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Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945-02. Australian Matilda Tanks being dragged across the Puriata River by bulldozers

Wewak Area, New Guinea. May 1945. A member of the 6th Division AIF examines a wrecked and rusting Japanese tank, after the fighting had died down on Wewak Peninsula

SYDNEY, NSW. 1942-08-28. DETAIL VIEW, STARBOARD SIDE AMIDSHIPS, OF THE AMERICAN TRANSPORT PRESIDENT GRANT COMING ALONGSIDE WITH SURVIVORS OF THE CRUISER HMAS CANBERRA, SUNK ON 1942-08-09 AFTER ..

AIRBORNE OVER BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-07-28. NATIVE "BOYS" USED AS AIR OBSERVERS HAVE PROVED INVALUABLE. THE "BOY" IN THE FOREGROUND IS POINTING OUT JAPANESE POSITIONS TO FLIGHT ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1942-01-03. AERIAL VIEW OF CONVOY ZK5 TURNING TO PORT IN SUCCESSION AS IT ENTERS HARBOUR. SARPEDON LEADS HERSTEIN AND AQUITANIA. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-07-26. MAILBAGS PILED OUTSIDE THE RAAF AREA POST OFFICE WHEN A RECORD SHIPMENT OF TEN TONS OF SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER ARRIVED ON 1945-07-24. ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-08-17. 80 GROUP CAPTAIN (GP CAPT) DIXIE ROBISON CHAPMAN, ADELAIDE, SA (LEFT), GIVES FINAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CREW OF THE BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-17. A WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE) SQUADRON RAAF RETURNS TO BASE AFTER DROPPING LIEUTENANT S. G. SAVIGE'S SURRENDER ..

The Dutch transport vessel SS Bantam on fire after being bombed by Japanese aircraft in an air raid at Oro Bay during Operation Lilliput

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-25. "DOZER INN" IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE OFFICERS MESS OF NO. 7 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF (ACS). STANDING IN THE DOORWAY IS THE ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944. 501298 SISTER NAN REID WASHES THE HAIR OF 500343 SENIOR SISTER NAN MCBEAN OF SYDNEY, NSW, OVER A BOWL OF WATER. BOTH ARE MEMBERS OF THE RAAF NURSING SERVICE ATTACHED TO ..

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. C. 1945. 501392 SISTER M. WITCOMBE OF SYDNEY, NSW, AND 500368 SISTER P. FEWKES OF MELBOURNE, VIC, SERVE MEALS TO HUNGRY PATIENTS FROM THE HOSPITAL KITCHEN AT NO. 1 MEDICAL ..