Australians battling their way through the Owen Stanley Range toward* The Gap are travelling light, their iron rations having been discarded for concentrated meat, fruit and milk. The road from Moresby ends abruptly at the edge of the jungle, and after supplies have been taken on four-wheel drive "jeeps" as far as possible, pack animals are used. When the ravines become too steep, supplies are taken on by native carriers. A mule pack is seen arriving at a control point to hand over its load to the native carriers. —Commonwealth Department of Information.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 235, 5 October 1942, Page 2
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93Australians battling their way through the Owen Stanley Range toward* The Gap are travelling light, their iron rations having been discarded for concentrated meat, fruit and milk. The road from Moresby ends abruptly at the edge of the jungle, and after supplies have been taken on four-wheel drive "jeeps" as far as possible, pack animals are used. When the ravines become too steep, supplies are taken on by native carriers. A mule pack is seen arriving at a control point to hand over its load to the native carriers. —Commonwealth Department of Information. Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 235, 5 October 1942, Page 2
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