Australian troops of the 2/7th Cavalry Regiment, 7th Division, advance through the mud and slush on Buna, Papua Territory, the eastern half of the island of New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, north of Australia; 28 December, 1942.

New Guinea Campaign

Australian soldiers carrying one of their wounded comrade on the Kokoda Track (or Trail) in New Guinea, South-Western Pacific Ocean; c. 1942-43. 


Combat casualty in the jungle

Australian wounded are brought in on stretchers and in makeshift canvas carriers to an advanced US Army dressing station during the Battle of Buna - Gona; 5 December 1942. 