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MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C.1942 - 43. NO. 37 RAAF RADAR STATION AIRMEN'S QUARTERS FOR NON RADAR PERSONNEL. (DONOR - T.G. JONES)

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-09. JAPANESE POWs FROM NAURU, BUIN, KIETA, BUKA ISLAND AND OTHER PARTS OF BOUGAINVILLE ON A LANDING CRAFT IN THE PURIATA RIVER. THEY ARE BEING LANDED TO BEGIN THE MARCH TO POW ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C.1944-06. SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT VC EE564 (A58-104) OF NO. 79 SQUADRON RAAF IN DISPERSAL BAY AT NO. 1 STRIP (GURNEY FIELD). THIS AIRCRAFT WAS AT GURNEY FIELD BETWEEN 19 AND 26 JUNE. ..

Informal group portrait of officers of 2 Australian Mountain Battery (Artillery). From left to right: NX34978 Captain Raymond Keith (Ray) Blackeby; Lieutenant (Lt) R 'Bing' Miller; Lt Jim Forbes; ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C.1943-04. CLOSE UP OF NOSE ART OF P38 AIRCRAFT "THE FLYING DUTCHMAN" IN DISPERSAL BAY AT NO. 3 STRIP. (TURNBULL FIELD). (DONOR - T. G. JONES.)

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C.1942 -43. TWO FORD V8 GENERATORS IN THE POWERHOUSE AT NO. 37 RAAF RADAR STATION. (DONOR - T.G. JONES)

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1943-01-19. REMAINS OF BOEING B17 AIRCRAFT ON NO. 3 STRIP (TURNBULL FIELD) AFTER JAPANESE AIR RAID. (DONOR - T.G. JONES)

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C.1942 - 43. INTERIOR OF AIRMEN'S QUARTERS, NO. 37 RAAF RADAR STATION. (DONOR - T.G. JONES)

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-09/ JAPANESE POWs BEING MARCHED TO POW COMPUNDS AT TOROKINA. BY 1945-10-12, THERE WERE 8,421 POWs ASSEMBLED AROUND TOROKINA. (DONOR - J.B. HUDSPETH)

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C.1942. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN NICK SIMPSON, THE COOK AT NO. 37 RAAF RADAR STATION. (DONOR - T.G. JONES)

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C.1942 - 43. INTERIOR OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY TENT AT NO. 37 RAAF RADAR STATION. (DONOR - T.G. JONES)

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C.1942 - 12. NO. 37 RAAF RADAR STATION MESS SET FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER. (DONOR - T.G. JONES)