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PORT MORESBY, C. 1943-03. SICK BAY ATTENDANT BARREL, A MEMBER OF THE RAN. (PHOTOGRAPHER: SURGEON LIEUTENANT COMMANDER G. A. ROBSON, OF GAWLER, SA). (ORIGINAL PRINT HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE) ..

NEW GUINEA. C. 1914-09. INSCRIPTION: "NO. 4 COY, VIC, 243. SPECIAL NAVAL EXPEDITIONARY FORCE LEFT MELBOURNE 1914-08-14 UNDER SEALED ORDERS. LATER. FIRST ENGAGEMENT 1914-09-11 AT KABAKAUL IN THE ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS MANNING POSTS IN THE NEW GUINEA BUSH RELAX FOR A FEW MOMENTS TO CLEAN A RIFLE AND SCAN A PICTORIAL MAGAZINE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07-11. MAJOR A. J. ANDERSON, 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, CHIEF UMPIRE, AND BRIGADIER S. H. W. C. PORTER, COMMANDING 30TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE (LEFT), ..

With flaps fully lowered, a RAAF Mark 1 Lockheed Hudson aircraft lands at a Port Moresby aerodrome after completing its bombing mission over Lae and Salamaua. Note that the Hudson is fitted with ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07-15. MAKESHIFT HUT SERVES THE CREW OF AN AUSTRALIAN SEARCHLIGHT UNIT AS A KITCHEN IN THE NEW GUINEA WAR ZONE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07-20. AN EVACUATED MISSION CHAPEL CONVERTED TO BILLETS FOR AUSTRALIAN TROOPS. THE INSCRIPTION OVER THE DOOR IS THE PAPUAN TRANSLATION OF THE TEXT "GOD BE WITH YOU"

PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. THIS IS CARMEN MIRANDA, STAR OF THE PORT MORESBY CONCERT PARTY, BACK TO EARTH AND ON THE JOB GETTING SOME "SPUDS" READY FOR AN UNTHEATRICALLY-MINDED COOK. PRIVATE MAURICE ..

NEW GUINEA, 1942-08-10. AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN BOMBING CREWS RECEIVING LAST MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE FLIGHT COMMANDER WHO IS OBSCURED FROM VIEW, IN THE CENTRE OF THE GROUP

PAPUA, 1942-08-18. TRUCK CONVEYING STAFF OF THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION (ABC) AND PRESS CORRESPONDENTS BOGGED IN THE FORWARD AREA

PAPUA, 1942-08-18. A TRANSPORT PLANE BURNING ON THE RUNWAY OF SEVEN MILE AERODROME, NEAR PORT MORESBY, AFTER A RAID BY TWENTY-FOUR JAPANESE BOMBERS. ONE MAN WAS KILLED AND THIRTEEN INJURED, FOUR ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. GUNNERS OF THE 2/6TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, GETTING THEIR 25-POUNDER GUNS INTO POSITION OUTSIDE THE PORT MORESBY AREA