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PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROBABLY NORTHERN PROVINCE, LATE 1942 OR EARLY 1943. TRADITIONAL TRIBAL TATTOOS. (PHOTOS LENT FOR COPYING BY HANK NELSON, A.N.U. PHOTOGRAPH OBTAINED FROM MR K.I.P. PORTEOUS, ..

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WILLIAM ELLIS NEWTON, V.C. WHO SERVED WITH NO. 22 SQUADRON RAAF IN NEW GUINEA UNTIL HIS CAPTURE AND EXECUTION BY THE JAPANESE AT SALAMAUA ISTHMUS ON 1943-03-29

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MILNE BAY, 1942-08-27. AN AMERICAN LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT (B24) WHICH MADE A FORCED LANDING AT MILNE BAY IS SET ON FIRE BY JAPANESE DIVE BOMBERS. (D. BRAUND COLLECTION)

A NO. 76 SQUADRON RAAF AIRCRAFT P.40 AT DISPERSAL, MILNE BAY. (D. BRAUND COLLECTION)

NEW GUINEA, 1943. OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST IVOR HELE - PASSENGER IN FRONT SEAT OF JEEP

THIS 76 SQUADRON P.40 AIRCRAFT (CODED Q2) WAS BEING PILOTED BY FRANKIE GROVNER WHEN IT WAS SHOT DOWN OVER MILNE BAY. (D. BRAUND COLLECTION)

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA, 1942. THE P40 KITTYHAWK (Q2) AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY FLYING OFFICER FRANK GROSVENOR, NO 76 SQUADRON RAAF, CRASHED IN THE JUNGLE AFTER HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER MILNE BAY. FLYING ..

PILOT BALLOON ASCENT MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA, 1945. FLYING OFFICER W. JORDON (QUEENSLAND) CALCULATING WIND FORCE AND DIRECTION ON SLIDE RULE, METEOROLOGICAL ASSISTANTS LAUNCHING BALLOON AND OPERATING ..

RAAF METEOROLOGICAL, SIGNALS AND OPERATIONS SECTIONS HUT AT MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA (1945-03)

RAAF METEOROLOGICAL SECTION, MILNE BAY, 1945-05. LEFT TO RIGHT - FLIGHT SERGEANT METEOROLOGICAL ASSISTANT, FLYING OFFICER W. JORDAN (QUEENSLAND), FLYING OFFICER J.R. JOYCE, O.I. (NSW)

KILO 89 CAMP, PALESTINE. 1942-12. GUINEA PIGS BRED BY MEDICAL OFFICERS AT NO. 8 AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL HOSPITAL WHERE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY NEEDED FOR BLOOD TESTS OF VENEREAL CASES BUT ARE DIFFICULT TO ..