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Padre Philip Raymond Anderson at Government House Sydney. Padre Anderson came to Canberra as a child in 1965. After graduating from high school he joined the Citizen Military Forces. He enlisted ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-11. MARINE SECTION, RAAF, LOOKING NORTH EAST

LOS NEGROS, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1944. NATIVES OF LOS NEGROS ISLAND WITH THEIR CRAFT. IT WILL BE NOTED THAT THESE ISLANDERS HAVEOOUTRIGGERS ON EACH SIDE OF THEIR BOAT, AS AGAINST ONLY ONE WITH MOST ..

AT SEA OFF PAPUAN COAST. 1942-12-14. MEMBERS OF THE A.I.F. GOING INTO BUNA ABOARD H.M.A.S. BROOME

PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY CHIEF STOKER A.J. DAVIS WHILE SERVING ABOARD H.M.A.S. "BROOME". 1943-44. H.M.A.S. "BENDIGO" AT MADANG, NEW GUINEA

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943. A TENSE MOMENT-FRIEND OR FOE? A SCENE ON BOARD H.M.A.S. "BROOME"

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09. ANNOUNCER OF LAE RADIO STATION, (9.AB) OPERATING AMPLIFIER FOR TURN TABLE AND MICROPHONE OF THE SET ORIGINALLY BUILT OF JUNK, MAINLY JAPANESE, BUT WITH SOME AUSTRALIAN AND ..

RAAF identification portrait of 11321 Sergeant (Sgt) Robert Maxwell Allott, 30 Squadron RAAF. Sgt Allott, a bank clerk from Albury, NSW, enlisted 26 July 1940 and was killed in action over New ..

418197 Pilot Officer (PO) Leslie Stewart, 21 Squadron RAAF. PO Stewart from Brighton, Victoria, enlisted on 25 April 1942 and was shot down and captured by the Japanese on 5 March 1944 and made a ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09. STAFF OF LAE RADIO STATION, (9.AB). THEY ARE OPERATING A SET THAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT OF JUNK, MAINLY JAPANESE. THE PRESENT TRANSMITTER HAD LESS JAP MATERIAL IN IT THAN ..

Portrait of 26741 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Douglas George Semple, 22 Squadron RAAF. Flt Sgt Semple, from Strathalbyn, SA, enlisted on 11 June 1940 and was killed in action over New Britain on 12 ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09. THE TRANSMITTER PANEL AT LAE RADIO STATION. 9.AB. THIS TRANSMITTER WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT FROM JUNK, MAINLY JAPANESE, BUT IS NOW MOSTLY OF AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN ORIGIN