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1943 Australian troops fight enemy in New Guinea
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2:47Now PlayingDate: 2nd December 1943
Location: New Guinea
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Jungle Warfare! Australians Attack in New Guinea
NEW GUINEA:
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AUSTRALIA MILITARY Aussies in N. Guinea.. Mortar fire.. shell bursts.. Camp cooking.. troops creeping along banks & ditches.. V.G. shot of wounded man helped through mud
FOOD Camp cooking (Aussie troops in N. Guinea Jungle)
GUNS. Captured Italian 194mm. field gun in action Italian Shell & Mortar fire in N.Guinea jungle
JUNGLE Aussies in N. Guinea.. camp cooking.. Mortar fire.. Wounded man receives first aid & carried away on stretcher.. Jap dead in trenches.. wounded & blind assisted
NEW GUINEA. Aussie troops in Jungle.. Mortar fire.. shell explosions.. Jap, dead in trenches.. wounded receive first aid & helped home through mud
Military - Active; Australia
World War II, World War Two, Second World War, WWII, war
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