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MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. FIGHTER PILOTS OF THE RAAF STANDING BY AT THEIR AIRFIELD. LEFT TO RIGHT:- PILOT OFFICER BRUCE BROWN; SQUADRON LEADER L. JACKSON, 75 SQUADRON; FLIGHT LIEUTENANT V. ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. KITTYHAWK FIGHTER PLANES OF THE RAAF IN DISPERSAL BAYS ON THE MAIN "STRIP" AT MILNE BAY. THE DROME WAS LITERALLY CARVED OUT OF A THICK COCONUT PLANTATION

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. AUSTRALIANS WOUNDED IN THE FIGHTING IN NEW GUINEA BEING FERRIED BY THE CORVETTE H.M.A.S. BENDIGO OUT TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA, WHICH IS LYING OUT IN THE HARBOUR

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-04. SERGEANT BILL JOHNSON FROM THE RIGGING OF HIS KETCH WHICH WAS FORMERLY USED AS A RUBBER BOAT, KEEPS A CLOSE WATCH AHEAD FOR REEFS WHILE HIS NATIVE BOSUN TAKES SOUNDINGS WITH ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-04. THE FIRST MEN TO SIGHT THE JAPS IN BUNA. SERGEANT BISHOP OF THE 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION (LEFT) AND LIEUTENANT CHAMPION, RESIDENT OFFICER AT BUNA

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. SUPERFICIAL EXAMINATION OF NATIVE CARRIERS ON THE MORNING SICK PARADE BY THE REGIMENTAL AID POST ATTENDANT WARRANT OFFICER II. J.N. WALSHE. IN THESE DAYS WHEN LARGE NUMBERS OF ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. CAPTAIN P. JENSEN, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES IN NEW GUINEA EXAMINES A NATIVE FOR A THROAT COMPLAINT

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. THIS YOUNG PAPUA BOY HAS HAD A SERIOUS BOIL INFECTION OF THE FACE AND HAS BEEN RECEIVING TREATMENT AT THE HOSPITAL OF THE NATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. NATIVES AWAITING OUTSIDE A NATIVE BUILT GRASS HUT WHICH IS THE "SURGERY" OF THE NATIVE HOSPITAL RUN BY THE NATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES

A German landing party from the Nurnberg standing beside a crane and rail equipment on Fanning Island. The island was the site of a central Pacific telephone cable relay station. The party cut ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08. 2/1ST HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA ALONGSIDE THE WHARF AT PORT MORESBY BEING LOADED WITH WOUNDED FOR EVACUATION TO AUSTRALIA. NOTE THE MOTOR AMBULANCES DRAWN UP ON THE WHARF

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. M.V. MALAITA ENCHORED OFF PORT MORESBY AFTER HAVING BEEN TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE CRAFT IN THE BACKGROUND ARE WAITING TO TOW HER ..