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Port Moresby, Papua. 1942-12. A surgical operation in progress at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station on a patient who had suffered bayonet wounds in fighting on the Kokoda Track. (Original housed in ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1944-08-05. A march past of the combined services Guard of Honour at the opening of the Bomana War Cemetery

Port Moresby, Papua. 1944-08-05. Buglers of the Royal Papuan Constabulary playing "The Last Post" at the opening of the Bomana War Cemetery

Port Moresby, Papua. 1944-08-05. Wreaths placed at the base of the flagpole after the opening ceremony of the Bomana War Cemetery

Port Moresby, Papua. 1944-08-05. Major General B. M. Morris DSO, Commander of the Australian - New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU), making a speech at the opening of the Bomana War Cemetery

Port Moresby, Papua. 1944-08-05. General view of the opening ceremony of the Bomana War Cemetery. In the foreground are service personnel, then left to right: buglers of the Royal Papuan ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942-07-11. The crew of a 25-pounder gun, which is camouflaged with tropical foliage, await firing orders during jungle manoeuvres carried out under the direction of an ..

Bitapaka, New Britain. 1915-01-05. Group portrait of RAN members of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and (indigenous) New Briton natives standing behind a pipe mine ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1941-12. Interior of a hospital tent at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station. Note the surgical gowns hanging on a line inside the tent and the piles of linen on tables. (Original ..

Kokoda Track, Papua. 1942. Informal portrait of Warrant Officer 2 Honeywell (left), Captain Swinton (middle) and Padre McCabe, Salvation Army chaplain (right), in the jungle. (Original housed in ..

An aerial view of the town area (centre) and the harbour clearly seen from a height of 2000 feet

Port Moresby, Papua. 1942-12. A medical officer examining a patient's foot after a surgical operation at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)