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Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. 1945-02. Troops unloading stores at the end of the voyage. Nineteen ALC 40's and one ALC 120 Australian built landing craft of 41st Landing Craft Company, Royal ..

Pacific Area. 1944-12-14. A United States Navy destroyer, on the left, after being struck by a torpedo from a Japanese aircraft. The damaged ship is shown being sunk by gunfire from another United ..

Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945. Australian-manned Matilda tanks of No. 7 Troop, B Squadron, 2/4 Australian Armoured Regiment AIF moving forward on Bougainville

But, New Guinea. May 1945. Church service of thanksgiving to celebrate victory in Europe was conducted by Padre A. E. Bottrell on the beach for members of the 6th Australian Division on the eve of ..

A Matilda tank of B Squadron, 2/4th Armoured Regiment crosses the Puriata River en route to the Hiru Hiru front

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-07-23. ARMY LIAISON OFFICERS BRIEFING PILOTS OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE) SQUADRON RAAF BEFORE THEY SET OUT ON A PHOTOGRAPHIC MISSION OVER ..

Reverend Father Tom Ormonde celebrates Mass on the beach at Puto. The rough altar was built by the native altar boys assisting Father Ormonde and soldiers from the 31/51 Battalion gather around. ..

ULITHI ATOLL, CAROLINE ISLANDS. 1944-12-08. SILHOUETTED AGAINST A SPARKLING SEA THE BATTLESHIP USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) IS THE CENTREPIECE OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CONCENTRATION OF NAVAL POWER WHICH ..

TROBRIAND ISLANDS, NEW GUINEA. 1940-06-15. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE WRECK OF THE US CARGO VESSEL ADMIRAL WILEY ON KITAVA ISLAND IN THE TROBRIANDS. HER CREW WERE TAKEN OFF BY THE ARMED MERCHANT ..

PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH STEAMER BALIKPAPAN WHICH WAS INVOLVED IN OPERATION LILLIPUT IN NEW GUINEA BETWEEN 1942-12 AND 1943-06. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-07-23. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN RON RUSSELL OF FOOTSCRAY, VIC, USES THE DRYING MACHINE IN THE RAAF PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1942-01-03. AERIAL VIEW OF THE CONVOY ZK.5. THE THREE LEADING SHIPS ARE, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, THE SLOOP HMAS SWAN AND THE LIGHT CRUISERS HMAS PERTH AND HMNZS ..