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Hera, New Guinea. 1944-04-15. The No 1 Gun, 155mm M1917 heavy artillery, positioned at the Boera Heavy Battery. The gun pit was constructed by the 8th Army Troops Company, Royal Australian ..

Lae, New Guinea. 1944-10-02. VX39135 Major A.K. Gough, Assistant Master-General of Ordnance (Engineering), Headquarters New Guinea Force, on the left, and NX201 Major H.E. Gale, MBE, Camp ..

Lae, New Guinea. 1944-06-09. NX97786 Craftsman G.S. Neal, on the left, and QX48074 Craftsman R.B. Keogh repairing No 11 Australian Wireless sets at the 2/7th Advanced Workshop

Piaterapaia Area. Bougainville. 1944-12-30. A three inch Mortar crew of the 25th Infantry Battalion, 7th Australian Army Brigade, firing their weapon at Japanese positions under attack by members ..

Madang, New Guinea. c. 1944. Australian corvette HMAS Kiama

Los Negros Island, Admiralty Group. c. 1943. A group of natives in a large outrigger canoe alongside HMAS Broome

At Sea, off Papua. 1942-12-14. Members of the AIF preparing for disembarkation from HMAS Broome to go into action at Buna

Los Negros Island, Admiralty Group. c. 1943. Five natives in a small outrigger canoe

At Sea. c. 1944. Australian corvette HMAS Wagga which operated around islands north of New Guinea

Los Negros Island, Admiralty Group. c. 1944. An United States Naval Task Force standing off the island

Milne Bay, Papua, 1944-03. General view of the base occupied by the Headquarters (HQ) of RAAF Northern Command. A road winds between palm-roofed huts which serve variously as administrative and ..

Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua, 1944-03-07. RAAF aircraft undergoing repairs at the large repair hangar operated by No. 26 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF. The aircraft in the ..