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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1944-06-22. NEW GUINEA: ANOTHER OF THE "TYPEWRITER TOURISTS" IS PTE A. WUST, OF ROCKHAMPTON, WHO SHOULDERS HIS BREN GUN AS HE SETS OUT ON PATROL IN NORTHERN NEW GUINEAAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1944-03-29. NEW GUINEA. BEFORE THIS RAAF-MANNED LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF TO ATTACK JAPANESE STRONGHOLDS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA, F/O A. DUCAT D.F.M. OF PERTH, W.A. CHECKED ONE OF THE GUNS ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-07. UREA (PRONOUNCED WIRE) IS NAME OF YOUNG PAPUAN POSING FOR DRAWING CLASS. ARTISTS IN FRONT ROW ARE JEROME SCHWARTZBERG, OF N.Y.; LIEUT. LOLA RANGE, OF WESTON, ILL.; ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1944-04-21. NEW GUINEA: AFTER A 5000 FT. CLIMB IN THE FINNISTERRES THE TROOPS FOUND THE MUD JUST AS DEEP AS ON THE LOWER SLOPES. TROOPS ON THE FINAL STAGE OF THE CLIMBAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
NEW GUINEA. 15 JUNE 1944. AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS CONFERRING WITH U.S. ENGINEERS PREPARATORY TO THE LANDING ON KARKAR ISLAND WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY THE AUSTRALIANS WITHOUT RESISTANCE. A MUDMAP IS ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Henry Reid Bay, New Britain. 20 March 1945. Mr. Alan Anderson, movie man of the Department of Information who is covering the Australian campaign in New BritainAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
New Britain. 15 December 1943. A jeep ploughs its way through rough country climbing up a steep incline among the palm trees that fringe the Arawe Peninsula. The invading American forces soon ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
PORTRAIT OF COMMODORE HENRY ARTHUR SHOWERS RAN. HE ENTERED THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL COLLEGE AS A CADET MIDSHIPMAN AS A MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL FIRST TERM AND WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK ON ..Australian War MemorialImage Multiple Locations Online -
New Britain. 15 December 1943. Gunners stand to their posts as the American landing barges approach the coral shores near Arawe in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken in this ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
New Britain. 15 December 1943. Landing craft approach the inhospitable shores near Arawe, where American troops forced a landing at dawn in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
New Britain. 15 December 1943. Immediately after landing at Arawe American engineers and signal corps technicians set to work to establish communications, and land lines were laid. The patrols were ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Aitape, New Guinea. 1945-03-02. Fatigued after his strenuous climb up the "Golden Stairway" Private Fred Westland of Melbourne, Vic, rests on one of the steps and reclines on his Owen gunAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online
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