Halo wantok!

Colonel William Holmes, Commander of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) (in centre) and two unidentified officers at the wireless station at Bitapaka after its capture. ..

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-22. THE RAAF BUILDS ITS OWN AERODROMES. THE BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA HAS PROVED BEYOND ALL DOUBT THE EFFICIENCY OF AIR POWER IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST JAPAN. ONE OF THE ..

ADMIRALTY ISLANDS, PACIFIC OCEAN. C. 1944-09. PILOT DON WATSON (FAR RIGHT) BASED IN THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS WITH 71 WING FOR AIR-SEA RESCUE DUTIES. NOTE THE SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT IN ..

NEW GUINEA, 1942-1943. POSSIBLY WAIROPE RIVER - PROBABLY A NAVY COASTWATCHER GOING ASHORE WITH HIS EQUIPMENT FROM A CATALINA. (2 OF 5)

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. A "FLYING FORTRESS", NO. 12659 B17 BOMBER BOGGED IN SAND ON THE BEACH IS INSPECTED BY CURIOUS INHABITANTS

A "FLYING FORTRESS" NO. 12659 B17 BOMBER BOGGED IN THE SAND ON THE BEACH

Maprik Area, New Guinea. 1945. Five Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) who surrendered at Ulebilum

PROBABLY NEW GUINEA C.1940-1942. AN RAAF CURTISS P40 KITTYHAWK IN FLIGHT

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945. 'TAGESSI' PONTOON BRIDGE - SCENE OF TRAGIC DISASTER 1945-01-11. ELEVEN AUSTRALIANS DROWNED

SLATER'S KNOLL, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08. MASS GRAVE OF 125 JAPANESE

Signing of surrender documents by Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Hatazo Adachi, Commander of the Japanese 18th Army in New Guinea. After signing the unconditional surrender, Lt Gen Adachi is ordered ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-07-22. MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (1) INSPECTING NATIVE CHIEFS AND DOCTORS DURING HIS VISIT TO THE ..