PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-11-01. A GROUP OF WAR CORRESPONDENTS AT THEIR FOUR MILE BASE DURING THE ...

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-11-01. A GROUP OF WAR CORRESPONDENTS AT THEIR FOUR MILE BASE DURING THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES AND KOKODA. THE MEN ARE, FROM THE LEFT, BACK ROW, L. EDWARDS (ABC TECHNICIAN FOR CHESTER WILMOT), TOM FAIRHALL (SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH), BOB DOYLE (USA, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL), GEORGE MORRAD (AMERICAN RED CROSS), R. B. LEONARD (MELBOURNE HERALD, SYDNEY SUN AND, LATER, EDITOR OF GUINEA GOLD), SITTING, GEORGE SILK (AUSTRALIAN DOI PHOTOGRAPHER) AND, FURTHER TO THE RIGHT, CAPTAIN MADDEN (CONDUCTING OFFICER); CENTRE ROW, HAROLD GUARD, STANDING (UNITED PRESS), MERLIN SPENCER (AMERICAN ASSOCIATED PRESS), CHARLES BUTTROSE (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD), PAT ROBINSON (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE), LEW SEBRING (NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE), GEOFFREY REDDING (SYDNEY TRUTH AND DAILY MIRROR), LIEUTENANT COLONEL GEORGE FENTON (ARMY DPR IN CHARGE OF HUT), ED WIDDIS (AP PHOTOGRAPHER), MARTIN BARNETT (PARAMOUNT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER), AL NODERER (CHICAGO TRIBUNE), DEAN SCHEDLER (US ASSOCIATED PRESS); FRONT ROW, CHESTER WILMOT (ABC), LIEUTENANT TOM FISHER, LATER KILLED, (OFFICIAL ARMY PHOTOGRAPHER), GEORGE JOHNSTON (MELBOURNE ARGUS), FRANK PRIST (ACME NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER, US), CLIFF BOTTOMLEY (AUSTRALIAN DOI PHOTOGRAPHER).