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On 23 September 1914, HMAS Parramatta captured the German steamer "Meklong", which was hidden in a creek on Duke of York Island, part of German New Guinea. The Meklong manned by soldiers and the ..

QUEENSLAND. STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN PASSENGER VESSEL MANUNDA PRIOR TO BEING REQUISITIONED AND FITTED OUT AS THE 2/I AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP IN 1940-05. AS SUCH SHE WAS BOMBED AND ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-1943. SERGEANT CLIFF FIELD (LEFT) WITH HIS BROTHER SERGEANT WAL FIELD STANDING BESIDE A TRUCK THAT SERVED AS ONE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE'S MOBILE CINEMAS. ..

1943-09-28. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE AMERICAN TRANSPORT PRESIDENT GRANT (EX CENTENNIAL STATE, EX PRESIDENT ADAMS) WHICH EVACUATED WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM AUSTRALIA'S NORTHERN GARRISONS IN ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-1943. THE INTERIOR OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE'S MOBILE CINEMA NO. 76, WITH THE PROJECTION DOOR OPEN AT REAR. THE CINEMA IS USING A C. AND W. P5 PROJECTOR ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. A GROUP OF OFFICERS FROM 5TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION TALKING NEAR A RUNWAY AT HEADQUARTERS. SHOWN: LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR IVEN MACKAY; BRIGADIER BROADBENT; LIEUTENANT ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942. ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE'S MOBILE CINEMA UNITS IN PAPUA. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: WARRANT OFFICER 1 BERT HINCHEY; SERGEANT (SGT) ..

BRISBANE, QLD. 1942-06-03. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH CARGO VESSEL S.JACOB WHICH WAS INVOLVED IN THE MILNE BAY OPERATIONS IN 1942-09 AND IN OPERATION LILLIPUT IN NEW GUINEA BETWEEN 1942-12 ..

Bougainville. August 1945. Japanese envoy Captain Takenaka, was conveyed on HMAS Lithgow to Lieutenant General S. G. Savige's headquarters to receive surrender terms. The envoy was searched on ..

STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BASS STRAIT FERRY TAROONA WHICH TRANSPORTED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS TO NEW GUINEA DURING WORLD WAR 2. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

NEW GUINEA? 1943? INTERIOR OF A HOSPITAL TENT WITH A NURSE SEATED AT A TABLE AND PATIENTS LYING ON BEDS SEEN THROUGH THE OPENING. NOTE THE REFRIGERATOR AND THE MAKESHIFT SHELVING FOR LINEN AND ..

1944-07-19. AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE AMERICAN TANKER YORK WHICH RAMMED AND SANK THE CORVETTE HMAS GEELONG OFF LANGEMAK ON 1944-10-18. SHE IS ARMED WITH 3 INCH AA GUNS FORE AND AFT. FOUR 20 MM ..