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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-03-29. DURING HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE AREA LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NSW (FOURTH FROM RIGHT), ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WAKEHURST (SECOND FROM LEFT BACK ROW), AND ..

GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA, 1942-10. A CAMOUFLAGED WOOD GUN. THIS WAS PART OF A MASTERPIECE OF BLUFF AND DECEPTION BY WHICH THE SMALL GROUP OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SEIZED THE ISLAND CONVINCED THE ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. MR. L.J. FROGGATT, GOVERNMENT ENTOMOLOGIST AND AN EVACUEE FROM NEW BRITAIN, BEING GREATED BY VX117262 MAJOR W.C. GROVES, HEADQUARTERS, 8TH AUSTRALIAN MILITARY ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-04-04. A MATILDA TANK FROM 8 TROOP, B SQUADRON, 2/4TH ARMOURED REGIMENT, CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER, WITH THE OLD MCKINNA BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND. THE TANKS MOVED UP FROM TOKO ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942-04-12. Lieutenant Colonel E. T. Brennan, DSO, MC, Assistant Director of Medical Services, 8th Military District (left) talking with survivors of the Rabaul Garrison ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942-04-12. Lieutenant Colonel E. T. Brennan, DSO, MC, Assistant Director of Medical Services, 8th Military District (centre) talking with survivors of the Rabaul Garrison ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942-04-12. The four officers of Lark Force of the Rabaul Garrison, photographed on the jetty in front of the HMAS Laurabada, the ship which evacuated 156 survivors from ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. EVACUEES FROM NEW BRITAIN, COMPRISING SERVICE PERSONNEL AND CIVILIANS WHO HAD BEEN EVACUATED FROM PALMALMAL ON THE SOUTH COAST OF NEW BRITAIN BY HMAS ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. VX44355 LIEUTENANT J.D. UZZELL (FOREGROUND) OF THE 2/22ND INFANTRY BATTALION AND OTHER SERVICE PERSONNEL ABOUT TO BOARD THE MV "MACDHUI", WHICH IS TO TAKE THEM ..

SYDNEY, NSW. STUDIO PORTRAIT OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICER STOKER PERCY ALBERT COLLINS DSM AND BAR (1905-1990). ONLY TWO BARS WERE AWARDED TO RECIPIENTS OF THE DSM IN THE RAN FOR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR 2. ..

SYDNEY, NSW. STUDIO PORTRAIT OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICER STOKER PERCY ALBERT COLLINS DSM AND BAR (1905-1990). ONLY TWO BARS TO THE DSM WERE AWARDED TO MEMBERS OF THE RAN FOR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR 2. ..

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943. MEMBERS OF NO. 4 GUN CREW, 5TH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY, 2/2ND ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT, OUTSIDE THEIR TENT SIGNPOSTED 'RUCKER'S HILL' INCLUDING MARSHALL, TOMASETTI, ..