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PORT MORESBY - ELA BEACH, ON THE OCEAN SIDE OF PORT MORESBY. HERE THE FLYING BOATS FIND THEIR BEST LANDING AREA IN N.W. MONSOON SEASON. RAAF SURVEY FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - PORT MORESBY HARBOUR FROM AIR FORCE H.Q. LOOKING TOWARDS HANUABADA, ON RIGHT EXTREMITY OF HARBOUR. RAAF SURVEY FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

ADMIRALTY ISLAND, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO. LOOKING OVER THE BAY AT LOW TIDE

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1943-11-05. A JAPANESE CRUISER, PROBABLY THE MOGAMI, AND SMALLER SHIPS MANOEUVRING DURING A RAID BY CARRIER-BASED AIRCRAFT OF THE US NAVY. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-17. TROOPS PARTICIPATING IN THE BROAD JUMP AT A TABLOID SPORTS MEETING CONDUCTED BY HEADQUARTERS 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE WITHIN THE SIAR PLANTATION. LEFT TO RIGHT: ..

CAPE GLOUCESTER, NEW BRITAIN. 1943-12. SEVEN LANDING SHIPS, TANK (LSTS), OF THE US NAVY UNLOAD MEN AND EQUIPMENT ONTO THE BEACH. THE FOUR VESSELS NEAREST THE CAMERA ARE LST-463, LST-468, LST-475 ..

C.1944. PORTRAIT OF VX102141 PRIVATE EDWARD KENNA VC, 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. PRIVATE KENNA WON HIS AWARD AT WEWAK, NEW GUINEA, 1945

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-17. THE SCORE BOARD DURING THE TABLOID SPORTS MEETING CONDUCTED BY HEADQUARTERS 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. THE UNIT IS LOCATED IN THE SIAR PLANTATION. LEFT TO RIGHT: VX81072 ..

NEW GUINEA. 1943-02. SERGEANT J. W. WRIGHT, ONE OF ITS TWO DESIGNERS, DEMONSTRATING THE ARROWSPEED CROSS BOW GUN DESIGNED TO FIRE INCENDIARY, HIGH EXPLOSIVE AND OTHER TYPES OF ARROWS. (DONOR: L. J. ..

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-10. MEMBERS OF 2/15TH FIELD AMBULANCE WHO ARE FILLING IN SPARE TIME BY MANUFACTURING SOUVENIRS FROM ABANDONED JAPANESE MATERIALS. LEFT TO RIGHT: TX5847 DRIVER A. E. ..

C. 1944. LIEUTENANT ALBERT CHOWNE VC MM, 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION. ON A NARROW RIDGE NEAR DAGUA, NEW GUINEA 0N 1945-03-25 HE SHOWED SUPERB HEROISM WHEN ATTACKING A POSITION THAT WAS HOLDING UP ..

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-17. VX88633 LIEUTENANT H. COATES, 22ND INFANTRY BATTALION, WRITING HOME FROM HIS "DOOVER" (IMPROVISED SHELTER) AT THE AIRFIELD