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BOUGAINVILLE: AUSTRALIANS SGT. RATTEY, V.C. INSPECTING AN INTRICATE JAP DEFENCE SYSTEM JUST AFTER THE POSITION HAD BEEN WON FROM THE ENEMY AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET

TADJI NEAR AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-10. BOMBS BEING LOADED ONTO TRAILERS FROM A DUMP NEAR AITAPE ARE HAULED TO WAITING BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT. A RAAF SQUADRON BASED IN THE AREA ..

NEW GUINEA: GOVERNOR-GENERAL, LORD GOWRIE, VISITS NEW GUINEA. LORD GOWRIE, INSPECTS A PAPUAN INFANTRY UNIT

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. A RAAF VULTEE VENGEANCE DIVE BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 24 SQUADRON RAAF, CREWED BY PILOT FLIGHT SERGEANT NORM B. KELLETT OF BRUNSWICK, VICTORIA, AND OBSERVER FLIGHT ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-15. INFORMAL PORTRAIT OF FLIGHT LIEUTENANT B. E. (BUSTER) BROWN OF WILBERFORCE, NSW, IN HIS HEADGEAR, A MEMBER OF NO. 75 (FIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF OPERATING FROM MILNE BAY

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-31. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) P. BLAND, GLADESVILLE, NSW, IS HANDING UP A FILM MAGAZINE TO LAC H. HARDIE, KOGARAH, NSW, TO BE LOADED INTO A CAMERA IN THE NOSE OF A P38 ..

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-01. A BADLY WOUNDED SOLDIER TRANSPORTED FROM THE TORRICELLI MOUNTAINS AREA TO TADJI AIRFIELD IN AN AUSTER AIR AMBULANCE LIES ON A STRETCHER BESIDE THE ..

WEWAK AREA, NORTH NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-19. THREE 250-POUNDERS ARE SEEN LEAVING THE BOMB BAY OF BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT, CODE QH, SERIAL NO. A9-427, OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF. BEAUFORT ..

PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 9 MARCH 1970. MEN FROM B COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), CARRY A MATE WHO HAS COLLAPSED FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION TO A WAITING ..

Trucks unloading material for the camp site of No 2 Airfield Contruction Squadron in the Markham Valley

WEWAK AREA, NORTH NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-20. FOUR BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF IN FLIGHT HEAD DOWN THE NORTHERN COAST OF NEW GUINEA WITH BOMBS FOR JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AT WEWAK. ..

GOODENOUGH ISLAND, D'ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS, PAPUA. 1945. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF NO. 5 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON (ACS), RAAF. SEATED LEFT, 49941 Corporal Leslie Francis Hesketh