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An aerial view of Upoia village and camp on the bank of a creek from the Junkers seaplane used for carrying equipment and mail to remote regions. Portion of the aircraft's tailplane can be seen at ..

Probably Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld. 1943-08 to 1944-04? Flight Lieutenant R. J. McConnell of Rabaul, Flying Officer (FO) A. P. Muir of Brisbane, Qld and FO Burrow of New Guinea, looking for letters ..

Kokoda Trail, Papua. c.1942-12. Tent lines of No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station at the base of Mount Howbroun. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. Group portrait of members of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit. Left to right: back row: unidentified, Larry Appleby, 'Lofty', Lazarini, unidentified, unidentified. Front ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. Group portrait of all the members of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit standing with unexploded bombs (UXBs), in front of a shed with a sign stating "Bomb Disposal Sqn. Keep ..

Two RAAF Intelligence Officers, 255538 Flying Officer (FO) Harold Peter Moschetti (left) and 255266 FO Stuart Patrick King, examine aerial photographs of the Japanese-held Kahili airstrip on ..

Morotai, New Guinea. 1945. Portrait of Group Captain Clive (Killer) Robertson Caldwell, DFC and Bar, DSO, No. 80 Fighter Wing RAAF, standing next to his Spitfire Mk VIIIC aircraft. The aircraft has ..

Kokoda Track, Papua. 1942. Soldiers rest on a track while on patrol near Eora Creek. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)

A Papuan native (left) standing on a rock on the edge of Wapik Creek

Buna, Papua. c.1943. Indigenous (native) Papuans work at draining a swamp in an attempt to eradicate the malarial mosquito. (Original print housed with AWM Private Records)

NX142537 Signalman James (Jim) Pashley, a member of a signals unit attached to the 16th Brigade, listens to a radio under a makeshift cover on the Kokoda Track. (Original housed in AWM Archive ..

Gusika, Finschhafen area, New Guinea. 1944-03. Trucks and tents set up at the camp of 17 Field Hygiene Company. In the foreground are knapsack sprays carrying a special oil. They are used to spray ..