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1943-01-11. 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 ..

1942-12-08. NEW GUINEA. GONA. ALLIED PLANES BOMB JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE BUSH NEAR GONA. BOMBS WERE RELEASED WHILE THE PLANES WERE STILL A FEW HUNDRED YARDS BEHIND THE AUSTRALIAN FRONT LINES. ..

NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-09. NOT ONLY DO AIRMEN AND GROUND FORCES HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THIS TYPE OF RUGGED JUNGLE COUNTRY BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO FACE SHEER ROCK-FACED CLIFFS LIKE THOSE SHOWN ..

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 ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1944. PAPUAN NATIVES EMPLOYED AS CREW MEMBERS ON A SAILING VESSEL OF THE RAAF RESCUE SERVICE

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-02. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF VERNON AIRSTRIP WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED NEAR MAWARAKA FOR USE BY AUSTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 17 AIR OBSERVATION POST RAAF IN SUPPORT ..

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

PORT MORESBY - SMOOTH OCEAN OFF ELA BEACH, THIS EXCELLENT LANDING AREA IS FLYING BOAT ANCHORAGE, ESPECIALLY DURING N.W. MONSOON PERIOD. RAAF SURVEY FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. THE SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT OF A RAAF AIR-SEA RESCUE FLIGHT LANDS ON THE SWIFT-RUNNING WATERS OF THE KERAWARI RIVER TO BRING TWO NATIVE ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-16. THE CONGREGATION AT A THANKSGIVING SERVICE FOR RAAF PERSONNEL HELD IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHAPEL, CONDUCTED BY PADRE ROSS BORDER OF ..

Melbourne, Vic. 1944-10-16. Ex-members of the AIF who have served in the Middle East and New Guinea. These men have transferred to the RAAF and are undergoing an Air Crew Training Course

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-16. MEMBERS OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE) SQUADRON RAAF WHO DROPPED LEAFLETS GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO JAPANESE FORCES TELLING THEM HOW AND ..