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WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-03. SMOKE BILLOWS FROM TARGETS SET ON FIRE BY BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO 8 SQUADRON RAAF AND NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF. JAPANESE "SMOKED OUT" BY THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE: 30 MARCH 1945. PRIOR TO CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER THE AUSTRALIAN MANNED MATILDA TANKS OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT WERE MADE WATERPROOF BY THE USE OF THICK GREASE. TANK 72754 ..

NEW GUINEA. UPPER RAMU VALLEY ADVANCE. A FORWARD POST AT WHICH PATROLS MAKE CONTACT WITH JAPANESE. THE RIVER, WHICH VARIES IN SPEED FROM 5-12 KNOTS, HAS TO BE CROSSED ABOUT THIRTY TIMES ON THE WAY ..

NEW GUINEA. FINSCHHAFEN AREA. NOVEMBER 1943. AFTER HEAVY RAIN MANY BRIDGES WERE WASHED AWAY IMPOSING HEAVY TASKS ON OUR TROOPS. A FERRY PONTOON IS SHOWN BEING RIGGED TO TRANSPORT JEEPS ACROSS THE ..

PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 9 MARCH 1970. MEN FROM B COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), CARRY A MATE WHO HAS COLLAPSED FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION TO A WAITING ..

WEWAK AREA, NORTH NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-20. FOUR BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF IN FLIGHT HEAD DOWN THE NORTHERN COAST OF NEW GUINEA WITH BOMBS FOR JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AT WEWAK. ..

RABAUL, 1943-11-02. AIR STRIKE BY SEVENTY-FIVE B25 MITCHELL BOMBERS AND EIGHTY P38 LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT OF THE US FIFTH AIR FORCE ON JAPANESE SHIPPING IN SIMPSON HARBOUR. (DONOR: W. TUCK)

CHRISTMAS DAY OPEN AIR SERVICE

Rabaul, 1943-11-02. Air strike by 75 B.25 Mitchell bombers and 80 P38 Lightning aircraft of the Fifth Air Force on Japanese shipping in Simpson Harbour. (Donor: W. Tuck)

250430 Squadron Leader (Sqd Ldr) Kenneth Roy McDonald of No 22 Squadron RAAF, in the cockpit of his Boston Aircraft named Retribution. Sqn Ldr McDonald was killed in aerial combat over New Guinea ..

JAPANESE FIELD GUNS IN POSITION AT BUTIBUM RIVER

RABAUL, 1942-11. ALLIED AIR FORCES STRIKE JAPANESE SHIPPING IN HARBOUR. (DONOR: W. TUCK)