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Kokoda Trail, Papua. 1942. NX239 Lieutenant Bruce Brock (left) and another soldier stand beside a Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) banner outside a thatched hut. The hut was near the ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. Members of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit working at an unexploded bomb site. Two men are digging in the pit. A sign next to the pit reads "Danger Bomb." Identified is ..

Pacific Area. c. 1942. Australian soldiers preparing a site to mount the anti aircraft gun in the foreground

Kokoda Trail, Papua. c.1942-12. Tent lines of No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station at the base of Mount Howbroun. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)

Morotai, New Guinea. 1945. Portrait of Group Captain Clive (Killer) Robertson Caldwell, DFC and Bar, DSO, No. 80 Fighter Wing RAAF, standing next to his Spitfire Mk VIIIC aircraft. The aircraft has ..

Kokoda Track, Papua. 1942. Soldiers rest on a track while on patrol near Eora Creek. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)

A Papuan native (left) standing on a rock on the edge of Wapik Creek

Alexishafen, New Guinea. 1944. Tents set up at the old ice works which became the camp of 17 Field Hygiene Company. This company, with the help of indigenous (native) Papuans, worked at eradicating ..

Pacific Area. c. 1943. An United States Army nurse relaxing off duty

Alexishafen, New Guinea. 1944. A group of indigenous (native) Papuans, working for 17 Field Hygiene Company, digging a drainage trench as a first move to eradicate the malarial mosquito. (Original ..

Morotai, New Guinea. 1945. Portrait of Group Captain Clive (Killer) Robertson Caldwell, DFC and bar, DSO, commanding officer of No. 80 Fighter Wing, in the cockpit of his Spitfire Mk VIIIC ..

Pacific Area. c. 1942. An Australian gun crew ready for action at night