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Simpson Harbour, New Britain. c. 1915. A variety of vessels in the harbour off Rabaul. The large sailing vessel is the American barque C.D. Bryant with the North Dargster behind. On the foreshore ..

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. Wharves and buildings on the waterfront

New Guinea. c. 1944. Exterior of a thatched hospital ward at an Australian General Hospital staffed by members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). (This image appears on page 10 of the ..

Simpson Harbour, New Britain. c. 1915. Vessels in the harbour off Rabaul. The Government steamer Meklong (left) and the American barque C.D. Bryant can be seen working copra at the New Guinea ..

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. A horse drawn sulky at the entrance to the Ratavul Tunnel which connected Rabaul to Talili Bay on the north coast

Kabakaul, New Britain. c. 1915. Senior army officers consider the siting of a trench on the Kabakaul to Bitapaka Road

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. An avenue of trees and hedges in the Botanic Gardens

NX10106 BOMBARDIER K.W. NETTLESHIP, LATE OF NEW GUINEA AND NOW OF THE 1ST ANTI-TANK REGIMENT HAD A NARROW ESCAPE FROM SERIOUS WOUNDING WHEN BULLET STRUCK HIM AND LODGED IN HIS TOBACCO TIN. ..

Kabakaul, New Britain. c. 1915. Two natives on the road between Kabakaul and Bitapaka

Studio portrait of DX850 Captain Aubrey Oswald Baldwin. Baldwin was awarded the Military Cross for his actions at Lakona, Greece, on 16 December 1943. As commanding officer of C Company, 22nd ..

Kieta, Bougainville Island. 1914-12-09. Soldiers on parade listening to the reading of a Proclamation of British military occupation of the Solomon Islands

Salamaua, New Guinea. 1941-12. A crowd of people stand outside the airport hangar as women and children are evacuated from Salamaua, following the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbour. The women and ..