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MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1942-09. TWO BARGES, USED BY THE JAPANESE IN THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO LAND AT MILNE BAY, RIDDLED BY GUN FIRE FROM KITTYHAWK FIGHTER PLANES OF AN AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON

PAPUA. 1942-09. SECTION OF THE ROAD CONSTRUCTED BY SAPPERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE. OVER SOME SECTIONS THE SURFACE IS SO TREACHEROUS THROUGH ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMBULANCE POST IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE BUILT WITH BUSH TIMBER. A SOLDIER IS HAVING MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR A LEG WOUND

PAPUA. 1942-09. A GUN CREW OF THE 14TH FIELD REGIMENT (MILITIA), ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, WITH THEIR 25-POUNDER GUN IN ACTION POSITION IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE. IDENTIFIED ARE, FROM LEFT TO ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-01-31. THE JAPANESE NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER, KATSURAGI, EN ROUTE TO JAPAN WITH SOME 5,000 JAPANESE TROOPS ABOARD, CALLED AT RABAUL FOR RE-FUELLING. SHOWN, THE CROWDED ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. MAJOR-GENERAL A. S. ALLEN CB CBE DSO VD, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION (CENTRE), CHATTING TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A. E. CARO, COMMANDING OFFICER OF 2/16TH ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. AN AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND ISSUE OF AMENITIES TO THE TROOPS IN THE JUNGLE AT NAURO. MEN OF THE 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS LINE UP TO RECEIVE THEIR ..

PAPU, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. PRIVATE R. STEELE OF THE 2/33RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WITH HIS MONTH-OLD BEARD, AT MENARI IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES

VUNAKANAU, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-12. FIRST FULL REGIMENTAL PARADE OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS REGIMENT AS ONE COMPLETE UNIT. UNTIL THE WAR ENDED COMPANIES AND PLATOONS SERVED IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS. ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1942-10. LIEUTENANT H.F. HAYES, 2/32ND AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WHO HAS A MONTHS BEARD ON, PHOTOGRAPHED AT NAURO

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-05. MEMBERS OF 6 ENTERTAINMENT UNIT, REHEARSING FOR MUSICAL COMEDY "MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS"

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-06. THE COMPETITION WINNING FOOTBALL TEAM OF 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS FULL TEAM, INCLUDING THE CAPTAIN, PRIVATE CHRISTENSEN (RIGHT) WHO SUSTAINED AN ..