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496 survivors, passengers and crews from the British vessels Rangitane, Komata, Triaster, Triadic, Triona and Holmwood and the Norwegian vessel Vinni were rescued from the small island of Emirau, ..

Survivors, passengers and crew from the British vessels Rangitane, Komata, Triaster, Triadic, Triona and Holmwood and the Norwegian vessel Vinni, were rescued by the Australian steamer Nellore from ..

Survivors, passengers and crew from the British vessels Rangitane, Komata, Triaster, Triadic, Triona and Holmwood and the Norwegian vessel Vinni, were rescued by the Australian steamer Nellore from ..

1942-11-19. NEW GUINEA. KOKODA. NATIVE CARRIERS OR PORTERS HAVE PLAYED A BIG PART IN THE ALLIED ADVANCE IN NEW GUINEA. NATIVE CARRIERS AT KOKODA LISTEN TO A SPEECH OF CONGRATULATIONS BY A HIGH ..

An ambulance plane brings back wounded from Kokoda. The wounded man is Private. J. W. Clont of NSW. The pilot of the plane is Staff Sergeant N. D. Maxwell of Claire, Michigan

Fanning Island. 7 September 1914. Part of the exterior of the Engine Room of the Pacific Cable Board on Fanning Island after it had been destroyed by German Marines from the Nurnberg. The Nurnberg ..

1943-04-13. NEW GUINEA. LOCKHEED LIGHTNINGS (P38) IN FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

Most of the hand to hand fighting took place in the Gorari region, where one Australian unit killed and buried over 500 enemy troops. The Japanese dead were buried in common graves, five, six and ..

1942-12-05. PAPUA. ALLIES ATTACK BUNA. ONE OF THE ZERO FIGHTER AIRCRAFT HIT BY THE ALLIED AIR FORCE ON THE AIR STRIP AT BUNA. THESE WERE THE FIRST PICTURES EVER TAKEN OF THE NEW TYPE OF ZERO ..

Use of transport planes in New Guinea enables speedy evacuation of wounded from forward areas to the base. Compared with their trek across the Owen Stanleys, which took days, wounded have been ..

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 ..

NAPA NAPA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-12. 2ND AUSTRALIAN WATERCRAFT WORKSHOPS, AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, TAKEN FROM A VESSEL IN THE HARBOUR