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MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01. A MEMORIAL SET UP ON THE EDGE OF NO. 3 AIRSTRIP (TURNBULL FIELD) CONSISTING OF A COCONUT PALM STUMP WITH ROCKS PILED AROUND THE BASE. AFFIXED TO THE MEMORIAL IS A ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. ONE OF THE EVACUEES, WHO WITH 155 OTHERS, COMPRISING SERVICE PERSONNEL AND CIVILIANS, WAS SUCCESSFULLY WITHDRAWN FROM PALMALMAL ON THE SOUTH COAST OF NEW ..

GILI GILI, MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-12. THE CARGO STEAMER "ANSHUN", WHICH WAS SUNK BY SHELLFIRE FROM A JAPANESE CRUISER WHILE UNLOADING AT GILI GILI WHARF ON THE 1942-09-06, DURING THE BATTLE ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. NX142851 LIEUTENANT D. M. SELBY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, ANTI TANK AIRCRAFT BATTALION RABAUL (1), ONE OF THE EVACUEES, WHO WITH 155 OTHERS, COMPRISING ..

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01. A SECTION OF THE HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, 5TH DIVISION CAMP AREA

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. SERVICE PERSONNEL, WHO, WITH 155 OTHERS, INCLUDING CIVILIANS WHO WERE SUCCESSFULLY WITHDRAWN FROM PALMALMAL ON THE SOUTH COAST OF NEW BRITAIN PHOTOGRAPHED ON ..

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01. AN AREA, SOME MILES FROM HEADQUARTERS, 5TH DIVISION, WHICH WAS CLEARED FOR A LANDING STRIP BY ENGINEERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY BUT HAD TO BE ABANDONED AS THE ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-13. PLAQUE ON A CONCRETE CAIRN ERECTED ON THE AIRSTRIP AT CAPE WOM TO COMMEMORATE THE SURRENDER OF THE 18TH JAPANESE ARMY BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL HATAZE ADACHI AND THE ..

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ATTACKING ALLIED SHIPPING IN THE BAY

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ATTACKING ALLIED SHIPPING IN THE BAY

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ATTACKING ALLIED SHIPPING IN THE BAY

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01. INTERIOR OF THE BRIGADE MAJOR ROYAL ARTILLERY OFFICE AT HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, 5TH DIVISION