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PAPUA NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF THE PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION. (PHOTO LENT BY HANK NELSON: A.N.U.)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROBABLY NORTHERN PROVINCE, LATE 1942 OR EARLY 1943. VILLAGERS PHOTOGRAPHED AFTER BEING BEATEN (THEY CLAIM) BY MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY. (PHOTOS LENT FOR COPYING BY HANK ..

NEW GUINEA, 1945. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY TALKING TO SERGEANT PERKINS (EX 2/22ND BATTALION) WITH BRIGADIER R. SANDOVER AND LT COL B.F. DAWSON LOOKING ON. THIS WAS TAKEN AFTER THE RECAPTURE BY 6 ..

NEW GUINEA, 1943. OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST IVOR HELE - PASSENGER IN FRONT SEAT OF JEEP

THIS 76 SQUADRON P.40 AIRCRAFT (CODED Q2) WAS BEING PILOTED BY FRANKIE GROVNER WHEN IT WAS SHOT DOWN OVER MILNE BAY. (D. BRAUND COLLECTION)

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA, 1942. THE P40 KITTYHAWK (Q2) AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY FLYING OFFICER FRANK GROSVENOR, NO 76 SQUADRON RAAF, CRASHED IN THE JUNGLE AFTER HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER MILNE BAY. FLYING ..

A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE AT AMBON WAR CEMETERY. THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE FINAL RESTING SPOT FOR THE FAMOUS WARTIME PHOTOGRAPHER DAMIEN PARER. KILLED AT PELELIU IN 1944 HIS REMAINS WERE TRANSFERRED IN ..

KILO 89 CAMP, PALESTINE. 1942-12. GUINEA PIGS BRED BY MEDICAL OFFICERS AT NO. 8 AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL HOSPITAL WHERE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY NEEDED FOR BLOOD TESTS OF VENEREAL CASES BUT ARE DIFFICULT TO ..

GRAFTON, NSW. 1943-04. BLISTERS SUSTAINED BY ARMY PERSONNEL TAKING PART IN CHEMICAL WARFARE EXPERIMENTS NEAR LAKE HIAWATHA. THE PERSONNEL WERE ACTING AS HUMAN "GUINEA PIGS" AND ENTERED AN AREA THAT ..

GRAFTON, NSW. 1943-04. BLISTER SUSTAINED BY ARMY PERSONNEL TAKING PART IN CHEMICAL WARFARE EXPERIMENTS NEAR LAKE HIAWATHA. THE PERSONNEL WERE ACTING AS HUMAN "GUINEA PIGS" AND ENTERED AN AREA THAT ..

GRAFTON, NSW. 1943-04. BLISTERS SUSTAINED BY ARMY PERSONNEL TAKING PART IN CHEMICAL WARFARE EXPERIMENTS NEAR LAKE HIAWATHA. THE PERSONNEL WERE ACTING AS HUMAN "GUINEA PIGS" AND ENTERED AN AREA THAT ..

GRAFTON, NSW. 1943-04. BLISTERS SUSTAINED BY ARMY PERSONNEL TAKING PART IN CHEMICAL WARFARE EXPERIMENTS NEAR LAKE HIAWATHA. THE PERSONNEL WERE ACTING AS HUMAN "GUINEA PIGS" AND ENTERED AN AREA THAT ..