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Bismarck Sea. 1943-03-03. Japanese shipping on fire after attack by Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea The Battle was fought about 40 miles north ..

Sparks fly from a lathe used by a bare-chested Japanese prisoner held at the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base, as he prepares tools in the machine shop at the compound. Work on this ..

Japanese prisoners held at the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base are working in the tailors shop at the compound. All repairs were carried out and all new garments made in the tailor's ..

Bougainville, Solomon Islands. c. 1944-02. Group portrait of Coastwatchers and native police, some of whom are armed with rifles. Fourth back row, left to right: two native policemen; Flight ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-13. Private R. E. Welladsen, a member of the Ophthalmic Section, 128th Australian General Hospital, testing the eyesight of a patient with the Snellen's Test chart

Manus Island. c.1948. Members of the Japanese War Criminals Saw Mill Party sorting and stacking timber for the construction of the new store house being built at the RAN War Criminal Compound at ..

Finschhafen, New Guinea. 1944. Indigenous (native) Papuans stand in front of a truck carrying knapsack sprays which carry a special oil, used to spray mosquito breeding places. The men work for the ..

Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) David Marsh, a member of ANGAU (Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit). Marsh led a party of searchers for six Japanese crewmen who landed three Japanese "Val" dive ..

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. Vegetation on the path leading from the Botanic Gardens to Namanula where Government House was situated

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. The main entrance to the Botanic Gardens. An avenue of King Palms leads towards the residence of the Gardens' Director visible in the distance

Near Port Moresby, New Guinea. Portrait of 252288 Flight Lieutenant Stuart H. Collie RAAF who was an intelligence officer with No. 75 Squadron at Port Moresby, sitting bare-chested on his motorbike ..

Simpson Harbour, New Britain. c. 1915. A variety of vessels in the harbour off Rabaul. The large sailing vessel is the American barque C.D. Bryant with the North Dargster behind. On the foreshore ..