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MILNE BAY. C.1943-04-14. DAMAGE TO THE FORECASTLE DECK ABAFT THE 12 POUNDER GUN OF HMAS PIRIE. IT WAS CAUSED BY A BOMB HIT FROM A JAPANESE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE CORVETTE WAS ATTACKED OFF ORO BAY, NEW ..

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER R. A. DENOVAN, RANVR, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE CORVETTE HMAS BROOME, ABOARD THE WRECK OF THE DUTCH TRANSPORT SS BANTAM, SUNK IN A JAPANESE AIR RAID ..

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943. THE DUTCH TRANSPORT BANTAM ALONGSIDE THE JETTY DURING OPERATION LILLIPUT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

COLLINGWOOD BAY, NEW GUINEA. THE CORVETTE HMAS BROOME PREPARING TO TOW OFF THE GROUNDED MERCHANT VESSEL COORABIE. THE COORABIE HAS HER ENGINES FULL ASTERN AS THE BROOME PREPARES TO TAKE UP THE ..

PORT HERVEY, PAPUA. 1943-05-09. BOMB DAMAGE TO THE PLATES OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL NOORA, DAMAGED BY JAPANESE AIR ATTACK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

MILNE BAY. C.1943-04-14. DAMAGE CAUSED BY A BOMB WHICH PENETRATED THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE OF HMAS PIRIE BEFORE EXPLODING ON THE FORECASTLE. THE BOMB WAS DROPPED BY A JAPANESE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE ..

Off Porlock Harbour, New Guinea. 1943-03-08. After being hit by bombs in an attack by Japanese aircraft off Cape Nelson, the Dutch merchant vessel 'sJacob settles by the bow. She was taking part in ..

MILNE BAY. C.1943-04-14. THE BRIDGE CANOPY SHOWING THE ENTRANCE HOLE OF A BOMB WHICH PENETRATED THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE OF HMAS PIRIE BEFORE EXPLODING ON THE FORECASTLE. THE BOMB WAS DROPPED BY A ..

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943. DETAIL VIEW OF THE WRECK OF THE DUTCH TRANSPORT BANTAM, SUNK IN A JAPANESE AIR RAID WHILE TAKING PART IN OPERATION LILLIPUT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943. THE WRECK OF THE DUTCH TRANSPORT SS BANTAM, SUNK IN A JAPANESE AIR RAID WHILE TAKING PART IN OPERATION LILLIPUT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-03-28. THE DUTCH TRANSPORT BANTAM SINKING AFTER BEING BOMBED DURING A JAPANESE AIR ATTACK WHILE TAKING PART IN OPERATION LILLIPUT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

PORT HERVEY, PAPUA. 1943-05-09. MAKESHIFT REPAIRS TO BOMB DAMAGE TO THE SIDE PLATING OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL NOORA, DAMAGED BY JAPANESE AIR ATTACK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)