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MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943. THE DUTCH TRANSPORT BANTAM BERTHED IN THE HARBOUR ALONGSIDE THE WRECK OF THE ANSHUN, SUNK BY JAPANESE NAVAL UNITS DURING THE BATTLE OF MILNE BAY IN 1942-09. THE PHOTOGRAPH ..

CAIRO, EGYPT. 1945-07. SITTING IN THEIR OFFICE TO THE AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES SERVICES, HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AT ABBASIEH ARE VX127936 WARRANT OFFICER R. M. MANGELS (LEFT) AND VX132695 MAJOR R. G. ..

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01-09. DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY THE DUTCH TRANSPORT VAN HEUTSZ IN A JAPANESE DIVE BOMBING ATTACK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS DISEMBARKING FROM AMERICAN LANDING SHIPS, TANK (LST), INCLUDING LST-456, EAST OF LAE IN PREPARATION FOR THE ASSAULT ON THAT TOWN. 20 MM OERLIKON AA ..

TOMA, NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, ARE TRANSPORTED ACROSS A RIVER BY A POLE OARSMAN. THEY HAD LANDED A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT ON A STRIP 150 YARDS L0NG ON ONE SIDE OF ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. THE US TANKER PUEBLO, AGROUND ON DORISAI SHOAL, BEING TOWED OFF BY THE CORVETTE HMAS BROOME. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-09-08. THE ALLIED OFFICIALS AT THE SIGNING OF THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE FORCES ON BOUGAINVILLE. LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR STANLEY G. SAVIGE KBE,CB ..

DOBODURA, NEW GUINEA. GRASS HUT USED BY MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, AND BUILT BY THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU). STANDING IN FRONT OF THE HUT IS A NEW ..

TOMA, NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, ARE TRANSPORTED ACROSS A RIVER BY A POLE OARSMAN. THEY HAD LANDED A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT ON A STRIP 150 YARDS L0NG ON ONE SIDE OF ..

DOBODURA, NEW GUINEA. GRASS HUT USED BY MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, AND BUILT BY THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU). (DONOR D. THATCHER)

ESPIRITU SANTO, NEW HEBRIDES. 1943-07-23. VIEW OF THE TORPEDO DAMAGE TO THE CRUISER HMAS HOBART (I) FROM THE STARBOARD PASSAGE NEAR 187 STATION, LOOKING AFT TOWARDS THE PORT QUARTER. (NAVAL ..

SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-03-01. MAJOR HOBCROFT, WAR GRAVES COMMISSION, BESIDE THE TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY DAN THATCHER, NO.1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF. IN LANDING IN THE LONG KUNAI GRASS, ..