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DOBODURA, NEW GUINEA. GRASS HUT USED BY MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, AND BUILT BY THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU). STANDING IN FRONT OF THE HUT IS A NEW ..

DOBODURA, NEW GUINEA. GRASS HUT USED BY MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, AND BUILT BY THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU). (DONOR D. THATCHER)

BOOTLESS BATTERY, PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. C.1943. PATIENTS AND STAFF IN THE PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT TENT AT 2/5TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL

HEIDELBERG, VIC. 1944-01-15. PRIVATE K. B. BRUCE, A WOUNDED SOLDIER RECENTLY EVACUATED FROM NEW GUINEA, RECEIVES A VISIT FROM FRIENDS WHILE IN THE 115TH MILITARY HOSPITAL

VICTIMS OF NAZI RAIDERS ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA: BEARDS FLOURISHED ON THE FACES OF THE MEN LANDED AT EMIRAU BY THE GERMAN RAIDERS. FEW OF THEM WERE ABLE TO SAVE MANY OF THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS

Bismarck Sea. 1943. An Allied Beaufighter aircraft heading out on patrol above the coast

NAZI RAIDER VICTIMS ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA - BEARDS WERE GROWN BY MANY OF THE MEN WHILE THEY WERE MAROONED ON THE ISLAND EMIRAU

Heidelberg, Vic. 1943-10-06. Captain Dick Le Messurier, who was wounded fighting in New Guinea with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), typing a letter home while a patient in the 115th Australian ..

Melbourne, Vic. 1944-10-30. A 25-pounder Short Howitzer designed and manufactured in Australia for use in New Guinea. This pack gun can be dismantled into small sections and dropped by parachute. ..

Lae area, New Guinea. 1943-03-03. An Allied Beaufighter aircraft heading out to attack enemy shipping

Finschhafen Area, New Guinea. c. 1943-12. An Australian Comforts Fund representative handing out food packs to some Australian soldiers

New Guinea. 1942-08. An Allied ammunition dump in an area typical of some of the country in the vicinity of Port Moresby