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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. THE TENTS OF 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

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

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. GUNNERS ON THIS OERLIKON 20MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT POST ON BOARD H.M.A.S. BENDIGO ARE READY TO DEAL WITH ENEMY AIRCRAFT SHOULD THEY PUT IN AN APPEARANCE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. COMMANDER R.B.A. HUNT RAN (CENTRE), NAVAL OFFICER IN COMMAND, PORT MORESBY, AND HIS STAFF OUTSIDE THEIR QUARTERS

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. JAPANESE BARGES THAT WERE WRECKED AND SMASHED BY THE RAAF WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT MILNE BAY

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. CLOSE UP OF A JAPANESE GUN REMOVED FROM A TANK BY THE JAPS WHEN THE TANKS WERE BOGGED AFTER THE LANDING AT MILNE BAY

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. LOCKHEED HUDSON BOMBER CREWS OF THE RAAF BEING BRIEFED OUTSIDE THE SQUADRON OPERATIONS TENT BEFORE GOING OUT ON A MISSION

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. GROUP OF FIGHTER PILOTS, MAINLY OF NO. 76 SQUADRON RAAF. THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF 76 SQUADRON, SQUADRON LEADER K.W. TRUSCOTT, IS SEEN THIRD FROM THE LEFT, EVIDENTLY ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER, WOUNDED IN THE FIGHTING IN NEW GUINEA, BEING CARRIED ON TO THE CORVETTE H.M.A.S. BENDIGO FOR FERRYING OUT TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA, LYING ..

THE STEAMER ANSHUN LYING ON HER SIDE IN MILNE BAY, WHERE SHE WAS SHELLED AND SUNK BY A JAPANESE CRUISER. THE ANSHUN WAS LATER SALVAGED AND TOWED TO SYDNEY, A DISTANCE OF 1750 MILES

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-04. SERGEANT BILL JOHNSON, AT THE TILLER OF HIS KETCH KEEPS A CLOSE WATCH AHEAD FOR REEFS. THIS KETCH, WAS FORMERLY IN USE AS A RUBBER BOAT