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Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942. The headquarters of the 67th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery

Port Moresby, New Guinea. c. 1942-11. An Anti-Aircraft operations room. The building is made of galvanised iron sheeting

Rabaul, New Britain. 1946-01-31. The Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Katsuragi in Simpson Harbour. The ship was transporting 5000 Japanese troops from the Solomon Islands to Japan and had called at ..

Torokina, Bougainville. 1945-11-04. Major General W. Bridgeford, CB CBE MC, General Officer Commanding 3 Australian Division, watching the finish of the 200 yard freestyle event at the Divisional ..

Torokina, Bougainville. 1945-11-04. The finish of the 100 yard freestyle swimming final at the 3 Australian Division swimming carnival held at the Bush Swimming Pool. The winner was NX132330 ..

Torokina, Bougainville. 1945-11-04. Major General W. Bridgeford, CB CBE MC, General Officer Commanding 3 Australian Division, presnting a prize to QX30019 Gunner E.J. Reid for winning the fifty ..

PORT MORESBY. SHOWING HANUABADA NATIVE SETTLEMENT. (NEGATIVE BY R. PEARSE)

Torokina, Bougainville. 1945-11-04. VX109807 Signalman R. Stokes winning the three metre board diving championship at the 3 Australian Division swimming carnival at the Bush Swimming Pool

Rabaul, New Britain. 1946-03-29. A Japanese fighter aircraft which had been destroyed in its revetment and subsequently surrounded by natural secondary growth. It was located near a newly developed ..

Nauru Island, South Pacific. 1945-09-16. The Royal Australian Navy frigate Diamantina which lead the occupying convoy to Nauru Island and provided the platform on which the Japanese surrender ..

PAPUA. KAKI TRADING POST. (NEGATIVE BY R. PEARSE)

EMIRAU ISLAND. GROUP PORTRAIT OF SOME OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW WHO HAD BEEN CAST AWAY ON EMIRAU ISLAND IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO AFTER THEIR MERCHANT SHIPS WERE SUNK BY GERMAN RAIDERS KOMET AND ..