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Australian soldiers rest in the jungle on the Kokoda Trail, Papua New Guinea, 1942

Men of the 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion stop for a rest in the jungle between Nauro and Menari, but do not leave their .303 Bren Mark 1 light machine gun too far away.

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