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AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-01. AUSTER AIR AMBULANCE PILOTS FLYING OFFICER JOHN RUSH OF EARLWOOD, NSW, AND BERT PAINE OF ARMIDALE, NSW, BESIDE THEIR MIDGET AIRCRAFT ON TADJI AIRFIELD

BUT AREA, DAGUA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-05. THESE MEMBERS OF A RAAF PARTY HAD TO GO WELL ARMED AS THE JAPANESE WERE STILL LURKING IN THE JUNGLE NEARBY. THEY ARE STANDING ON THE WING OF A ..

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-01. AT TADJI AIRFIELD THESE ARE AMONG THE MEN WHO KEEP THE LITTLE AUSTER AIRCRAFT, CODE A11-5, AIRWORTHY. LEFT TO RIGHT: 70709 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) LEN ..

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-01. ARMY BEARERS, PRIVATE ALEC JOHNSON OF BALLARAT, VIC AND DRIVER JOHN VENN OF BILOELA, QLD, TRANSFERRING AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER FROM THE AUSTER AIR AMBULANCE ..

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-22. ON TADJI AIRFIELD, GEORGE, THE DOG - A BEAUFORT BOMBER SQUADRON MASCOT - WHO WAS POSTED MISSING IN AIR OPERATIONS

Goodenough Insland, New Guinea. 1942-08. This anti-aircraft gun crew of the "Maclaren King" helped beat off a Japanese air attack. They are Gunner A. Lobban of Flinders Victoria, Sergeant B. ..

Scapa Flow, Scotland. 1943-08-16. King George VI on board HMS Shropshire before the cruiser sailed for the Pacific. The British Government offered, and the Australian Government accepted, the ..

Ecclestone's Gap, Papua/New Guinea. 1943-07. Compressor parts being lowered down a slippery and dangerous section. Natives carried these parts sixteen miles (twenty seven km) in two days

Kapugara Beach, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea. September 1943. Australian troops climbing a Japanese made ladder leading to a rock ledge

Finschhafen Area, New Guinea. 1943-10. A jeep making heavy weather on a Finschhafen track

New Guinea. 1943. Kittyhawk fighter pilots after a successful mission. Left to right: Flight Sergeant K. Jago of Sydney, NSW; Pilot Officer (PO) N. Bill of Darwin, NT; PO C. Scott of Goulburn, NSW; ..

Sattelberg, New Guinea. 1943-11-24. On top of Sattelberg after its capture the Australian flag flies. The house was a ranging mark for aircraft and artillery which battered Japanese positions