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THE JETTY AT SAMARAI ISLAND DESTROYED BY AUSTRALIAN FORCES BEFORE EVACUATING THE ISLAND. THE ISLAND IS SMALL AND OF LITTLE MILITARY VALUE BUT ALL INSTALLATIONS, STORAGE TANKS AND SOME BUILDINGS ..

PARTLY DEMOLISHED BUILDINGS AT SAMARAI ISLAND DESTROYED BY AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES BEFORE EVACUATING THE ISLAND, WHICH IS SMALL AND OF LITTLE MILITARY VALUE

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. NO. 9 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL SITUATED ABOUT 20 MILES FROM PORT MORESBY

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. H.M.A.S. WARREGO IN PORT MORESBY HARBOUR AFTER ESCORTING A CONVOY OF TROOPSHIPS AND SUPPLY VESSELS FROM AUSTRALIA

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. TYPE OF DENSE JUNGLE FORESHORE THAT JAPANESE LANDED THEIR BARGES ON IN THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT LANDING AT MILNE BAY. WRECKED BARGE IN FOREGROUND

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. INFORMAL PORTRAIT OF COMMANDER R. B. A. HUNT RAN, NAVAL OFFICER IN COMMAND AT PORT MORESBY

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. A JAPANESE TRICYCLE CONVEYANCE LANDED FROM ONE OF THE INVASION BARGES AND WRECKED IN THE BOMBING OF THE LANDING DUMPS BY THE RAAF

A JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANK THAT WAS USED AGAINST THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES AT MILNE BAY. TWO MEN OF THE AIF ARE SEEN CLOSELY EXAMINING IT

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. HOISTING THE UNION JACK ON A CAPTURED JAPANESE INVASION BARGE USED BY THEM IN THEIR ABORTIVE LANDING ATTEMPT AT MILNE BAY AND LATER SALVAGED AND PUT INTO USED BY ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. COMMANDING OFFICERS OF FAMOUS RAAF SQUADRONS AT MILNE BAY. LEFT TO RIGHT:- WING-COMMANDER J.R. BALMER, COMMANDING 1ST AUSTRALIAN BEAUFORT TORPEDO-BOMBER SQUADRON; ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. FLYING OFFICER D.E. PANK, OF NO 75 FIGHTER SQUADRON, RAAF, TAXIING HIS P40 KITTYHAWK ALONG THE DISPERSAL RUNWAY AFTER A FLIGHT

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. SQUADRON LEADER K.W. TRUSCOTT, COMMANDING OFFICER OF 76 SQUADRON RAAF, RETURNS FROM AN OPERATIONAL FLIGHT AND TAXIS UP THE METAL RUNWAY TO THE DISPERSAL BAYS SET IN AMONG ..