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MILNE BAY, PNG, 1943-06. SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 79 SQUADRON RAAF IN DISPERSAL BAY AT NO 1 STRIP (GURNEY FIELD)

NEW GUINEA, C.1942-12. WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT USED AS 'CHRISTMAS TREE' TO PROVIDE PARTS FOR OTHER DAMAGED AIRCRAFT. NO.4 SQUADRON RAAF. PERSONNEL ARE LEFT TO RIGHT: CORPORAL SID McGIBBON FITTER IIE, ..

New Guinea. November 1942. Australian troops of the 7th Division, AIF, cross a stream during their advance towards the Japanese occupying Buna

RABAUL, NEW GUINEA, C.1914. GERMAN HEADQUARTERS AFTER CAPTURE BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF). A NATIVE NEW GUINEA GUARD IS LINED UP OUTSIDE. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD ..

New Guinea. November 1942. US troops in battle gear advance towards the Japanese at Buna. In the background is a native church with thatched roof

MILNE BAY, PNG, 1942 - 43. CLOSE -UP OF NOSE SECTION OF BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT A9-190 QH-B OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF IN DISPERSAL, SHOWING NOSE ART. (DONOR - T. G. JONES.)

HOLSWORTHY INTERNMENT CAMP, NSW, C.1914. TRADERS FROM NEW GUINEA AND NEIGHBOURING GERMAN TERRITORIES HELD PRISONER AT HOLSWORTHY. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE). (DONOR: R.A. SANDS)

HOLSWORTHY INTERNMENT CAMP, NSW, C.1914. GERMAN PRISONERS FROM NEW GUINEA. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE). (DONOR: R.A. SANDS)

HOLSWORTHY INTERNMENT CAMP, NSW, C.1914. GERMAN PRISONERS FROM NEW GUINEA. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE). (DONOR: R.A. SANDS)

Studio portrait of NX191455 Gunner (Gnr) Earl James Arrow, Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, of Parkes, NSW. He enlisted in Moore Park, NSW, on 23 April 1941. Gnr Arrow was taken prisoner of war (POW) ..

12 MILE STRIP, PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA, C.1943. WIRRAWAY A20-571 IN A DITCH

RABAUL, NEW GUINEA, C. 1914. GERMAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL RESIDENCE AT RABAUL AFTER TAKEOVER BY AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF). AUSTRALIANS ON BALCONY. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD ..