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New Britain. 15 December 1943. Gunners stand to their posts as the American landing barges approach the coral shores near Arawe in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken in this ..

New Britain. 15 December 1943. Landing craft approach the inhospitable shores near Arawe, where American troops forced a landing at dawn in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken ..

New Britain. 15 December 1943. Immediately after landing at Arawe American engineers and signal corps technicians set to work to establish communications, and land lines were laid. The patrols were ..

Aitape, New Guinea. 1945-03-02. Fatigued after his strenuous climb up the "Golden Stairway" Private Fred Westland of Melbourne, Vic, rests on one of the steps and reclines on his Owen gun

NEW GUINEA 299: 11 JANUARY 1945. IN HONOUR OF THE LIBERATION. BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, OF SOME OF THEIR VILLAGES, DURING 1944 - AND TO OFFER A PRAYER FOR THE FORTHCOMING HARVEST YEAR. NEW GUINEA ..

A VIEW FROM THE RESIDENT OFFICER'S HOUSE AT MANUS, LOOKING TOWARDS THE WIRELESS STATION. (TAKEN IN 1921.) (DONATED BY COMMANDER G.F. LANGFORD, R.A.N.)

New Britain. December 1943. Alligator amphibious craft were used extensively in the assault on Arawe. The 'Alligator' is an amphibious weapons-personnel carrier, with caterpillar tracks and scoops, ..

The battle cruiser HMAS Australia and light cruiser HMAS (ex HMS) Encounter, the submarine AE2, Hospital Ship Grantala, French armoured cruiser Montcalm, colliers, oilers and store ship Aorangi in ..

New Britain. December 1943. A Jeep is being loaded aboard a landing craft preparatory to setting out on the invasion. The immense preparation necessary for the Allied landing at Arawe emphasised ..

H.M.A.T.B.D. "YARRA" COMING TO AN ANCHORAGE AT PORT MORESBY - A VERY FINE SHELTER OFFERING PROTECTION BOTH FROM THE WEATHER AND POSSIBLE RAIDS BY THE ENEMY. (DONOR LIEUTENANT COMMANDER G.A. HILL, ..

KABAKAUL, NEW GUINEA. THE BEACH IN FRONT OF THE VILLAGE WHERE TWENTY-FIVE RATINGS, UNDER LIEUTENANT BOWEN, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVE (AN&MEF), LANDED TO LOCATE THE GERMAN WIRELESS STATION. ..

MADANG, NEW GUINEA, 1914. A NAVAL CONTINGENT, MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF), UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LEIGHTON S. BRACEGIRDLE AND ..