NEW GUINEA. AN INDICATION OF THE PRIMITIVE LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND OF THE DIFFICULTIES ...

NEW GUINEA. AN INDICATION OF THE PRIMITIVE LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND OF THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN THE MOVEMENT OF TROOPS IS SHOWN HERE. NATIVE PORTERS (KNOWN AS FUZZY WUZZY ANGELS) ARE CARRYING WOUNDED AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ON STRETCHERS FROM THE JUNGLE BATTLEFIELD THROUGH A MOUNTAIN STREAM TO THE HOSPITAL BEHIND THE LINES, FOLLOWING A SHARP CLASH WITH JAPANESE FORCES. ALL AUSTRALIANS IN NEW GUINEA PAY A HIGH TRIBUTE TO THE COURAGE, ENDURANCE AND COMRADESHIP OF THE NEW GUINEA NATIVES WHO ARE PLAYING A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN THE ALLIED EFFORTS TO DRIVE THE JAPANESE FROM THE COUNTRY.