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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Milne Bay, Papua. 1949-08. War salvaged materials have been utilised by Papuans in building their houses which look like part of a housing estate. This photograph was taken seven years after World ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
New Guinea. 1943-07-20. Members of the 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF, at the House Banana Staging Camp which was about five miles south west of Mubo. The soldiers are, from the left, ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Saipan, Mariana Islands. 1944-06-15. US Marines falling from wounds from Japanese snipers during the US landing on Saipan. the subsequent battle lasted a month. US casualties, killed wounded or ..Australian War MemorialImage Oceania Online -
Bulldog-Wau Road, New Guinea. 1943-07-14. An Australian soldier making a precipitous climb up a slippery side track. At this time the road between the twenty one and a half and twenty three mile ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Donadabu, New Guinea. 1943-07-26. The men of No 7 Platoon, A Company, 61st Battalion, before the start of a supply dropping exercise. Left to right: front row, Privates N. Quine, Dwyer, L. Crowe; ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Bulldog-Wau Road, New Guinea. 1943-07-14. Road clearing at the twenty three mile point known as Mokka's Roost. Mokkas were small mites of the scabies family that burrowed under the soldiers' skin ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Salamaua, New Guinea. 1943-09-20. V75540 Corporal S.C. Mulhall, 11th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, sitting in his bunk writes home from his new home on the isthmus. Note the occupied ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Madang, New Guinea. 1944-06-17. Troops participating in the hop step and jump at a Tabloid sports meeting conducted by Headquarters 15TH Infantry Brigade within the Siar Plantation. VX135530 ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Donadabu, New Guinea. 1943-07-26. Three members of the 61st Battalion collecting supplies which had been air dropped. Left to right: Privates A. Rush, G.Hallion and R.GeoghaganAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Large group portrait of pilots and administrative staff of No. 77 Squadron RAAF assembled on and in front of one of the squadron’s Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk aircraft, at Gurney airstrip. Left to ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Mubo-Salamaua, New Guinea. 1943-07-21. Private First Class L. Simon, United States Army, of Los Angeles with the Allied Supply Corps, leading a food line of native bearers across the Bitoi River ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Ramu Valley, New Guinea. 1943-10-05. Members of A Company, 2/27th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF, crossing the Surinam RiverAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online
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