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Melbourne, Vic. 1942-03. Sergeant (Sgt) Herbert William (Bert) Smith is welcomed home at Spencer Street Station by family members, his wife Liliane Smith and his mother Margaret Smith, who is ..

c. 1943-02. Studio portrait of Pilot Officer Herbert William (Bert) Smith, an intelligence officer with No. 77 Squadron RAAF. Smith had earlier escaped from Rabaul where he had served with 2/22nd ..

Wagga, NSW. c 1947. The outer section of the port (left hand) wing of a Beaufort bomber aircraft showing Japanese Kanji characters painted on the underside of the wing. The message was painted from ..

Studio portrait of 250748 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) William Ellis Newton VC. Flt Lt Newton was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his extraordinary courage during ten months of ..

Rabaul, New Britain. 1943-11-02. Aerial photograph of shipping in the harbour and smoke rising from the town, during an air attack by seventy-five Mitchell aircraft covered by Lightnings of the ..

Group portrait of air and ground crew of B Flight, No. 30 Squadron RAAF, on and in front of one of the squadron’s Beaufighter aircraft at Ward’s Strip. Back row, left to right (seated on the ..

Wagga, NSW. c 1947. The inner section of the port (left hand) wing of a Beaufort bomber aircraft showing Japanese Kanji characters painted on the underside of the wing. The message was painted from ..

North Qld. C. 1943-10. Warrant Officer J. Dwan of East Brisbane, Qld, furthest from camera, and Aircraftman 1 P. W. Kirkpatrick of Cessnock, NSW, sorting newspapers into bags at a RAAF post office ..

Ward's Airfield, Port Moresby, Papua. 1942. Informal group portrait of ground crew of No. 30 Squadron RAAF beside a refuelling tanker on the strip. Left to right: on tanker: Sergeant Wally Bell, ..

404733 Flying Officer (FO) John Robert Newman and 43192 FO William George Robert Binnie, a No. 30 Squadron RAAF Beaufighter crew, beside their aircraft at Vivigani airstrip, Papua. On 9 September ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1942. Informal group portrait of the ground crew of `B' Flight, No. 30 Squadron RAAF under the wing of one of the squadron's Beaufighter aircraft. Left to right: standing: ..

Probably Cairns, Qld. 1944-01-12. Group portrait of the crew of the Catalina flying boat aircraft of No. 43 Squadron RAAF, which survived a hit by anti-aircraft fire during a night bombing raid on ..