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Port Moresby, New Guinea. c. 1944. A member of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) stands at the rear of an ambulance checking personnel as they are unloaded at an Australian ..

Heldsbach, Finschhafen, New Guinea. c. 1944. E.P. Heath and ? Aird, male representatives with the Australian Red Cross Society seated inside their screened office at the Heldsbach Mission. (This ..

Salamaua, New Guinea. 1941-12. A crowd of men stand on the airfield watching women and children board the tri-motor Junkers 31 aircraft VH-UOV owned by Bulol Gold Dredging Ltd. This aircraft ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1942. Aircrew of `A' Flight, No. 30 Squadron RAAF, in front of one of the squadron's Beaufighter aircraft. Left to right: Standing: Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Nelson, Sergeant ..

Salamaua, New Guinea. 1941-12. A crowd stands on the airfield watching women and children board the tri-motor Junkers 31 aircraft VH-UOV owned by Bulol Gold Dredging Ltd. This aircraft evacuated ..

Rabaul, New Britain. 1943-11-02. Aerial photograph of the town with wisps of smoke and a damaged building in the foreground during an air attack by seventy-five Mitchell aircraft covered by ..

A Bristol Beaufighter aircraft (MK 1 C, A19-15, `O') of No. 30 Squadron RAAF in flight returning to Port Moresby after a raid on Lae. The pilot was Flying Officer Brazenor and the navigator was ..

Ward's Airfield, Papua. 1943-06. Group portrait of air crew of No. 30 Squadron RAAF in front of one of the Squadron's Beaufighter aircraft. The navigators are standing behind the pilots. Left to ..

Melbourne, Vic. c. 1940-07. 2/22nd Battalion member Sergeant Herbert William (Bert) Smith holding a .303 rifle, participating in a march before he embarked for active service in Rabaul in July ..

Kabakaul, New Britain. c. 1915. The site of the second trench built on the Kabakaul to Bitapaka Road. (Donor R.J. Travers)

Rabaul, New Britain. 1943-11-02. Aerial photograph of shipping in the harbour. In the background smoke envelops the town which is on fire during an air attack by seventy-five Mitchell aircraft ..

COUNTRIES NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR ARE REPRESENTED IN A ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRON NOW OPERATING AMERICAN BOMBERS IN THE WESTERN DESERT. SOME OF THE PERSONNEL ARE SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE AND ..