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Group portrait of air and ground crew of B Flight, No. 30 Squadron RAAF, on and in front of one of the squadron’s Beaufighter aircraft at Ward’s Strip. Back row, left to right (seated on the ..

Milne Bay, New Guinea. 1942-07. Four members of No. 30 Squadron RAAF beside their tents in a camp amongst palm trees. Left to right: Flying Officer Douglas G. Raffen (pilot), Sergeant (Sgt) Harold ..

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

Bismarck Sea. 1943-03-03. Two water spouts from high level bombing, probably from USAAF Boeing B17 Flying Fortress aircraft, almost hide a Japanese merchant ship. It is also being strafed by a ..

Two Japanese prisoners held at the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base are playing table tennis. The ping pong table is set up in the recreation room at the compound. Work on this RAN ..

Lae, New Guinea. 1943-03-04. Black smoke and flames rise from a Japanese Zero fighter aircraft and a petrol tanker on fire after attack by Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF. Allied ..

Members of the Japanese War Criminals Saw Mill Party in a large workshop preparing timber for the construction of the new store house being built at the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore ..

A general view of the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base, surrounded by a barbed wire fence. Work on this RAN base commenced in August 1948. It was commissioned as HMAS Seeadler on 1 ..

Jacquinot Bay Area, New Britain. 1943-09-27. Aerial photograph of an `A' type Japanese barge burning near the shore after a strafing run by Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF. (Donor F. ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-14. Interior of St John's Church of England during a church service attended by men and women of the Australian Forces

Japanese prisoners held at the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base use a table tennis table in the recreation room at the compound to sort out and distribute beer and other comfort ..

Rabaul, New Britain. 1941-06. Aerial photograph of smoke billowing from the active Matupi volcano following its eruption. Matupi erupted in 1937 causing a loss of 600 lives and the eruption in 1941 ..