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But, New Guinea. May 1945. LTD Australian-built barge 027 drawn up on the beach, full of supplies and equipment, including vehicles, transported from Aitape for the troops

At sea. 1942. Waves crash over the bow of HMAS Adelaide as she ploughs through a large swell, while on patrol and escort duties in northern Australia and New Guinea. This elevated view of the deck ..

New Britain. 4 April 1945. The Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces, General Sir Thomas Blamey, and other members of his official party disembark from a landing barge at Waitavalo ..

Members of the crew of HMAS Dubbo assisting 6th Australian Division troops into the landing barges for the successful assault on the Wewak Peninsula

Gili Gili, Milne Bay. 1943-07-12. A large tractor, driven by V170934 Sapper L.A. Robb, during the construction of a large jetty to be 860 feet long. The work was carried out by the 4th Field ..

Kwiara, China Straits. 1943-07-06. The camp site of the 1st Water Transport Group Maintenance Base, Royal Australian Engineers, near Milne Bay

Wewak, New Guinea. 1944-03-19. Japanese shipping off Muschu Island, near Wewak, under attack by Allied aircraft

Bulldog, New Guinea. 1943-08-22. A rock face a few miles on the Bulldog side of Johnson's Gap which was difficult to overcome during construction of the Reinhold Highway by sappers of 9th ..

Rabaul (?), New Britain. c.1915. The RAN destroyer HMAS Warrego docked at a wharf with RAN members of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) sitting on the wharf's steps ..

Fenton, NT. c. November 1945. An informal group portrait of the crew from a Consolidated B24 Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 24 Squadron RAAF in front of a tent. Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Bob ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1942-12. A surgical operation in progress at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station on a patient who had suffered bayonet wounds in fighting on the Kokoda Track. (Original housed in ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1944-08-05. A march past of the combined services Guard of Honour at the opening of the Bomana War Cemetery