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WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. AFTER HIS LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED ENGINE TROUBLE OVER ENEMY-OCCUPIED TERRITORY, LIEUTENANT J. P. CARTER, A TEXAS MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY ..

TADJI, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. A JAPANESE 100KG BOMB ON THE BOMB RACK OF AN RAAF BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT READY TO BE RETURNED TO THE NIPS ON WEWAK. A LARGE NUMBER OF SUCH BOMBS WERE ..

SEPIK RIVER AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS LOCATED ON SEPIK RIVER AND SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED BY ALLIED ATTACKS

Pacific Area No. 23. 1944-12-25. HMAS Benalla crew played host for a Christmas Party for natives from a small Pacific Island. Presents were given to about 100 men, women and children by Father Xmas ..

LEYTE, PHILIPPINES. 1945-06-23. PORTRAIT OF 27447 FLYING OFFICER R. M. "BOB" CALWELL DFC, FLIGHT ENGINEER OF BRIGHTON, SA, WHO HAS FLOWN IN CATALINA AIRCRAFT SINCE THE GRIM MONTHS OF 1942. HE ..

Aitape Sector, New Guinea. 1945-03-27. Australian troops and native supply trains mingle as they cross one of the countless streams to be negotiated on the advance along the coast towards But

1942-02-26. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS JARVIS (DD-393). THE AFTER 5 INCH/38 GUNS HAVE BEEN LEFT UNSHIELDED AS A WEIGHT SAVING MEASURE. THE TRUNKING OF THE BOILER UPTAKES INTO A ..

TADJI, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. THE RESCUED AND THE RESCUER. LIEUTENANT (LT) J. P. CARTER (LEFT) WITH FLYING OFFICER AGNEW STANDING BESIDE THE SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT WHICH ..

Henry Reid Bay, Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945-03. Australian troops in pursuit of the Japanese, using an inflatable assault boat captured from the enemy, to cross a stream

VX501799 (VX9453) Sergeant John Henry Daniel of Holbrook, NSW (2nd from left in background), carried this wounded native boy (on stretcher) to a safe place while under fire from enemy snipers. He ..

LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. C. 1944. BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT A8-247 OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF ON THE AIRSTRIP AT MOMOTE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NAMED "BRIDGETOWN" TO HONOUR THAT TOWN'S EFFORT IN ..

New Britain. 1945-04. "The New Britain Yacht Club's" regatta, in which many types of craft participated