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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1943-08-11. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. A HOSPITAL IN THE JUNGLE AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT TAMBU. JAPANESE SNIPERS PUT 23 BULLETS THROUGH THE TARPAULIN COVERING WITHOUT HITTING ANY OF THE WOUNDED. ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-14. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. ALLIED SOLDIERS WALKING THROUGH MUD AND SLUSH WHICH CONTINUES FOR MILES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-16. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. AUSTRALIANS CLEARING THE JUNGLE ROUND HOUSE BANANA DRESSING STATION. THE STATION SERVES AS A STAGING CAMP ON THE TRACK FROM MOUNT TAMBU WHERE WALKING AND OTHER ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. CONSTRUCTING A GUN EMPLACEMENT IN THE GOODVIEW JUNCTION AREA DURING THE ALLIED ADVANCE THOUGH THE MOUNTAINS TO SALAMAUA. LEFT TO RIGHT: PTE. J.W. SUTHERLAND, OF SWAN HILL, ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-20. AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY CONVALESCENT DEPOT. THE SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE CAMP IS THAT OF MEN IN HOLIDAY AND AS ONE BOY FROM NEW GUINEA PUT TO "TO THINK THE ARMY PAYS US FOR IT". THE BEACH ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-19. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. LT. STAN CONDON, A.I.F. OF MUDGEE, N.S.W., WOUNDED IN THE MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING, RETURNING FROM THE FRONT LINE TO AN ADVANCED DRESSING STATION. WHILST HE WAS ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. NATIVE CARRIERS AT A LUNCH HOUR HALT AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT TAMBU. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK)Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. SGT. CHARLES ROBERTSON OF SOUTH YARRA, VIC., CARRYING MORTAR BOMBS NEAR MOUNT TAMBU. MORTARS WERE EXTENSIVELY USED BY BOTH SIDES IN THE BITTER FIGHTING HERE. (NEGATIVE BY H. ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. AN AMERICAN BEING CARRIED UP A ONE IN THREE TRACK ON MOUNT TAMBU TO A FRONT LINE DRESSING STATION. AMERICAN WAS AMBUSHED AT A WATER HOLE. EIGHT SHOTS WERE FIRED AT HIM FROM ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-03. DESIGNED BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT. WING COMMANDER L.J. WACKETT, WHO DESIGNED AUSTRALIA'S NEW FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR, WHICH PARTICIPATED SUCCESSFULLY IN THE ALLIED LANDINGS NEAR LAE HAS A WORD ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-14. NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. CPL. CHARLES LETTERS, OF SYDNEY AND CPL. FRANK YOUNG, OF PORT MORESBY, DISPLAY A JAPANESE FLAG FOUND ON KOMIATUM RIDGE AFTER THE ENEMY HAD BEEN FORCED FROM ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1943-09-03. BOOMERANG TAKES OFF. THE NEW AUSTRALIAN MADE FIGHTER-INTERCEPTOR PLANE, THE BOOMERANG, PARTICIPATED SUCCESSFULLY IN THE ALLIED LANDINGS NEAR LAE. HERE THE FIRST BOOMERANG TAKES OFF ON ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online
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