The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA, 1942-08-03. A.I.F. TROOPS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST NOW IN NEW GUINEA SOON MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE NATIVES WHO THEY CONSIDER ARE A FINE TYPE AND MUCH SUPERIOR TO SOME OF THE ARAB TRIBES.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. TWO A.I.F. SIGNALLERS WHO SERVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ARE NOW BUSY WITH THEIR UNIT IN NEW GUINEA. THEY ARE UTILISING EXISTING CIVILIAN TELEPHONE POLES AND SOME EQUIPMEN
NEW GUINEA, 1942-08-03. AN A.I.F. GUNNER, RECENTLY RETURNED FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, PICKING THE "DESSERT DISH" FOR THE EVENING MEAL - A GOOD BUNCH OF PAW-PAWS.
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA. 1942-03. RETURNED A.I.F. VETERANS OF THE MIDDLE EAST RECEIVING INSTRUCTION IN THE NEW TYPE OF WARFARE IN WHICH THEY WILL BE ENGAGED SHORTLY, AT THEIR FIRST CAMP AFTER DISEMBARKATI
BOMBAY, INDIA. 1942-03-26. OFFICERS OF THE A.I.F. CONTINGENT RETURNING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND TRANSHIPPING AT BOMBAY, MAKE A SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF THE CITY. THEY ARE SEEN HERE BARGAINING WITH A NATIVE
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA. 1942-03. RECENTLY RETURNED MEN OF THE A.I.F. RECEIVING INSTRUCTION IN THE USE OF NEW WEAPONS IN THEIR NEW CAMP SOON AFTER ARRIVAL FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA. 1942-03. TROOPS OF THE A.I.F. RECENTLY RETURNED FROM SERVICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ON PARADE SOON AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL. NOTE THE PLEASANTLY SITUATED CAMP IN THE BACKGROUND.
