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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Lacking anti-tank weapons, the Japanese, surprised by the Australian use of tanks, had to improvise anti-tank defences by cutting down a coconut tree in the path of one of the oncoming tanks. That ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1942-12-28. ALLIED INFANTRY FOLLOWED THE TANKS IN PAPUA. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIGHTING. THE TANKS CRASHED THROUGH A JAPANESE CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED PILLBOXES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1942-12-28. PAPUA. SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE RISING SUN, AN AUSTRALIAN TANK MOVES THROUGH HEAVY FOLIAGE TO ATTACK THE JAPANESE POSITIONS AT BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1942-12-28. PAPUA. AUSTRALIAN-MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 LIGHT TANKS ATTACK BUNA. THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN DURING THE ATTACK. AFTER THE FIRST WAVE OF THE TANK ATTACK AT BUNA HAD PASSED. IN THE ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1942-12-28. PAPUA. PICTURE SHOWS TANK TRACKS ON THE BEACH AT CAPE ENDAIADAIREAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1942-12-28. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIGHTING. THE TANKS CRASHED THROUGH A JAPANESE CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED PILLBOXES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1942-12-28. PAPUA, GIROPA POINT AREA. AUSTRALIAN TANK AND INFANTRYMEN IN ACTION BEFORE THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK.)Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1942-12-28. PAPUA. AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMAN RECEIVES GRENADES FROM A CREW MEMBER OF AN AUSTRALIAN TANK DURING THE ATTACK ON BUNA. TANKS CARRIED LARGE QUANTITIES OF GRENADES WHICH WERE SUPPLIED TO ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1942-12-28. PAPUA. A WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT FLIES OVERHEAD DIRECTING FIELD ARTILLERY DURING THE ATTACK BY ALLIED INFANTRY AND AUSTRALIAN-MANNED TANKS ON BUNAAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1942-12-28. PAPUA. ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF FREEING THE COCOANUT GROVES OF JAPANESE SNIPERS WAS TO SPRAY TOPS OF COCOANUT TREES WITH INTENSE GUN FIRE. THE PHOTO SHOWS THE EFFECT OF THIS ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1942-12-28. PAPUA. BY EXPERIENCE ALLIED TROOPS HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE NO CHANCES WITH ENEMY TREE TOP SNIPERS. EVERY TREE TOP THAT COULD HOUSE SNIPERS WAS SPRAYED WITH HUNDRED OF ROUNDS FROM AUTOMATIC ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1942-12-28. PAPUA. CAPT. N.G. WHITEHEAD WHO LED THE TANK ATTACK ON THE JAPANESE POSITIONS AT BUNA. HE IS SITTING ON HIS TANK WHICH HAS BEEN NAMED "CAPTAIN KIDD." ONE OTHER TANK WAS NAMED "CAPTAIN ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online
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