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OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. THE M.V. MALAITA SHORTLY AFTER SHE HAD BEEN TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY ONLY ONE CASUALTY WAS SUSTAINED - THE CHIEF STEWARD WITH TWO BROKEN ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT PLANE LANDING AT KILA KILA AIRFIELD NEAR PORT MORESBY AFTER HAVING CARRIED OUT A SUPPLY-DROPPING MISSION IN THE KOKODA AREA

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. WORKING UNDER A CAMOUFLAGE NET THESE MEN ARE CARRYING OUT REPAIRS AT AN AUSTRALIAN ORDNANCE WORKSHOP

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. MEN OF AN AUSTRALIAN ORDNANCE WORKSHOP OVERHAULING MOTOR VEHICLES UNDER A CAMOUFLAGE NET

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. A HAPPY GROUP OF PERSONNEL OF AN AUSTRALIAN ORDNANCE WORKSHOP

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-07. A JAPANESE TYPE 94, 37 MILLIMETRE ANTI-TANK GUN, CAPTURED AT MILNE BAY, WHICH WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 800 POUNDS AND FIRES ARMOUR-PIERCING AND HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SHELLS. IT ..

BUT, NEW GUINEA. MAY 1945. FATHER JOHN ALOYSIUS MOGAN OF MELBOURNE, VIC, CELEBRATING MASS FOR 6TH DIVISION TROOPS ON THE EVE OF THE AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEFEAT OF THE JAPANESE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-07. CLOSE UP OF JAPANESE 7.7 MILLIMETRE MACHINE GUN CAPTURED AT MILNE BAY. AIR COOLED AND GAS-OPERATED IT WEIGHS ABOUT 130 POUNDS AND CAN BE CARRIED BY TWO OR THREE MEN ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-07. A 7.7 MILLIMETRE JAPANESE MACHINE GUN CAPTURED AT MILNE BAY. IT WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 130 POUNDS AND IS CARRIED BY MEANS OF POLES BY TWO OR THREE MEN. IT IS AIR COOLED ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-07. A 7.7 MILLIMETRE JAPANESE MACHINE GUN CAPTURED AT MILNE BAY. IT WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 130 POUNDS AND IS CARRIED BY MEANS OF POLES BY TWO OR THREE MEN. IT IS AIR COOLED ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-07. A TYPE-89 JAPANESE GRENADE THROWER, OR DISCHARGER, FOR TWO-INCH GRENADES. AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH IT HAS TO BE HELD BY THE LEFT HAND AND PRESSED FIRMLY INTO THE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-07. A TYPE-89 JAPANESE GRENADE THROWER, OR DISCHARGER, FOR TWO-INCH GRENADES. AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH IT HAS TO BE HELD BY THE LEFT HAND AND PRESSED FIRMLY INTO THE ..