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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1943. RAAF AND USA AIRMEN WHO FLY TOGETHER AS THE CREW OF AN AMERICAN B-25 MITCHELL BOMBER AIRCRAFT. KNEELING IN FRONT, LEFT TO RIGHT: SERGEANT THOMAS S. F. MONK RAAF OF ..

STUDIO PORTRAIT OF NX114064 CAPTAIN OWEN UPCOTT WILLIAMS MBE MID, 2/2ND FIELD AMBULANCE AND RESIDENT MEDICAL OFFICER 2/4TH BATTALION, KILLED IN ACTION IN NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-03. (DONOR J. THOMAS)

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1943. RAAF AND USA AIRMEN WHO FLY TOGETHER AS THE CREW OF AN AMERICAN B-25 MITCHELL BOMBER AIRCRAFT. RAAF MEMBER IDENTIFIED BY WEARING OF WINGS INSIGNIA OVER LEFT BREAST

BENA BENA, NEW GUINEA. C.1944. HOSPITAL (`HAUS SICK') BUILT OF LOCAL MATERIALS ON THE PLATEAU AT BENA BENA, IN THE HIGHLANDS BETWEEN LAE AND MADANG. THE HOSPITAL WAS BUILT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF ..

OFF NEW BRITAIN ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. C. 1943-10. SMOKE POURING FROM A BURNING BARGE AFTER IT HAD BEEN STRAFED BY BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF IN A SWEEP ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF NEW ..

VIEW FROM FINE ON THE STARBOARD BOW OF THE LANDING CRAFT HEAVY HMAS BUNA (L132). NOTE THAT THE BOW RAMP IS NOT FITTED. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

PORT MORSEBY, PAPUA. INTERIOR OF A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED RAAF BARRACKS AT KONEDOBU CAMP. (PHOTOGRAPHER N. J. TRACEY )

C.1944. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS BENDIGO (I) (J187), PROBABLY IN NEW GUINEA WATERS. THE SHIP HAS LOST THE CAMOUFLAGE SCEME IN WHICH SHE WAS PAINTED IN 1943 IN FAVOUR OF AN ALL OVER ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1943-07. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT MIKE BURROWS, WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC AND FLYING OFFICER ALEX BURGOYNE, LEEDERVILLE, WA, NO. 30 BEAUFIGHTER SQUADRON RAAF, WHO CHASED A SINGLET CLAD ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1943. RAAF AND USA AIRMEN WHO FLY TOGETHER AS THE CREW OF AN AMERICAN B-25 MITCHELL BOMBER AIRCRAFT. BACK ROW, LEFT: FLIGHT SERGEANT ROBERT H. GUTHRIE RAAF OF CLAREMONT, WA; ..

OFF NEW BRITAIN ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1943-06-09. PIECES OF A DESTROYED JAPANESE MITSUBISHI BOMBER AIRCRAFT, ALLIED CODE NAME "BETTY", WHICH WAS SHOT DOWN BY BEAUFIGHTER PILOT FLIGHT LIEUTENANT ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1943-07. FLIGHT SERGEANT HAROLD TAPNER, WARATAH, NSW (LEFT) AND HIS OBSERVER WARRANT OFFICER ROBERT THOMAS, EAST MALVERN, VIC, OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF AFTER ..