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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1943-08-14. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. THE "VILLAGE SQUARE" AT BUIGAP. THIS IS A RESTING PLACE FOR ALLIED TROOPS GOING TO AND COMING FROM THE FIGHTING AT MOUNT TAMBU. THE TARPAULIN COVERED ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-20. AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY CONVALESCENT DEPOT. THE SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE CAMP IS THAT OF MEN ON HOLIDAY AND AS ONE BOY FROM NEW GUINEA PUT IT "TO THINK THE ARMY PAYS US FOR IT". ON THE BROAD ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-16. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. 1ST CLASS PRIVATE EARL ANDERSON AND SERGEANT EUGENE ADER, BOTH OF PORTLAND, OREGON, PLAYING CHECKERS IN BETWEEN BOMBARDING JAPANESE POSITIONS ON MOUNT TAMBU AND ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-16. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. ONE OF THE GUNS OF AN AMERICAN BATTERY IN NEW GUINEA, FIRING AT TARGETS ON MOUNT TAMBU AND THE KOMIATUM TRACK. THESE GUNS WERE CARRIED IN PARTS OF 100 TO 250 ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-19. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. PTE. KEITH WELLS, A.I.F. OF BRISBANE, WOUNDED IN ACTION ON THE KOMIATUM AREA, BEING CARRIED BY NATIVES THROUGH SLUSH AND MUD TO HOSPITAL. WELLS WAS CARRIED FOR ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-16. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. LIVING QUARTERS MADE OF GROUND SHEETS SUSPENDED ON PIECES OF TIMBER AT AN AMERICAN ARTILLERY BATTERY IN THE HEART OF THE JUNGLE. WRITING HOME UNDER DIFFICULTIES ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-14. NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. A GROUP OF AUSTRALIANS AFTER THEY HAD DRIVEN THE JAPANESE FROM KOMIATUM RIDGE. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK)Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. LANCE CORPORAL J.L. BRITNELL, OF BALLARAT VICTORIA, DOING HIS WASHING IN A MOUNTAIN STREAM AT BUIGAP. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK)Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
VX12436 Corporal George Swallow, 2/5 Battalion of Warragul on patrol at Mount TambuAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
VOTING IN NORTH WEST AUSTRALIA. THE RETURNING OFFICER AND HIS ASSISTANT ARRIVING IN THEIR SWIMMING COSTUMES AT AN OUTPOST IN NORTH WEST AUSTRALIA TO ISSUE BALLOT PAPERS TO AUSTRALIAN TROOPS TO VOTE ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-14. NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. CPL. FRANK YOUNG, OF PORT MORESBY USES A JAPANESE FLAG IN A MANNER WHICH ITS OWNER NEVER INTENDED. THE FLAG WAS FOUND AFTER THE JAPANESE HAD BEEN DRIVEN FROM ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-14. NEW GUINEA KOMIATUM RIDGE. AMONG EQUIPMENT HURRIEDLY ABANDONED BY THE JAPANESE WHEN THEY RETREATED FROM KOMIATUM RIDGE TOWARDS SALAMAUA, WERE TWO-TOED RUBBER SNEAK BOOTS USED BY THE ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online
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