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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Probably Sydney, NSW. c. 1944. Women, some volunteers, packing tinned food into boxes to be sent to troops in New Guinea. (Copy in album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill p.268)Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Japan. c. 1942. Portrait of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet. Admiral Yamamoto was a dominant personality in the Japanese navy and was the author of the plan to attack ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Hawaiʻi Online -
Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. 1945. Australian infantrymen walking through mud and slush carrying drums of flour and sugar to a supply dump in the areaAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Faria River Area, New Guinea. 1943-11-07. A three inch mortar detachment of the 2/27th Australian Infantry Battalion providing supporting fire for the Battalion's C Company which was preparing to ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Aitape, New Guinea. 1944-11-23. Portrait of Captain Ivor H. T. Hele, Official War ArtistAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Port Moresby, Papua. 1943. Interior of a tent ward at the 2/9th Australian General Hospital. Nurses stop for a tea break. Note the earth floorAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
1918. Studio portrait of Petty Officer Hubert Laurence Maynard Greaves RAN wearing his seaman's uniform, his cap bearing an HMAS Melbourne tally band. Petty Officer Greaves served abroad in New ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Bitapaka, New Britain. 1915-08-24. A RAN member of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and an (indigenous) New Briton native stand as sentry at one of the three defensive ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Kabakaul (?), New Britain. c. 1914-09-12. Two mourners beside the grave during the funeral service for Able Seaman W.G.V. Williams RAN, born Melbourne 1885, believed to be the first Australian shot ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
New Guinea. 1942-08-02. An Australian soldier picks a bunch of bananas for the mess from one of the many banana palms in the areaAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Port Moresby, Papua. 1944-08-05. Wreaths placed at the base of the flagpole after the opening ceremony of the Bomana War CemeteryAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Bitapaka, New Britain. 1915-01-05. Group portrait of RAN members of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and (indigenous) New Briton natives standing behind a pipe mine ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online
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