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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Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. Scarred and burnt out earth and trees, possibly the result of a fire in a United States bomb dump. A RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit helped to extinguish the blaze and to ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. Group portrait of all the members of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit standing with unexploded bombs (UXBs), in front of a shed with a sign stating "Bomb Disposal Sqn. Keep ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
NX142537 Signalman James (Jim) Pashley, a member of a signals unit attached to the 16th Brigade, listens to a radio under a makeshift cover on the Kokoda Track. (Original housed in AWM Archive ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Gusika, Finschhafen area, New Guinea. 1944-03. Trucks and tents set up at the camp of 17 Field Hygiene Company. In the foreground are knapsack sprays carrying a special oil. They are used to spray ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Pacific Area. c. 1942. A row of anti aircraft shells ready to be loaded into the gun in the backgroundAustralian War MemorialImage Oceania Online -
Buna, Papua. 1943-12-25. Group portrait of members of 17 Field Hygiene Company. Identified are: left to right: back row: D. Ross, J. Stonemax, R. Pulsford, R. Pattison, W. Hindmarsh and A. Salmon ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Tadji, New Guinea. 1945-01-20. A badly smashed Australian Army jeep under the starboard engine of A9-557, a Bristol Beaufort bomber operated by No 100 Squadron RAAF. This aircraft returned from a ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Buna, Papua. 1943. Johnny Levick, 17 Field Hygiene Company, and a group of indigenous (native) Papuans work at clearing a Nipa palm swamp in an attempt to eradicate the malarial mosquito. Swamps ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 1944. Tents set up on the bank of a river at the final camp of 17 Field Hygiene Company. This company, with the help of indigenous (native) Papuans, worked at eradicating ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Strauss, NT. c. 1944. An informal portrait of Group Captain B. R. "Blackjack" Walker DSO, standing beside a Spitfire aircraft, who led a Beaufighter Squadron in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, and ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Herbertshohe, New Britain. c. 1914. A large house which was used as barracks for Australian troops. Herbertshohe was later renamed Kokopo. (Donor J.J. Cummins)Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Bismarck Archipelago. c. 1914. The RAN armed vessel HMAS Una in harbour at the Witu Islands which are close to the north coast of New Britain. This vessel had been the German yacht Komet. (Donor ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online
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