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| Keywords: KumusiRiverWairopi.jpg AWM Caption Wairopi Papua c 1942-11-17 An Australian soldier followed by a line of native Papuan carriers and other soldiers carefully steps out onto a makeshift bridge over the swift-flowing Kumusi River at Wairopi on the northern section of the Kokoda Trail As no steel hawser of sufficient length was available the bridge had to be suspended between the banks of the river on a single strand of manilla rope The soldiers are part of an Australian force advancing on the strong Japanese defences in the Buna-Gona area P02423 034 Donor A Hobson circa 17 November 1942 Hobson A F PD-Australia Original upload log en wikipedia Original uploader was Backslash Forwardslash at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia 2008-11-23 en wikipedia KumusiRiverWairopi jpg 2008-11-23 07 38 Backslash Forwardslash 450×338× 69045 bytes <nowiki> P02423 034 Sourced from http //www awm gov au/database/collection asp AWM Caption STUDIO PORTRAIT OF VX19139 PRIVATE BRUCE STEEL KINGSBURY VC 2/14TH INFANTRY BATTALION Copyright The AWM record for this photo state</nowiki> World War II forces of Australia in New Guinea New Guinea campaign | ||||
