PAPUA. NATIVE BEARERS (POPULARLY KNOWN AS FUZZY WUZZY ANGELS) CARRY HEAVY LOADS OF EQUIPMENT AND ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number 013004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative film pack nitrate
Maker Parer, Damien Peter
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua
Date made 6 August 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

PAPUA. NATIVE BEARERS (POPULARLY KNOWN AS FUZZY WUZZY ANGELS) CARRY HEAVY LOADS OF EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS. ONE "BOY" USUALLY CARRIES ABOUT 50 LBS WEIGHT, AND TWO "BOYS" CAN MANAGE ABOUT 70LBS.

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