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Port Moresby, Papua. 1944-08-05. General view of the opening ceremony of the Bomana War Cemetery. In the foreground are service personnel, then left to right: buglers of the Royal Papuan ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942-07-11. The crew of a 25-pounder gun, which is camouflaged with tropical foliage, await firing orders during jungle manoeuvres carried out under the direction of an ..

Kokoda Track, Papua. 1942. Informal portrait of Warrant Officer 2 Honeywell (left), Captain Swinton (middle) and Padre McCabe, Salvation Army chaplain (right), in the jungle. (Original housed in ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1941-12. A patient on the operating table in No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station. The soldier had been bayoneted during combat on the Kokoda Track. An anaesthetist, nursing sister ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. Members of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit, Lazarini (left) and Neville John Young stand with a 2000lb United States bomb amidst the rubble and ruin left after a fire in ..

Papua. 1942. Padre McCabe, Salvation Army chaplain (front left), sorts through letters and other papers with the assistance of two soldiers in the Kokoda Flats area. (Original housed in AWM Archive ..

Pacific Area. c. 1942. An Australian artilleryman adjusting the sight on an anti aircraft gun

An aerial view of Upoia village and camp on the bank of a creek from the Junkers seaplane used for carrying equipment and mail to remote regions. Portion of the aircraft's tailplane can be seen at ..

Probably Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld. 1943-08 to 1944-04? Flight Lieutenant R. J. McConnell of Rabaul, Flying Officer (FO) A. P. Muir of Brisbane, Qld and FO Burrow of New Guinea, looking for letters ..

Two RAAF Intelligence Officers, 255538 Flying Officer (FO) Harold Peter Moschetti (left) and 255266 FO Stuart Patrick King, examine aerial photographs of the Japanese-held Kahili airstrip on ..

Tadji, New Guinea. c. 1944. The crew of Department of Aircraft Production (DAP) Beaufort bomber A9-557, 100 Squadron RAAF, playing a game of cards in at night. Left to right: unknown (part ..

c. 1942. Portrait of 253939 Flight Lieutenant Leigh "Golden Voice" Vial RAAF. Vial was a coastwatcher and intelligence officer in New Guinea. Vial sometimes flew in the aircraft which dropped ..