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Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942. The headquarters of the 67th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942. Exterior view of the operations room of the 67th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery. The walls of the operations room are made of sandbags, and the roof is covered ..

Torokina, Bougainville. 1944-11 to 1945-11. At the base used by No. 1 and No. 3 Section, Detached, 2 Field Survey Company, Nissen Huts taken over from the US Forces are used as drawing offices

Milne Bay, New Guinea. 1943. Informal group portrait of 78th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery members at the Anti-Aircraft station at Milne Bay. Second from the left is Major R. J. (Bob) Thomson, ..

Lae, New Guinea. c. 1944-05. Members of No 1 Section, Detached, 2 Aust Field Survey Company, on parade at Main Camp, Bitibum Road

Brigade Headquarters, 73rd Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery operations room on a hill in the Port Moresby area. Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Robinson and Lieutenant L. M. Tosh are in the foreground

Torokina, Bougainville. 1945-11-03. Major General W. Bridgeford, CBE CB MC, General Officer Commanding 3 Australian Division, congratulating NX147348 Private J. Walsh on his victory in the sprint ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. c. 1942-11. An Anti-Aircraft operations room. The building is made of galvanised iron sheeting

Rabaul, New Britain. 1946-01-31. The Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Katsuragi in Simpson Harbour. The ship was transporting 5000 Japanese troops from the Solomon Islands to Japan and had called at ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-29. Australian Army Sister C.A. Timbs, a dietitian, third from the right, with members of the kitchen staff of the 2/1st Australian General Hospital. The men, from ..

Dobodura, New Guinea. 1943. The 83rd Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery's station at Dobodura, in the Oro Bay area

Milne Bay, New Guinea. 1943. The corduroy road to the rest camp and the 78th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery site during construction