Australian War Memorial
A world-class museum, and an extensive archive. The Memorial's purpose is to commemorate the sacrifice of those Australians who have died in war or on operational service and those who have served our nation in times of conflict.
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Lesson Point, Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. After the Japanese surrender at the end of the war, members of a RAAF Equipment Recovery Party sit and smoke cigarettes with Japanese servicemen in the ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-15. Four RAAF officers serving with Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), celebrate Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day with a session of solid drinking. The men are ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-15. Sitting around a table (left) on which glasses and bottles of alcohol are resting, four RAAF officers serving with Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Lesson Point, Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. Informal outdoors group portrait of Japanese servicemen with members of a RAAF Equipment Recovery Party after the Japanese surrender. The men are (left ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. A row of huts stands among tropical palm trees at a former Japanese prisoner-of-war (POW) camp for captured Indian soldiers from the Punjab. The huts, roofed with ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Lakunai, Rabaul, New Britain, 1944-12-06. Aerial view, taken at an altitude of 9,500 feet from aft the bomb bay of an unidentified United States Army Air Force (USAAF) bomber (serial no. ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Probably Astrolabe Bay, Madang, New Guinea, 1945. Dressed in swimming trunks, two officers from Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), paddle a small outrigger canoe towards the overgrown ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Kalai Plantation, Wide Bay, New Britain, 1944-11-06. Aerial view, taken from aft the bomb bay of a Bristol Beaufort bomber of No. 6 Squadron RAAF, showing 250-pound bombs it has just released ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. Informal outdoors portrait of three Australian officers, members of a postwar recovery party, with a large group of Chinese prisoners-of-war (POWs) that they have ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. Led by a Japanese guide and interpreter (right), Flying Officer (FO) Gene McCarthy (left) and 82586 FO Allen Robert Griffiths make their way along a jungle path to a ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. A covered reviewing platform built of bamboo and roofed with matting stands on the parade ground of a former Japanese prisoner-of-war (POW) camp for captured ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Madang, New Guinea, 1944-12-25. Outdoors group portrait of members of the Officers' Mess, Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), on Christmas Day. Sitting in the centre of the group with ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online
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