Explore items from Melanesia

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. OBSERVERS, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF VX5104 MAJOR V.J. SCHOFIELD, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER II, LIAISON OFFICER OF THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS, LOOKING OVER TERRAIN ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THIS SIGN AT "TURN OFF CORNER" INDICATES ACTIVITIES OF THE 2/23RD AND 2/48TH INFANTRY BATTALIONS

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. VX5104 MAJOR V.J. SCHOFIELD, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER II, LIAISION OFFICER OF THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS POINTS OUT FEATURES OF TERRAIN TO OBSERVERS ON ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THIS SIGN RECORDS CAPTURE OF THE 2,600 FEET FEATURE BY THE 2/24TH INFANTRY BATTALION. ON OCCUPATION OF ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. JIVEVENANG, THE PIMPLE, COCONUT RIDGE, STEEPLE TREE AND FOUGASSE CORNER VIEWED FROM SATTELBERG AT 1400 HOURS

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1944-03-04. TROOPS VIEWED THROUGH THE PORT HOLE OF A TROOPSHIP AS THEY EMBARK FROM MILNE BAY FROM HOME LEAVE TO AUSTRALIA

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. A JEEP PICTURED TRAVELLING ALONG THE SATTELBERG ROAD AT COCONUT RIDGE

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1944-03-04. NAVAL PERSONNEL OF A GUN CREW ABOARD THE H.T. TAROONA ON ARRIVAL AT MILNE BAY DURING DISCHARGE OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS FROM TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. SATTELBERG PICTURED VIEWING APPROXIMATELY NORTH FROM COCONUT RIDGE

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1944-03-04. TROOPS FROM TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND DISEMBARKING INTO TRUCKS AT LYAL WHARF

OONOONBA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, 1944-03-11. A GROUP OF BRITISH OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IN NEW GUINEA, PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE 13TH AUSTRALIAN PERSONNEL STAGING CAMP. MAJOR B.L.M. TOMLINSON, A ..

AT SEA, 1944-03. THESE "SPUD BARBERS", PEELING POTATOES ABOARD HT TAROONA, ARE NAVAL PERSONNEL TRAVELLING FROM TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, TO MILNE BAY TO JOIN THEIR SHIP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: ..