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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. 2/1ST HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA ALONGSIDE THE WHARF AT PORT MORESBY BEING LOADED WITH WOUNDED FOR EVACUATION TO AUSTRALIA. NOTE THE MOTOR AMBULANCES DRAWN UP ON THE WHARF

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. M.V. MALAITA ENCHORED OFF PORT MORESBY AFTER HAVING BEEN TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE CRAFT IN THE BACKGROUND ARE WAITING TO TOW HER ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. SOME OF THE CREW OF M.V. MALAITA, WHO AFTER THE SHIP HAD BEEN TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY, WERE SAFELY TAKEN OFF AND LATER RETURNED TO HELP ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. THE DAMAGED ENTRANCE TO THE LOUNGE OF M.V. MALAITA SUSTAINED WHEN THE SHIP WAS TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY. THE TORPEDO ENTERED THE VESSEL ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. DAMAGED UPPERWORKS ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF M.V. MALAITA, TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY. THE MALAITA WAS TOWED INTO PORT THE DAY AFTER THE ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. THE M.V. MALAITA WITH HER STERN WELL CLEAR. SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY AND LATER TOWED IN TO THE HARBOUR. ALL THE CREW WERE SAVED, ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. MEN OF AN AUSTRALIAN ORDNANCE WORKSHOP OVERHAULING MOTOR VEHICLES UNDER A CAMOUFLAGE NET

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-07. A JAPANESE TYPE 94, 37 MILLIMETRE ANTI-TANK GUN, CAPTURED AT MILNE BAY, WHICH WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 800 POUNDS AND FIRES ARMOUR-PIERCING AND HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SHELLS. IT ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-07. A TYPE-89 JAPANESE GRENADE THROWER, OR DISCHARGER, FOR TWO-INCH GRENADES. AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH IT HAS TO BE HELD BY THE LEFT HAND AND PRESSED FIRMLY INTO THE ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.F. ROWELL, CBE., GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING NEW GUINEA FORCE

Portrait of 411756 Pilot Officer William A de Salis at the controls of his Lockheed Hudson aircraft (A16-246) of 6 Squadron RAAF during a mission. Although the Squadron was based at Horn Island, de ..

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