Explore items from Melanesia

1942-12-31. PAPUA. BUNA. AN AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN BATTERY SHELLS BUNA. LEFT TO RIGHT. GUNNER G.E. MAIR (QLD), W.L. EVERETT (NSW), A. DIXON (NSW), A.E. BARRETT (NSW), SGT. L.B. GREENE (NSW), ..

1942-12-05. BUNA. AT AN ADVANCED AMERICAN DRESSING STATION. WOUNDED BEING BROUGHT IN ON STRETCHERS AND IN MAKESHIFT CANVAS CARRIERS, BY SOLDIERS

1942-12-05. BUNA. A MEDICAL OPERATION IS PERFORMED AT AN ADVANCED AMERICAN DRESSING STATION ONLY A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE FRONT LINE. THIS OPERATION SAVED THE LIFE OF A MAN WHO COULD NOT HAVE ..

NEW IRELAND, NEW GUINEA. 1917. F.O. CUTLER, A DRAFTSMAN ATTACHED TO THE SURVEY CORPS IN NEW IRELAND, NEW GUINEA, PLOTTING FROM FIELD NOTES. (DONATED BY F.O. CUTLER.)

1943-01-02. PAPUA. GIROPA POINT. AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS ATTACK JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. CORPORAL R. F. RODGERS, D COMPANY, 2/12TH BATTALION, WARNS THE ..

1943-01-08. PAPUA. BUNA. A 25 POUNDER BEING CAMOUFLAGED IN A GUN-PIT FORM WHERE IT CAN SHOOT AT ENEMY PILLBOXES OVER OPEN SIGHTS. AN OFFICER WATCHES FOR ANY MOVEMENT BY THE JAPANESE, SO THAT HE CAN ..

1943-01-08. BUNA. A 25 POUNDER BEING CAMOUFLAGED IN A GUN-PIT FROM WHERE IT CAN SHOOT AT ENEMY PILLBOXES OVER OPEN SIGHTS. AN OFFICER WATCHES FOR ANY MOVEMENT BY THE JAPANESE, SO THAT HE CAN SHOUT ..

1943-01-08. STRETCHER CASES BEING TAKEN TO THE BASE BY JEEP, ONE OF MANY TO WHICH THESE SPLENDID LIGHT CARS HAVE BEEN PUT IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1943-01-08. PAPUA. BUNA. THIS PICTURE IS EVIDENCE OF THE ACCURACY OF ALLIED AIRMEN WHEN THEY BOMBED THE AIRSTRIP AT BUNA. PICTURE SHOWS WRECKED JAPANESE BOMBER ON THE LANDING STRIP. (NEGATIVE BY G. ..

BUNA, PAPUA, 25 DECEMBER 1942. QX23902 PRIVATE GEORGE C. "DICK" WHITTINGTON BEING HELPED ALONG A TRACK THROUGH THE KUNAI GRASS TOWARDS A FIELD HOSPITAL AT DOBODURA. THE PAPUAN NATIVE HELPING HIM IS ..

1943-01-11. ALLIED AIRMEN IN NEW GUINEA. THREE AUSSIE AIRMEN WATCH NATIVES MAKING A CANOE. THE NATIVES PRIZE THESE HIGHLY, BUT AFTER THEY HAD BROUGHT IN THE BODIES OF FOUR AUSTRALIANS KILLED IN A ..

1943-01-08. PAPUA. BUNA. THE SUN NEWSPAPER WAR CORRESPONDENT, FRED FOLKARD, DRINKS FROM A COCONUT