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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At sea. Great Australian Bight. c. 1942. Spray covers the bow of the RAN HMAS Moresby as she ploughs through the sea, probably between 1941-12 and 1943, while she was patrolling waters around the ..Australian 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. 1915-01-05. Group portrait of RAN members of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) standing behind a pipe mine which they have been digging out on ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Rabaul (?), New Britain. c.1915. The RAN destroyer HMAS Warrego docked at a wharf with RAN members of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) sitting on the wharf's steps ..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. Major General B. M. Morris DSO, Commander of the Australian - New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU), taking the salute at the march past at the opening of the ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Fenton, NT. c. November 1945. An informal group portrait of the crew from a Consolidated B24 Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 24 Squadron RAAF in front of a tent. Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Bob ..Australian War MemorialImage Multiple Locations Online -
Port Moresby, Papua. 1942-12. A surgical operation in progress at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station on a patient who had suffered bayonet wounds in fighting on the Kokoda Track. (Original housed in ..Australian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Port Moresby, Papua. 1944-08-05. A march past of the combined services Guard of Honour at the opening of the Bomana War CemeteryAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online -
Port Moresby, Papua. 1944-08-05. Buglers of the Royal Papuan Constabulary playing "The Last Post" at the opening of the Bomana War CemeteryAustralian War MemorialImage Papua New Guinea Online
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