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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But Beach, New Guinea. May 1945. Australian officers at a church service on the beach on the eve of the amphibious operation which resulted in the annihilation of the Japanese on the Wewak ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Wewak Area, New Guinea. 24 May 1945. Members of Australian commando unit with a Japanese woodpecker machine gun captured by them at Dove CreekAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Wewak Area, New Guinea. April 1945. A member of the Australian 6th Division 2nd AIF escorts a Japanese prisoner to a jeep near Wewak while his partner, with the machine gun, remains on the alertAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
New Britain. 1945-04. Left to right: Lady Blamey, Colonel N. H. W. Saxby, Lady Wakehurst and Senior Sister K. Barnes of Western Australia, at a casualty clearing station during an official visit by ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN. 1942-09-15. THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS WASP, LISTING AND WITH SMOKE POURING FROM OIL AND GASOLINE FIRES CAUSED BY THREE TORPEDO HITS IN THE STARBOARD SIDE FROM THE JAPANESE ..Australian War MemorialImage South Pacific Ocean Online -
Wewak, New Guinea. May 1945. An Australian 6th Division AIF soldier examines a captured Japanese 20mm gun in front of a camouflaged Japanese position on the Wewak PeninsulaAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. C. 1945-08-15. HOW THE WAR ENDED AT RAAF'S MOST WESTERLY BASE IN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. 212170 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WALLY MILLS DFC, PAPATOETOE, NZ, FAMED CATALINA PILOT OF ..Australian War MemorialImage South Pacific Ocean Online -
SYDNEY, NSW. 1942-12. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER USS PORTLAND (CA-33) IN SUTHERLAND DOCK AT COCKATOO ISLAND REPAIRING DAMAGE SUSTAINED DURING THE NIGHT ACTION OFF GUADALCANAL THE PREVIOUS ..Australian War MemorialImage New South Wales Online -
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-07-23. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) STANFORD DRYING PRINTS WITH LAC NICK LILWALL OF GYMPIE, QLD, TRIMMING THE FINISHED PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE RAAF ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH VESSEL MV BANTAM. NOTE THAT THERE WERE TWO DUTCH VESSELS OF THIS NAME IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS DURING WORLD WAR 2. A REPRESENTATION OF THE OTHER IS HELD AS NEGATIVE NO ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-08. TAXIING OUT BEFORE TAKING OFF FROM A BOUGAINVILLE JUNGLE STRIP ON A TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SORTIE, 432800 FLYING OFFICER DOUG HILLIGER, ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-17. SOME OF THE BEAUFORT CREWS OF NO. 10 LOCAL AIR SUPPLY UNIT RAAF WHO DROPPED LEAFLETS TELLING OF JAPAN'S SURRENDER TO ENEMY TROOPS ON ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online
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