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MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-22. BEAUFORT CREW OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF WHICH TOOK PART IN A RAID ON JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AT GASMATA AND RETURNED WITH SEVERED ELEVATOR CABLES ON HIS AIRCRAFT AS A ..

SOUTHERN BOUGAINVILLE, NEW GUINEA. 1945. ARTILLERY OF JAPANESE 17TH ARMY GROUP ASSEMBLED AFTER THE SURRENDER. (PHOTOGRAPH REPRODUCED IN OFFICIAL HISTORY VOLUME: THE FINAL CAMPAIGNS, PAGE 236). ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1942-10. AT THE MEDICAL RECEIVING STATION, A PATIENT FROM MILNE BAY IS TREATED ON THE OPERATING TABLE IN THE TENT BY RAAF DOCTOR, SISTER (LEFT) AND WAAAF ORDERLIES

MONOITU AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. AERIAL VIEW TAKEN BY NO. 5 SQUADRON RAAF, OF JAPANESE GARDENS. (PHOTOGRAPH REPRODUCED IN OFFICIAL HISTORY VOLUME: THE FINAL CAMPAIGNS, PAGE 92). (RAAF - PIV130B)

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1943. PORTRAIT OF RAAF CHAPLAIN PADRE DEBENHAM WHO CONDUCTED HIS LITTLE CHURCH AMONG THE COCONUT PALMS

WEWAK, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-11. PART OF "FARIDA FORCE" OF THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, LANDING ON THE BEACH AT DOVE BAY EAST OF WEWAK IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON THE AREA

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-22. BEAUFORT CREW OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF, IMMEDIATELY AFTER RETURN FROM A STRIKE ON GASMATA. LEFT TO RIGHT: FLYING OFFICER (FO) D. WILSON-ROBERTS, MURRAY BRIDGE, SA; ..

BUNA, NEW GUINEA. C. 1943. THE COMMANDING GENERAL, ALLIED AIR FORCE IN NEW GUINEA, BRIGADIER GENERAL ENNIS C. WHITEHEAD, INSPECTS RAAF TROOPS ON PARADE FOR THE CEREMONY AT WHICH FOUR RAAF OFFICERS ..

NEW GUINEA. C. 1942. BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF (PILOT FLYING OFFICER R. J. BRAZENOR; OBSERVER SERGEANT F. B. ANDERSON) IN FLIGHT CLOSE TO A ROCKY OUTCROP IN A VALLEY IN THE OWEN ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-22. ON THEIR RETURN FROM A RAID ON JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AT GASMATA, THE CREW OF A BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF INDICATE "AMENDMENTS" NECESSARY ON THEIR ..

NEAR PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1942-12. THREE BOSTON BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 22 SQUADRON RAAF RETURN TO THEIR BASE AT PORT MORESBY IN PERFECT FORMATION AFTER A SUCCESSFUL STRIKE. IN THE BACKGR0UND IS ..

Japanese single engined fighter aircraft Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero in flight over Brisbane, Queensland. The aeroplane was rebuilt at Eagle Farm (Brisbane) by Technical Air Intelligence Unit (combined ..