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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. GUNNERS ON THIS 2 PDR MK IIC ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN ABOARD HMAS BENDIGO KEEP THEIR GUN IN GOOD ORDER - JUST IN CASE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. COMMANDER R.B.A. HUNT RAN (EXTREME RIGHT), NAVAL OFFICER IN COMMAND AT PORT MORESBY, AND HIS STAFF ON THE STEPS OF THEIR QUARTERS

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. TYPE OF DENSE JUNGLE FORESHORE THAT JAPANESE LANDED THEIR BARGES ON IN THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT LANDING AT MILNE BAY. WRECKED BARGE IN FOREGROUND

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. INFORMAL PORTRAIT OF COMMANDER R. B. A. HUNT RAN, NAVAL OFFICER IN COMMAND AT PORT MORESBY

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. COMMANDER R.B.A. HUNT RAN (CENTRE), NAVAL OFFICER IN COMMAND, PORT MORESBY, AND HIS STAFF OUTSIDE THEIR QUARTERS

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. A JAPANESE TRICYCLE CONVEYANCE LANDED FROM ONE OF THE INVASION BARGES AND WRECKED IN THE BOMBING OF THE LANDING DUMPS BY THE RAAF

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. "BELLY" OR SPARE, PETROL TANKS OF JAPANESE ZERO FIGHTER PLANES LANDED BY THE JAPS IN THEIR ABORTIVE LANDING AT MILNE BAY

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. ONE OF THE BARGES, USED BY THE JAPANESE IN THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO LAND AT MILNE BAY, GROUNDED ON THE FORESHORE AND WRECKAGE OF JAPANESE EQUIPMENT ON BEACH. NOTE ..

A HEAVY 3.7 INCH ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN IN POSITION ON THE SHORES OF MILNE BAY NEAR GILI GILI, MANNED BY A CREW OF THE 2/6TH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. A BOFORS 40 MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CREW AT ACTION STATIONS NEAR THE WHARF AT GILI GILI. THE WHARF IS IN THE BACKGROUND AND ALSO THE STEAMER ANSHUN THAT THE JAPANESE SHELLED ..

A Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun position manned by the 2/9th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, on the main fighter runway at Gili Gili airfield. A Kittyhawk fighter can be ..

A Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun position, A Troop, 2/9th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, on the main fighter runway at Gili Gili airfield. A Kittyhawk fighter can be seen ..