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A general view of the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base, surrounded by a barbed wire fence. Work on this RAN base commenced in August 1948. It was commissioned as HMAS Seeadler on 1 ..

Jacquinot Bay Area, New Britain. 1943-09-27. Aerial photograph of an `A' type Japanese barge burning near the shore after a strafing run by Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF. (Donor F. ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-14. Interior of St John's Church of England during a church service attended by men and women of the Australian Forces

Japanese prisoners held at the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base use a table tennis table in the recreation room at the compound to sort out and distribute beer and other comfort ..

Rabaul, New Britain. 1941-06. Aerial photograph of smoke billowing from the active Matupi volcano following its eruption. Matupi erupted in 1937 causing a loss of 600 lives and the eruption in 1941 ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-09. Exterior of the Physiotherapy Department, 128th Australian General Hospital. A creeper is growing over the front entrance

Bougainville, Solomon Islands. c. 1944-02. Group portrait of Coastwatchers and native police armed with rifles. Back row, left to right: Flight Lieutenant J. A. Corrigan, RAAF; Lieutenant (Lt) J. ..

Nadzab, New Guinea. 1943-09-05. Smoke billows from behind low flying United States A20 (Boston) aircraft which are providing a smoke screen for a parachute landing of the American 503rd Parachute ..

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. A nursery area in the Botanic Gardens

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. A Ficus Retusa tree in the Botanic Gardens. This tree has at least three common names, Chinese Banyan, Indian Laurel Fig and Curtain Fig

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. A long avenue in the Botanic Gardens. The peak of Mount Mother can be seen in the right background

Simpson Harbour, New Britain. c. 1915. Vessels in the harbour off Rabaul. The Government steamer Meklong (left) and the American barque C.D. Bryant can be seen working copra at the New Guinea ..