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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1943-09-14. NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. CPL. STAN HUSTON, OF BLACKBURN, VIC., WITH A JAPANESE LIGHT MACHINE GUN AND PTE. STAN TAYLOR, OF MELBOURNE, WITH A JAPANESE KNEE MORTAR CAPTURED ON KOMIATUM ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-14. NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. PTE. FRED MARTIN OF DUNEDO, N.S.W., SHOWS A NATIVE CARRIER, DARSU, THREE-INCH SHELLS LEFT BEHIND BY THE JAPANESE WHEN THEY ABANDONED KOMIATUM RIDGE. ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-14. NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. IN THEIR HURRIED RETREAT FROM KOMIATUM RIDGE THE JAPANESE LEFT BEHIND WHAT FOR THEM WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT. PTE. LES. HARGREAVES OF BELLEVUE ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-15. PARATROOPS LAND AT NADZAB. U.S. PARATROOPS PACKING THEIR EQUIPMENT LAST SUNDAY BEFORE BOARDING ONE OF THE NUMEROUS TRANSPORT PLANES WHICH LED BY GENERAL MACARTHUR IN A FLYING FORTRESS, ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-15. NEW GUINEA. HODGES KNOLL. AFTER THE JAPANESE HAD BEEN DRIVEN FROM THIS FOX HOLE AT HODGES KNOLL, NEAR KOMIATUM PTE. JOE THOMAS, OF PERTH, FOUND THIS JAPANESE WATERBOTTLE. (NEGATIVE BY ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Private (Pte) William (Bill) Plunkett, of Geelong, Vic, with a Japanese light machine gun found after the Australians had driven the enemy from the ridge. The Japanese weapon closely resembles a ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-15. ALLIED PARATROOPERS. AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERYMEN PARACHUTING TO THE MARKHAM VALLEY. THREE OF THE SCORES OF GIANT TRANSPORT PLANES WHICH WERE USED CAN BE OBSERVED. TO THE LEFT ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-20. NEW GUINEA. BUSO RIVER - LAE AREA. AT ALUKIE VILLAGE AUSTRALIANS HANG UP THEIR WASHING OUTSIDE A NATIVE HUT. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK)Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-15. NEW GUINEA. GOODVIEW JUNCTION. FUZZY-WUZZIES CARRYING MORTAR SHELLS IN LOTS OF THREE OF THE A.I.F. WHO WERE THEN FORCING THE JAPANESE BACK TOWARDS SALAMAUA. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK)Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-15. NEW GUINEA. GOODVIEW JUNCTION. TYPICAL JUNGLE COUNTRY AND TYPICAL JAPANESE DEFENCES FROM WHICH THE ENEMY WERE DRIVEN BY THE AUSTRALIANS BETWEEN KOMIATUM AND SALAMAUA. FOX HOLES WERE ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-10. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. WARRANT OFFICER E. BRITTEN, OF NEW GUINEA, LEADING A LINE OF FUZZY-WUZZIES CARRYING AMMUNITION AND FOOD ON THE WAY TO MOUNT TAMBU. U.S. TROOPS PROVIDED ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-09. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ON THEIR WAY TO THE FORWARD AREAS HEAR MUBO STOP AT A SALVATION ARMY TENT FOR A CUP OF COCOA AND BISCUITS. THE TENT IS A COMPARATIVELY SHORT DISTANCE ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online
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