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1942-12-08. NEW GUINEA. GONA. ALLIED PLANES SOAR IN AT LOW LEVEL TO MACHINE-GUN JAPANESE SNIPERS OUTSIDE GONA

1942-12-16. GONA, PAPUA. CHURCH OF ENGLAND PADRE A.E. BEGBIE IN A SMALL BURIAL GROUND IN A CLEARING PUSHING A CROSS INTO THE GROUND AT THE HEAD OF ONE OF THE GRAVES OF SOLDIERS, MANY FROM 55/53RD ..

1943-01-25. PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. AN IMPROVISED BRIDGE MADE BY ALLIED TROOPS TO ENABLE CONTACT TO BE MAINTAINED WITH THE RETREATING ENEMY AT SANANANDA. THE ..

WHEN THE FIRST LINE OF AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY PASSED OVER THEIR POSITIONS FOUR JAPANESE RACED INTO THE WATER. CALLED ON TO SURRENDER, THREE OF THEM STARTED TO SWIM OUT TO SEA AND WERE SHOT. THE FOURTH ..

New Britain. December 1943. Perfect co-operation between air, sea and land forces was a feature of the landing at Arawe which was perfectly planned and admirably executed. The Allied air arm ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. C. 1945-01. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MOSIGETTA AREA IN SOUTHERN BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND SHOWING THE TYPE OF COUNTRY IN WHICH PRESENT ACTION BY AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES IS TAKING ..

NEAR RURI BAY, NORTHERN BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-04. THREE JAPANESE TANKS INTENDED BY THE ENEMY FOR USE AS A SURPRISE WEAPON AGAINST AUSTRALIAN TROOPS FIGHTING IN THE NORTHERN ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-15. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF PARALLEL RUNWAYS AT ONE OF THE AIRSTRIPS AT THE ALLIED BASE

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-31. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING A BOMBING ATTACK BY ALLIED FORCES ON A BOMB DUMP

WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. IN ONE OF THE MOST AUDACIOUS RESCUES EVER CARRIED OUT BY THE RAAF, LIEUTENANT (LT) J. P. CARTER, A TEXAS MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE, ..

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945. MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE RAAF AIR-SEA RESCUE LAUNCH SERIAL NO. 03-13 ARE NOT SUPERSTITIOUS OF NO. 13

AIRBORNE OVER BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-07-28. NATIVE "BOYS" USED AS AIR OBSERVERS HAVE PROVED INVALUABLE. THE "BOY" IN THE FOREGROUND IS POINTING OUT JAPANESE POSITIONS TO FLIGHT ..