Explore items from Melanesia

1942-12-28. PAPUA. TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS DRESS THE WOUNDS OF AN AUSTRALIAN. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE ACTUAL ADVANCE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

Australian manned M3 Stuart light tanks in action leading to the final assault on Buna, Papua, during which they crashed through a Japanese chain of heavily fortified pillboxes

1942-12-05. PAPUA. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN SUPPORTED BY AN AUSTRALIAN MANNED TANK MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS THE JAPANESE HELD BUNA AREA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK.)

Troops crouch behind an M3 Stuart light tank as they wait to advance during the clearing out of pillboxes on the edge of Semini Creek

1942-12-05. BUNA. AT AN ADVANCED AMERICAN DRESSING STATION. WOUNDED BEING BROUGHT IN ON STRETCHERS BY SOLDIERS ALONG A WET AND MUDDY TRACK

1942-12-05. BUNA, PAPUA. AT AN ADVANCED AMERICAN DRESSING STATION. WOUNDED BEING BROUGHT IN ON STRETCHERS ALONG A TRACK THROUGH THE KUNAI GRASS. THE BEARERS ARE PAPUAN NATIVES, FONDLY KNOWN AS ..

PAPUA. 1942-12-05. AT AN ADVANCED POST, WIRRAWAY PILOT OFFICER NEIL HUTCHINSON, OF MILDURA, VIC, AND OBSERVER PILOT OFFICER NORMAN A. JOBSON, OF NO. 4 TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON RAAF, RELAX ..

1942-12-05. BUNA. ALLIED TROOPS MOVE IN BEHIND TANKS ON BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-12-05. PAPUA. ALLIES ATTACK BUNA. AS AUSTRALIAN TROOPS PUSH ACROSS THE AIR STRIP AT BUNA THIS LITTLE WHITE GOAT APPEARED FROM NOWHERE AND BECAME THE MASCOT OF AN AUSTRALIAN OUTFIT. HE IS HELD ..

1943-01-02. PAPUA, GIROPA POINT. GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS MANNED BY 7 TROOP, B SQUADRON, 2/6TH ARMOURED REGIMENT, ATTACK JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. ON THE LEFT, WOUNDED SOLDIER ..

GIROPA POINT, PAPUA. 1943-01-02. AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS ATTACK JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. AMID SHELL TORN COCONUT TREES, A MORTAR CREW FROM D COMPANY, ..

AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS BUST JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. MEN OF D COMPANY, 2/12TH BATTALION, SHOOT JAPANESE FLEEING FROM A TANK BLASTED PILLBOX. SMOKE AT LEFT ..