Halo wantok!

Qantas New Guinea, executives, Mr L W Burgstrand (left), Acting Manager, and Captain W Forgan-Smith, Bulolo, Morobe, Papua New Guinea

Mr D Ewing (Burns Philp Manager), G Tyrell (Shipping Manager) standing next to a lighthouse in Madang, Papua New Guinea

Qantas Empire Airways' personnel, Mr I Little, purser, Mr G Chung, agent, and Mr L Purkiss, first officer, [Papua New Guinea]

Qantas Empire Airways' personnel, from left to right, Captain W Forgan-Smith, Mr B Heath, veteran pilot, and First Officer W Purkiss, Papua New Guinea

2nd NZEF IP soldiers of A Field Company Bridging Platoon constructing Salipal Pier on Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea

Officials, awaiting the arrival of a DC-3, Bird of Paradise service, Qantas Empire Airways, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

New Zealand soldiers during unpacking operations after arrival at Nissan Island, Green Islands, Papua New Guinea, during World War II

Qantas Empire Airways, Bird of Paradise Service passengers, H E Clark, Mumeng, A Pinkerton, Buin and J Murphy, Bulolo, Papua New Guinea

Qantas Empire Airways, Bird of Paradise Service passengers, H E Clark, Mumeng, A Pinkerton, Buin, and J Murphy, Bulolo, Papua New Guinea

New Zealand Divisional Engineers preparing a scale model of Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea, during World War II

Sepik River Trading Company plane, in front from left - C Brush, Morton Johnston and B G Hall, Madang, Papua New Guinea

Mt Tavurvur (Matupit) in the background, with a Qantas Empire Airways aeroplane in the foreground, Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea