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1943-01-08. PTE. SAL. CORONA OF CALIFORNIA USES A BOMB CRATER AS A SWIMMING POOL. THE CRATER IS ON THE MAIN STRIP AT BUNA AND, WHEN THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN, JAPANESE WERE ONLY 100 YARDS AWAY. (NEGATIVE ..

1943-01-08. ALLIED ADVANCE ON BUNA. ALLIED TROOPS EXAMINING ONE OF TWO JAPANESE 3-INCH NAVAL GUNS USED BY THE ENEMY IN THEIR DEFENCE OF BUNA. THIS GUN WAS CAPTURED BY AUSTRALIANS ON THE STRIP AT ..

Informal portrait of Pilot Officer (PO) John S (Jack) Archer, No. 4 Squadron, RAAF, shaving. On 26 December 1942 PO Archer, with his observer Sergeant J L (Les) Coulston, both from Melbourne, Vic, ..

Pilot Officer (PO) John S (Jack) Archer seated in the cockpit of No. 4 Squadron, RAAF, Wirraway A20-103. On 26 December 1942 PO Archer, with his observer Sergeant J L (Les) Coulston, both from ..

1943-01-08. PAPUA, GIROPA POINT. AUSTRALIAN- MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS ATTACK JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. MEN OF B COMPANY, 2/12TH BATTALION, STAND BY AS A TANK BLASTS ..

1943-01-08. PAPUA. BUNA. CAPTURED AIR STRIP AT BUNA. JAPS LEFT BEHIND PLANES STRAFED BY ALLIED FIGHTERS. NOTE BULLET HOLES IN WING OF ZERO. THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW TYPE SQUARE WING ZERO AIRCRAFT

1943-01-11. USE OF TRANSPORT PLANES IN NEW GUINEA ENABLES SPEEDY EVACUATION OF WOUNDED FROM FORWARD AREAS TO THE BASE. COMPARED WITH THEIR TREK ACROSS THE OWEN STANLEYS, WHICH TOOK DAYS, WOUNDED ..

BUNA, PAPUA. 1943-01-01. FIGHTING DURING THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUNNERS IN ACTION AROUND 5.30 PM NEW YEARS DAY. DEAD MAN ON LEFT WAS CORPORAL CHARLES KNIGHT. PRIVATE JOHN ..

1943-01-11. SALVAGING AEROPLANES IN NEW GUINEA. LITTLE IS HEARD OF THE GROUND STAFF OF THE RAAF - THE MEN WHO WORK ALL HOURS AND UNDER ALL CONDITIONS, KEEPING OUR PLANES IN THE AIR, AND STILL LESS ..

Australian-manned General Stuart M3 Light Tanks bust Japanese pillboxes in the final assault on Buna. Men of D Company, 2/12th Battalion, close in on tank-blasted Japanese positions. In the ..

1943-01-11. SALVAGING AEROPLANES IN NEW GUINEA. LITTLE IS HEARD OF THE GROUND STAFF OF THE RAAF - THE MEN WHO WORK ALL HOURS AND UNDER ALL CONDITIONS, KEEPING OUR PLANES IN THE AIR, AND STILL LESS ..

1943-01-11. SALVAGING AEROPLANES IN NEW GUINEA. LITTLE IS HEARD OF THE GROUND STAFF OF THE RAAF - THE MEN WHO WORK ALL HOURS AND UNDER ALL CONDITIONS, KEEPING OUR PLANES IN THE AIR, AND STILL LESS ..