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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 12/9/1914. A GROUP OF NATIVE PRISONERS WHO WERE DETAINED ON BOARD HMAS SYDNEY UNTIL FIGHTING HAD CEASED, DURING THE CAPTURE OF RABAUL FROM THE GERMANS BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY ..

BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS HORSHAM. COMMISSIONED ON 18TH NOVEMBER 1942 HORSHAM SERVED IN SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA WATERS. AFTER THE WAR SHE PAID OFF AND IN AUGUST 1958 ..

VX141784 CORPORAL ALBERT DONALD BASSETT DCM, AIF. WHILST A MEMBER OF 57/60TH BATTALION, AMF, SERVING ON BOUGAINVILLE IN 1945 CORPORAL BASSETT'S PLATOON WAS ENCIRCLED BY THE ENEMY AT TRACK JUNCTION. ..

CAPE WARD HUNT, NEW GUINEA, 1943. LIGHT WEIGHT AIR WARNING RADAR MK II. UNDER CONSTRUCTION

WAU, NEW GUINEA, 1944-09/10. (LEFT TO RIGHT); LT -COL G.A. BERTRAM G (OPERATIONS) NGF LT-COL ANDERSON, HQ ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY NGF, LT-GEN I. MACKAY, BRIG M.J. MOTEN, COMD KANGA FORCE. ..

AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT 1976-03-04. MR N.J. FLANAGAN, DIRECTOR, AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL WATCHING MR MICHAEL SOMARE, PRIME MINISTER OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA SIGN THE VISITOR'S BOOK ON THE ..

Evacuating goods from Kokopo during the eruption of Tavurvur and Vulcan volcanoes

THE "SWAMP RAT", A DOUGLAS C47 AIRCRAFT OF THE UNITED STATES 5TH AIR FORCE, BOGGED IN THE SOFT GROUND AT THE END OF THE NEW AIRSTRIP

CAPE WARD HUNT, NEW GUINEA, 1943. LIGHT WEIGHT AIR WARNING RADAR MK I. UNDER CONSTRUCTION

CAPTAIN FRANK CHURCH, PILOT OF THE "SWAMP RAT", A DOUGLAS C47 AIRCRAFT OF THE UNITED STATES 5TH AIR FORCE, IN THE AIRCRAFT'S COCKPIT. THIS AIRCRAFT, AFTER MAKING THE INITIAL LANDING ON THE NEW ..

Bathurst class minesweeper/corvette HMAS Bunbury. Bunbury was completed on 14 February 1943 and served in Australian, New Guinea and adjacent waters. After her service she paid off and in March ..

WAU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-01. DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ON STRIP. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY)