Reports from New Guinea tell of the splendid part played by Australian artillery units in recent operations ***** against the Japanese. This picture gives some indication of the tremendous task that confronted the gunners before they could get their guns into battle positions in the hear and the jungle. The twenty-five pounders wee dismantled and the parts man-handled through almost were dismantled and the parts man-handled through almost trackless bush to during them within range of the enemy. A A.I.F. captain in quoted as having said, "These men were determined to beat the ***** at their own game, and were working like slaves to keep the guns operating in forward areas." October 14, 1942.