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Milne Bay, Papua, 1944-05. The palm-roofed hut that served as the Officers' Mess at the base occupied by the Headquarters (HQ) of RAAF Northern Command

Papua-New Guinea, c. 1943. Native stretcher-bearers (often called fuzzy wuzzy angels) carry a wounded soldier on a stretcher down a muddy jungle track, as they evacuate him from the front. An ..

Milne Bay, Papua, 1944-03. Rear view of the main Administration Hut at the base occupied by the Headquarters (HQ) of RAAF Northern Command

Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua, 1944-04-11. Members of No. 26 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF at work in the foreground on various aircraft engines. In the midground at left is a ..

Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua, 1944-03-10. The Air Intelligence Hut at the Headquarters of No. 71 Wing RAAF. The hut is partly covered by camouflage netting

Milne Bay, Papua, 1944-05-18. The palm-roofed hut that served as the Airmen's Mess at the base occupied by the Headquarters (HQ) of RAAF Northern Command

Pacific area, c. 1945. Judith Anderson (centre), an Australian-born stage and film actress, standing with two servicemen in front of an aircraft of the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) which ..

"Motor Ship 'Montevideo Maru' Propelling Machinery: Mitsubishi-Sulzer Diesel Engines. Built and Engined at the Nagasaki Works for the Osaka Shosen Kaisha's South American Service.". During the ..

Sogeri, New Guinea. 1943-06-26. Native labourers carrying a log across the Laloki River suspension bridge at the New Guinea School of Signals. The labourers were supplied by the Australian and New ..

Rabaul, New Britain. 1949-09. A large floating crane which was sunk by Japanese bombers in early 1942. It had been towed pre-war from Singapore and is seen here lying half under water in the ..

New Guinea. 1943-07-20. Two Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft of the United States Air Force en route to the Wau and Bulolo area to carry out supply dropping missions to Allied troops in forward ..

Sogeri, New Guinea. 1943-06-25. The main ward of the 11th Australian Field Ambulance with the flagpole in "Snifter Park" and the orderly room tent on the left