLANTATION.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY MOVING THROUGH A BANANA PLANTATION. SCOUTS KEEP A SHARP LOOK-OUT FOR SIGNS OF JAPANESE IN THESE DENSE AREAS.

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY MOVING THROUGH A BANANA PLANTATION. SCOUTS KEEP A SHARP LOOK-OUT FOR SIGNS OF JAPANESE IN THESE DENSE AREAS.

New Guinea. November 1942. Australian troops of the 7th Division, AIF, move through dense jungle foliage which acts as natural camouflage during their advance towards the Japanese at Buna.

New Guinea. 1942-08-02. An Australian soldier picks a bunch of bananas for the mess from one of the many banana palms in the area.

Probably Nauro, Papua, 1942-10. Tents of the 2/4th Field Ambulance are set up at its Main Dressing Station (MDS) in a small clearing surrounded by dense jungle along the Kokoda Trail. In the backgrou

WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-2. TWO BRIDGES CROSSING THE GARAGOS RIVER 71 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTION. THE ROAD, WHICH IS IN THE JURISDICTION OF HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS
