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An Australian mortar crew in action during fighting against Japanese forces in the Gona area

1942-11-06. SHOT OF AN AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. THIS BATTERY IS MANNED ENTIRELY BY VICTORIANS USING GUNS MANUFACTURED IN A VICTORIAN FACTORY AND THEIR BAG OF ENEMY ..

1943-03-03. PAPUA. JAPANESE UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTACK WAU. 25 POUNDERS FLOWN IN ARE UNLOADED AT WAU AERODROME. AT THIS STAGE THE JAPANESE WERE ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE AERODROME. THESE GUNS WERE ..

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. WORKSHOPS AND SURROUNDING AREA OF THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN WATERCRAFT WORKSHOPS, AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-06. AT THE FAREWELL DINNER, HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, NEW GUINEA FORCE, GIVEN TO NX363 LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR IVEN MACKAY, KBE, CMG, DSO, VD., TO CELEBRATE HIS ..

12 MILE, LALOKI RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-15. SPRAY IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN OPERATION AT A FARM OF THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN FARM COMPANY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS

17 MILE, LALOKI RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-22. UNIT VEHICLE COLLECTING CORDIALS AT THE FACTORY ESTABLISHED AND OPERATED BY THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE CANTEEN SERVICES ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS, NEW ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-06. AT THE FAREWELL DINNER, HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, NEW GUINEA FORCE, GIVEN TO NX363 LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR IVEN MACKAY, KBE, CMG, DSO, VD., TO CELEBRATE HIS ..

17 MILE, LALOKI RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-22. S60128 PRIVATE G. SCHMIDT CHECKING BOTTLES FOR CLEANLINESS, AS THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE AT THE CORDIAL FACTORY ESTABLISHED AND ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-25. NEAT WHITE CROSSES MARK THE GRAVES OF MEN WHO FELL IN THE MARKHAM AND RAMU VALLEY CAMPAIGNS. THE CEMETERY WILL ALSO BE THE BURIAL PLACE OF ALL MEN KILLED BETWEEN ..

SOGERI, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-20. STAFF PERSONNEL OF THE SCHOOL OF SIGNALS, NEW GUINEA FORCE WORKING AT THE UNIT SAWMILL. ALL TIMBER USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BARRACKS AND OTHER BUILDINGS IS ..