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BUNA, NEW GUINEA. C. 1943. THE COMMANDING GENERAL, ALLIED AIR FORCE IN NEW GUINEA, BRIGADIER GENERAL ENNIS C. WHITEHEAD, INSPECTS RAAF TROOPS ON PARADE FOR THE CEREMONY AT WHICH FOUR RAAF OFFICERS ..

VIEW FROM FINE ON THE STARBOARD BOW OF THE LANDING CRAFT HEAVY HMAS BUNA (L132). NOTE THAT THE BOW RAMP IS NOT FITTED. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

C.1944. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS BENDIGO (I) (J187), PROBABLY IN NEW GUINEA WATERS. THE SHIP HAS LOST THE CAMOUFLAGE SCEME IN WHICH SHE WAS PAINTED IN 1943 IN FAVOUR OF AN ALL OVER ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1943-07. FLIGHT SERGEANT HAROLD TAPNER, WARATAH, NSW (LEFT) AND HIS OBSERVER WARRANT OFFICER ROBERT THOMAS, EAST MALVERN, VIC, OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF AFTER ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1943-07. TWO BEAUFIGHTER CREWS OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF WHO PICKED UP A JAPANESE CAMOUFLAGED SUPPLY SHIP DURING AN ATTACK ON JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AT JACQUINOT BAY, NEW ..

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04. HMAS BUNDABERG (J231) SECURED ALONGSIDE REMNANTS OF ALEXISHAFEN WHARF AFTER DISEMBARKING TROOPS AND AMMUNITION TO ASSIST IN THE CAPTURE OF SEK ISLAND. NOTE THE 20 ..

VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-10-12. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT KEN BARBER OF WOOLOOWIN, QLD, A PILOT OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF, EATS A SNACK ON RETURN TO BASE FROM AN EPIC FIGHT WITH ..

OFF NEW BRITAIN ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-21. A JAPANESE MITSUBISHI BOMBER AIRCRAFT, ALLIED CODE NAME "BETTY", WHICH WAS FORCED TO CRASH-LAND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO ITS BASE AT RABAUL

VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. C. 1943-09. FLYING OFFICER A. GILBERT OF BELLEVUE HILL, NSW (RIGHT), DISCUSSING A PLAN WITH FO J. W. MCENIRY OF MILDURA, VIC, IN THE OFFICE OF NO. 7 ..

VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. C. 1943-07. 13205 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN A. H. HALL OF MOOROOPNA, VIC, BAKER OF NO. 7 MOBILE WORKS SQUADRON RAAF, BAKING THE DAILY BREAD FOR THE UNIT

KIRIWINA ISLAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. C. 1943-10. GROUP PORTRAIT OF CREWS OF NO. 8 (BEAUFORT) SQUADRON RAAF WHO TOOK PART IN THE AIR ATTACK ON RABAUL, JUST BACK BEFORE SUN-UP FROM IMPORTANT NIGHT ..

VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-23. GUINEA. 1943-09-23. AIRMEN AND MACHINERY OF NO. 7 MOBILE WORKS SQUADRON RAAF CONSTRUCTING A DISPERSAL BAY, ONE OF THE MANY JOBS IN MAKING ..