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Buna, Papua. 1943-12-25. Group portrait of three members of 17 Field Hygiene Company with three indigenous (native) Papuans. Left to right: back row: K. Munro (possibly), A. Salmon who is holding a ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942. The truck used by a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit to transport the unit's equipment and any retrieved bombs. This vehicle had a hinged sign reading "bomb disposal on this ..

Pacific Area. c. 1942. Two guns in an Australian anti aircraft battery ready for firing

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. Group portrait of members of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit. Left to right: back row: unidentified, Larry Appleby, 'Lofty', Lazarini, unidentified, unidentified. Front ..

Buna, Papua. c.1943. Indigenous (native) Papuans work at draining a swamp in an attempt to eradicate the malarial mosquito. (Original print housed with AWM Private Records)

Two RAAF Intelligence Officers, 255538 Flying Officer (FO) Harold Peter Moschetti (left) and 255266 FO Stuart Patrick King, examine aerial photographs of the Japanese-held Kahili airstrip on ..

Portrait of 82 Squadron Leader Bruce Barton “Barney” Cresswell, commanding Officer of No 76 Squadron RAAF. Cresswell was killed on 17 April, 1942 while flying a 75 Squadron aircraft on an early ..

Alexishafen, New Guinea. 1944. Tents set up at the camp of 17 Field Hygiene Company. This company, with the help of indigenous (native) Papuans, worked to eradicate the malarial mosquito. Note the ..

Madang, New Guinea. 1944-06-14. Group portrait of members of the 266th Light Aid Detachment, Headquarters 15th Infantry Brigade, outside the welding and blacksmith's workshop. The unit is located ..

New Guinea. 1942-10-12. Informal portrait of US Army General Douglas MacArthur, cigar in mouth, during a visit to Australian troops operating in forward areas in New Guinea

Oro Bay, New Guinea. 1943-05. VX104013 Major I. A. Wilson (right) at a microscope in the pathology tent at the Main Dressing Station, 10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps

Oro Bay, New Guinea. 1943-04. A cook working in the kitchem at the 10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps