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MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1943-01-19. SALVAGING PARTS FROM A P40 KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT DAMAGED DURING JAPANESE AIR RAID. (DONOR - T.G. JONES)

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945. JAPANESE MITSUBISHI ZEKE (ZERO) FIGHTER AIRCRAFT ON A RUNWAY AT A ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE STATION. THE AIRCRAFT IS MARKED WITH A CROSS, AND WAS FLOWN TO THE BASE BY A NEW ..

POPONDETTA AIRSTRIP, C.1942-12. WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT OF NO.4 SQUADRON RAAF PERSONNEL LEFT TO RIGHT: FLYING OFFICER JOHN M. UTBER (401866) PILOT, CORPORAL SID McGIBBON FITTER IIE, CORPORAL STEVE ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945. A TWO FOOT GAUGE RAILWAY BUILT BY 23RD FIELD COMPANY AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS TO SUPPLY TROOPS ON THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL. IT ROSE 894 FEET UP BARGES' HILL. THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS TAKEN ..

Studio portrait of WX2657 Private (Pte) Lionel T. Mason, 2/16 Battalion. Pte Mason was killed in action in New Guinea on 1 December 1942

Informal portrait of WX19048 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Percy Harold Carless, 2/32nd Battalion, prior to leaving for New Guinea. LCpl Carless was killed in action in New Guinea on 26 November 1943

SENTANI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA, 1944-07-31. 80 SQUADRON "COOPERS FLYING CIRCUS". PILOT OFFICER DON HILLIER (FRONT LEFT) AND SQUADRON LEADER GLEN COOPER (MIDDLE)

A Wirraway aircraft of No. 4 Squadron RAAF showing twin mounted Vickers gas operated guns made up in the Squadron. Identified are: 401866 Flying Officer John Maxwell Utber (Pilot); 431015 Flight ..

TOWNSVILLE, QLD, 1914-08-08. HMAT KANOWNA DRAWING AWAY FROM THE WHARF, TAKING THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF) TO GERMAN NEW GUINEA. A LARGE CROWD HAS GATHERED TO ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C.1942 - 1943. BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF IN DISPERSAL. (DONOR - T. G. JONES.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1914-08. RABAUL ON SIMPSON HARBOUR, THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF BLANCHE BAY, WAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE OF ALL GERMAN POSSESSIONS IN THE PACIFIC. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS FOUR GERMAN ..

12 MILE STRIP, NEAR PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA, C.1942-12. SERVICING PARTY WORKING ON A WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT