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New Guinea. c. 1942. Members of an Australian artillery unit manhandling their dismantled 25 pounder gun up a steep jungle slope to get it into a position to engage the enemy

Boram, Wewak, New Guinea. 1944-10-16. Aerial photograph of a Mitchell B25 bomber aircraft of the United States Army Air Force dropping bombs over Japanese anti-aircraft positions on the ridge near ..

Heidelberg, Vic. 1943-10-06. Sapper Neil Smith, wounded serviceman from New Guinea, tries to amuse his niece, Thelma Wooley, during her visit to the 115th Australian General Hospital

2nd Lieutenant Ivan A. Humphrey of Fleischmanns, New York, serving with the United States Air Force. He is seen here standing on the wing of his P39 Bell Airacobra fighter aircraft

HEIDELBERG, VIC. 1944-01-15. FIVE WOUNDED SOLDIERS RECENTLY EVACUATED FROM NEW GUINEA ON ONE OF THE VERANDAHS AT THE 115TH MILITARY HOSPITAL. LEFT TO RIGHT: CORPORAL R. A. LUCAS; SERGEANT E. G. ..

Wewak, NG. 1943-09-02. Aerial photograph of an attack by two Mitchell B25 bomber aircraft of No. 405 Squadron, No. 38 Bomber Group, US Army Air Force, on Japanese shipping in the harbour

NAZI RAIDER VICTIMS ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA - BEARDS WERE GROWN BY MANY OF THE MEN WHILE THEY WERE MAROONED ON THE ISLAND EMIRAU

Melbourne, Vic. 1944-05-01. Lieutenant Colonel H. F. Cotton, Canadian Army, Leader of a party of ten Canadian Army officers giving a press conference in the Canadian Officers Mess. Lieutenant ..

Papua, New Guinea. 1943-06. A native soldier with a Bren gun on the range at a Papuan Infantry Unit camp. This soldier later used a Bren gun to attack barges being operated by Japanese troops ..

Probably Townsville, Qld. Interior of a Douglas C47 transport aircraft being sprayed by Leading Aircraftman E. Williamson of Brisbane, Qld, after a flight from New Guinea. Probably at No. 36 ..

London, England. C. 1942-10. The Air Vice Marshal F. H. McNamara VC CBE, Air Officer Commanding, RAAF Overseas HQ, confirms a technical point of law with Squadron Leader F. B. Phillips, formerly ..

Heidelberg, Vic. 1943-10-06. Captain Dick Le Messurier, who was wounded fighting in New Guinea with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), typing a letter home while a patient in the 115th Australian ..