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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Cape Wom, Wewak, New Guinea. 1945-09-13. The Australian guard, awaiting the arrival of Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi, General Officer Commanding XV111 Japanese Army, for the surrender ceremonyAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Goodenough Island, New Guinea. 1943. Left to right: Clement Seale, an Australian soldier artist; Robert Emerson Curtis, Camouflage Officer attached to the RAAF and later an Official War Artist; and ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Portrait of Flight Lieutenant William Ellis Newton VC of No. 22 Squadron RAAF. Newton was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously. He was executed by being beheaded by the Japanese on 29 March 1943 ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-12-25. Interior of the Officers' Mess at Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), decorated for Christmas. Streamers improvised from some sort of local grass hang down ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-03. 82586 Flying Officer Allen Robert Griffiths, Administrative and Special Duties (A&SD) Intelligence, Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), tends plants he has ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-07. Outdoors group portrait of the Operations and Intelligence officers of all three services serving at Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM). Left to right, back ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
New Guinea. c. 1944. Australian troops pushing along the beach in pursuit of the enemy. They were making their way along the north coast of New Guinea after the occupation of MadangAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Madang, New Guinea, 1945. Flying Officer (FO) Gene McCarthy, Photograph Intelligence Officer at Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), working at his desk. With the aid of a stereoscopic ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Astrolabe Bay, Madang, New Guinea, c. 1944. Nestling among tropical palm trees are buildings and tents of Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM). In the foreground are the tents of the RAAF ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Astrolabe Bay, Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-03. 82586 Flying Officer (FO) Allen Robert Griffiths, Administrative and Special Duties (A&SD) Intelligence, Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Garoka, New Guinea, 1945-11. Aerial view of the RAAF Aircrew Rest Camp (bottom) which is known as 'Lamana', meaning 'Eternal Springs', with the peaks of tall hills or mountains rising in the ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Keravia Bay, Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. Several wrecked Japanese barges which have been bombed by allied aircraft lie half-submerged along the shores of a bay fringed with tropical palm treesAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online
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