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OCEAN ISLAND. 1941-07. BOATS FOR FUELLING AND WATERING THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER HMAS WESTRALIA FROM NORWEGIAN MERCHANT VESSEL VITO, SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-17. TROOPS PARTICIPATING IN THE "THROWING THE COCONUT" EVENT DURING THE TABLOID SPORTS MEETING CONDUCTED BY HEADQUARTERS 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE WITHIN THE SIAR ..

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-10. AN AREA DEVASTATED BY ALLIED BOMBING AND STRAFING WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF 2/15TH FIELD AMBULANCE. IN THE FOREGROUND CAN BE SEEN A DAMAGED 75MM ..

DUGUMUR BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-14. MEMBERS OF 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION SUNBAKING ON THE BEACH UNDER THE GUARD OF A SENTRY, AT A TWO POUNDER ANTI-TANK GUN SITED FOR BEACH DEFENCE AGAINST BARGE ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-20. PERSONNEL OF COMPANY HEADQUARTERS, 11TH DIVISION CARRIER COMPANY. LEFT TO RIGHT: FRONT ROW: NX146988 PRIVATE (PTE) N. T. MARONEY; NX146989 PTE P. V. MANNING; NX136710 ..

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-04. TEMPORARY LATRINES AT THE MEDICAL DRESSING STATION OF 10TH FIELD AMBULANCE

1944-09. NEW GUINEA. US INFANTRY USING LANDING NETS TO TRANSFER BETWEEN THE LANDING SHIP INFANTRY LARGE HMAS MANOORA AND A LANDING CRAFT IN THE COURSE OF TRAINING PRIOR TO THE MOROTAI LANDING. ..

PORT MORESBY - WINNER OF 100 YARDS' DASH A.A.C. SPORTS, LIGHT TOO BAD TO ALLOW SPEED OF LENS SUFFICIENT TO STOP MOVEMENT IN FIGURE. DENSE OVERHANGING FOLIAGE. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - ROAD LEADING TO RADIO STATION AND SAPPHIRE CREEK MINES, NORTH FROM PORT MORESBY. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1943-05. AN ARMOURER FROM NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF SITTING ON AN ENGINE COWLING OF ONE OF THE SQUADRON'S BRISTOL BEAUFORT BOMBERS, AS HE WORKS ON THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT, PROBABLY ..

Probably VIC, AUSTRALIA, 1940-1944. STUDIO PORTRAIT OF 10424 FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT SGT) LAURENCE MICHAEL DEVITT OF NO. 12 SQUADRON RAAF, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN NEW GUINEA ON 1944-03-05. FLT ..

WABAG, NEW GUINEA. NATIVES SURROUND THE FIRST AEROPLANE TO LAND AT WABAG WITH SUPPLIES FOR THE TAYLOR AND BLACK EXPEDITION. THE AIRCRAFT, A FORD TRIMOTOR, WAS REQUISITIONED BY THE RAAF ON THE ..