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Milne Bay, Papua, 1944-05-18. The palm-roofed hut that served as the Airmen's Mess at the base occupied by the Headquarters (HQ) of RAAF Northern Command

Upper Ramu Valley, New Guinea. October 1943. This Australian post, on the edge of a 3000 ft precipice, was under Japanese artillery fire when this photograph was taken

Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua, 1944. The Officers' Ante-room in the Communal House at the Headquarters of No. 71 Wing RAAF. The room, a place where officers could relax, is ..

Noumea, New Caledonia, 1943-01-20. The United States Navy (USN) Escort Aircraft Carrier USS Chenango (CV-28) at anchor off Noumea. Aircraft on the flight desk include seven Douglas SBD Dauntless, ..

Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua, 1944-04-01. General view of No. 5 Medical Receiving Station RAAF based at the Headquarters of No. 71 Wing RAAF. The station consists of a complex ..

Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua, 1944-04-01. Interior of the airmen's ward of No. 5 Medical Receiving Station at the Headquarters of No. 71 Wing RAAF. The ward is a thatched hut ..

Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua, 1944-04-01. Interior of the officers' ward of No. 5 Medical Receiving Station at the Headquarters of No. 71 Wing RAAF. Several of the ward's camp ..

Finisterre Range, New Guinea. 1944-01. A wounded soldier is carried by local natives past a Shaggy Ridge patrol. A shot from the Department of Information film 'Jungle Patrol'

Ramu Valley, New Guinea. 21 October 1943. New Guinea natives from a forward dressing station carry supplies packed in a wire framed trailer across the Surinam River

Probably Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua, 1944. A jeep modified to serve as an ambulance, possibly for No. 5 Medical Receiving Station RAAF. The vehicle has been fitted with a ..

Munum Waters, Near Nadzab, New Guinea. 1943-09. Private Jack Johnson of Munda, Qld, relaxes while waiting for his jeep to be dragged out of the Yalu River

"Motor Ship 'Montevideo Maru' Propelling Machinery: Mitsubishi-Sulzer Diesel Engines. Built and Engined at the Nagasaki Works for the Osaka Shosen Kaisha's South American Service.". During the ..