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BOUGAINVILLE, 1945. A TWO FOOT GAUGE RAILWAY BUILT BY 23RD FIELD COMPANY AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS TO SUPPLY TROOPS ON THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL. IT ROSE 894 FEET UP BARGES' HILL. THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS TAKEN ..

Studio portrait of WX2657 Private (Pte) Lionel T. Mason, 2/16 Battalion. Pte Mason was killed in action in New Guinea on 1 December 1942

MILNE BAY, PNG, 1943-06. SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 79 SQUADRON RAAF IN DISPERSAL BAY AT NO 1 STRIP (GURNEY FIELD)

New Guinea. November 1942. US troops in battle gear advance towards the Japanese at Buna. In the background is a native church with thatched roof

MILNE BAY, PNG, 1942 - 43. CLOSE -UP OF NOSE SECTION OF BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT A9-190 QH-B OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF IN DISPERSAL, SHOWING NOSE ART. (DONOR - T. G. JONES.)

HOLSWORTHY INTERNMENT CAMP, NSW, C.1914. TRADERS FROM NEW GUINEA AND NEIGHBOURING GERMAN TERRITORIES HELD PRISONER AT HOLSWORTHY. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE). (DONOR: R.A. SANDS)

Studio portrait of NX191455 Gunner (Gnr) Earl James Arrow, Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, of Parkes, NSW. He enlisted in Moore Park, NSW, on 23 April 1941. Gnr Arrow was taken prisoner of war (POW) ..

RABAUL, NEW GUINEA, C.1914. GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOUSE AFTER TAKEOVER BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF), WITH AUSTRALIAN GUARDS OUTSIDE. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD IN AWM ..

HOLSWORTHY INTERNMENT CAMP, NSW, C.1914. PRISONERS FROM NEW GUINEA AND NEIGHBOURING GERMAN TERRITORIES AT HOLSWORTHY OUTSIDE ONE OF THE BARRACKS. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE). (DONOR: ..

BRITISH ATOMIC TESTS ON MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, WA, OCTOBER 1952. HMS PLYM THE "GUINEA PIG" SHIP ON WHICH THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS EXPLODED. PLYM WAS COMPLETELY VAPOURISED, NOT A TRACE OF HER WAS EVER ..

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03. RAN AND RAAF DOCTORS AND NURSES AT THE BASE HOSPITAL, MILNE BAY. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS FREMANTLE. COMPLETED ON 12TH APRIL 1943 FREMANTLE SERVED IN THE NORTHERN AUSTRALIA - NEW GUINEA AREA AND ADJACENT WATERS FROM 1943 TO 1945. ON 30TH AUGUST ..