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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-07. BULLET PROOF VEST CAPTURED FROM THE JAPANESE AT MILNE BAY. MADE OF CLOTH, IT HAS SIX SHEETS OF BULLET PROOF STEEL COVERING THE FRONT, THE SHEETS BEING LET INTO THE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-07. MORE A.I.F. FROM THE MIDDLE EAST ARRIVE IN NEW GUINEA. SOME OF THE 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION ON THE SHIP THAT BROUGHT THEM TO PORT MORESBY

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-07. RAAF PILOTS WHO FOUGHT JAPANESE ZERO FIGHTER PLANES AND STRAFED LANDING PARTIES AT MILNE BAY. LEFT TO RIGHT:- PILOT- OFFICER R. G. RIDDELL, FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT J. W. ..

Informal portrait of VX40805 Corporal Herbert William Morgan, 2/22 Battalion, of Fairfield Park, Victoria. Prior to enlistment, Cpl Morgan was a member of the Brunswick Salvation Army band. In ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. UNLOADING SUPPLIES AT THE WHARF, PORT MORESBY. AS THERE IS ONLY ONE WHARF AT THIS PORT, SUPPLIES ARE UNLOADED FROM THE FREIGHTERS ON TO BARGES, WHICH ARE THEN ..

Group portrait of 25 members of 2/22 Battalion Regimental Band, 23 of whom were originally members of Salvation Army bands who had enlisted in 1940. The battalion served as a garrison force at ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.F. ROWELL, CBE., GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING NEW GUINEA FORCE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.F. ROWELL, CBE., GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING NEW GUINEA FORCE

Portrait of 411756 Pilot Officer William A de Salis at the controls of his Lockheed Hudson aircraft (A16-246) of 6 Squadron RAAF during a mission. Although the Squadron was based at Horn Island, de ..

TWO AIF SIGNALLERS WHO SERVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ARE NOW BUSY WITH THEIR UNIT IN NEW GUINEA. THEY ARE UTILISING EXISTING CIVILIAN TELEPHONE POLES AND SOME EQUIPMENT

VIEW OF KILA KILA AIRFIELD, PORT MORESBY

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. TWO A.I.F. SIGNALLERS WHO SERVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ARE NOW BUSY WITH THEIR UNIT IN NEW GUINEA. THEY ARE UTILISING EXISTING CIVILIAN TELEPHONE POLES AND SOME ..