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A JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANK THAT WAS USED AGAINST THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES AT MILNE BAY. TWO MEN OF THE AIF ARE SEEN CLOSELY EXAMINING IT

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS USED IN THE ABORTIVE LANDING AT MILNE BAY. THE JAPS TRIED TO BRING THEM ALONG THE NARROW JUNGLE ROAD ABREAST AND THEY BECAME BOGGED IN ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS WITH TYPE 94 37MM GUNS FROM JAPANESE TANKS THAT WERE DISABLED AFTER LANDING AT MILNE BAY. THE JAPANESE REMOVED THE GUNS FROM THE TANKS AFTER THE ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. JAPANESE BARGES THAT WERE WRECKED AND SMASHED BY THE RAAF WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT MILNE BAY

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. ONE OF THE JAPANESE INVASION BARGES THAT WAS RUN ASHORE AT MILNE BAY AMID VERY THICK FOLIAGE IN THE ABORTIVE LANDING BY THE JAPS

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. CLOSE UP OF A JAPANESE GUN REMOVED FROM A TANK BY THE JAPS WHEN THE TANKS WERE BOGGED AFTER THE LANDING AT MILNE BAY

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. COMMANDING OFFICERS OF FAMOUS RAAF SQUADRONS. LEFT TO RIGHT:- WING-COMMANDER J.R. BALMER, COMMANDING NO 100 SQUADRON, THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN BEAUFORT TORPEDO-BOMBER ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. HOISTING THE UNION JACK ON A CAPTURED JAPANESE INVASION BARGE USED BY THEM IN THEIR ABORTIVE LANDING ATTEMPT AT MILNE BAY AND LATER SALVAGED AND PUT INTO USED BY ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. ONE OF THE JAPANESE INVASION BARGES USED IN THEIR ABORTIVE LANDING ATTEMPT AT MILNE BAY, NOW SALVAGED AND PUT INTO USE BY AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. COMMANDING OFFICERS OF FAMOUS RAAF SQUADRONS AT MILNE BAY. LEFT TO RIGHT:- WING-COMMANDER J.R. BALMER, COMMANDING 1ST AUSTRALIAN BEAUFORT TORPEDO-BOMBER SQUADRON; ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. FLYING OFFICER E.B. TAINTON, NO 76 FIGHTER SQUADRON, RAAF, TAXIES HIS P40 KITTYHAWK FROM THE RUNWAY THROUGH PALM TREES TOWARDS THE DISPERSAL AREA

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. FLYING OFFICER D.E. PANK, OF NO 75 FIGHTER SQUADRON, RAAF, TAXIING HIS P40 KITTYHAWK ALONG THE DISPERSAL RUNWAY AFTER A FLIGHT