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Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. c.1945. Jacquinot Bay airstrip

Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. c.1946. An informal group portrait of three Australian soldiers on the front of a Jeep quarter ton four wheel drive truck. Left to right; unknown, R. J. Crack and ..

Ramu Valley, New Guinea. 1944-03. A view of a Japanese built road between Bogadjim and the Ramu Valley. The photograph was taken during a reconnaissance by Lieutenant Colonel R.B. Wood, Commanding ..

Major General A S Allen CB CBE DSO VD (right), Commanding 7th Australian Division, after reviewing a parade of the 21st Australian Infantry Brigade moves to a position, near his truck, to take the ..

Brigadier Arnold W. Potts DSO MC (wearing cap), Commanding 21st Australian Infantry Brigade, and the Brigade Staff Officers await the arrival of Major General A S Allen CB CBE DSO VD, Commanding ..

Port Moresby. 1944-03. An electric message conveyor designed to carry messages between Signal Office, 18th Australian Lines of Communication Signals and Headquarters, New Guinea Force. Messages in ..

Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. c.1945. An Australian soldier, Len Geary, on the wing of a crashed A24 Consolidated Catalina aircraft on the edge of Jacquinot Bay Catalina Base. The crew were buried as ..

Ramu Valley, New Guinea. 1944-03. A view of a Japanese built road between Bogadjim and the Ramu Valley. The photograph was taken during a reconnaissance by Lieutenant Colonel R.B. Wood, Commanding ..

Ramu Valley, New Guinea. 1944-03. A view of a Japanese built road between Bogadjim and the Ramu Valley. The photograph was taken during a reconnaissance by Lieutenant Colonel R.B. Wood, Commanding ..

Ramu Valley, New Guinea. 1944-03. A view of a Japanese built road between Bogadjim and the Ramu Valley. The photograph was taken during a reconnaissance by Lieutenant Colonel R.B. Wood, Commanding ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943-08-31. The five nuns, who with two missionaries and a lay brother escaped the Japanese at Wewak and reached Port Moresby four months later. They made the journey in ..

Sogeri, New Guinea. 1942-10-04. Lieutenant Colonel Albert Caro, Commanding Officer of 2/16th Battalion, 21st Australian Infantry Brigade, addressing his troops before a review of the Brigade by ..