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Service file portrait of 418154 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Frank Grahame McDonald, 23 Squadron RAAF. Flt Sgt McDonald, from Hawthorn, Vic, enlisted on 25 April 1942. In February 1944 his Vultee ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1949-09. STILL ACTIVE VOLCANO, MATUPI, AT RABAUL. MATUPI ERUPTED IN 1937 CAUSING A LOSS OF 600 LIVES. IT ERUPTED AGAIN IN 1941 WITH A LOSS OF TWO LIVES

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 ..

417011 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Gordon Ronald Thomas, 22 Squadron RAAF. Flt Sgt Thomas, from West Croydon, SA, enlisted on 8 November 1941 and was shot down and captured by the Japanrese on 12 ..

Portrait of 408766 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Denis John Unkles, 4 Squadron RAAF. Flt Lt Unkles, a property manager from Melbourne, Vic, enlisted on 23 May 1941 and was posted as missing in ..

MANUS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1949-09. AERIAL VIEW OF LOMBRUM, NAVAL HEADQUARTERS ON MANUS

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1949-08. MEMORIAL ERECTED ON TURNBULL AIRSTRIP. THE INSCRIPTION READS:- "IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, N.C.O.S. AND MEN OF THE 7TH AND 8TH. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADES WHO GAVE ..

MANUS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1949-09. CLOSE-UP VIEW OF AMERICAN MOTOR TRANSPORT DUMP

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1949-09. THIS CAIRN MARKS THE DEFENSIVE POSITION AT VULCAN BEACH HELD BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS DURING THE JAPANESE LANDINGS ON 1942-01-23. THE DEFENCE CONSISTED OF "A" COMPANY, ..

MANUS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1949-09. VIEW OF LOMBRUM, NAVAL HEADQUARTERS ON MANUS ISLAND. SHOWING WHAT WILL BE THE MAIN WORKSHOP AND WHARFAGE AREA

NISSAN ISLAND, NORTHERN SOLOMONS. 1949-09. YOUNG NATIVE WORSHIPPERS AT THE CATHOLIC MISSION CHURCH ON NISSAN ISLAND, 152 MILES EAST OF RABAUL. NATIVES BUILT THE CHURCH FROM OLD ARMY HUTS AND UNDER ..

NEW GUINEA. 1949-09. THE KOKODA TRAIL IS SHOWN IN THIS INFRA-RED AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM A POINT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT MORESBY, AT A HEIGHT OF 12,500 FEET. THE PACIFIC ..