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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. INFORMAL PORTRAIT OF COMMANDER R. B. A. HUNT RAN, NAVAL OFFICER IN COMMAND AT PORT MORESBY

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. A JAPANESE TRICYCLE CONVEYANCE LANDED FROM ONE OF THE INVASION BARGES AND WRECKED IN THE BOMBING OF THE LANDING DUMPS BY THE RAAF

A JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANK THAT WAS USED AGAINST THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES AT MILNE BAY. TWO MEN OF THE AIF ARE SEEN CLOSELY EXAMINING IT

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. HOISTING THE UNION JACK ON A CAPTURED JAPANESE INVASION BARGE USED BY THEM IN THEIR ABORTIVE LANDING ATTEMPT AT MILNE BAY AND LATER SALVAGED AND PUT INTO USED BY ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. COMMANDING OFFICERS OF FAMOUS RAAF SQUADRONS AT MILNE BAY. LEFT TO RIGHT:- WING-COMMANDER J.R. BALMER, COMMANDING 1ST AUSTRALIAN BEAUFORT TORPEDO-BOMBER SQUADRON; ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. FLYING OFFICER D.E. PANK, OF NO 75 FIGHTER SQUADRON, RAAF, TAXIING HIS P40 KITTYHAWK ALONG THE DISPERSAL RUNWAY AFTER A FLIGHT

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. SQUADRON LEADER K.W. TRUSCOTT, COMMANDING OFFICER OF 76 SQUADRON RAAF, RETURNS FROM AN OPERATIONAL FLIGHT AND TAXIS UP THE METAL RUNWAY TO THE DISPERSAL BAYS SET IN AMONG ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER PILOTS PLAY DRAUGHTS WHILE WAITING FOR ALARM CALLS. LEFT TO RIGHT: FLYING OFFICER P.B. JONES; FLIGHT SERGEANT R.W. CRAWFORD; PILOT OFFICER N.C. TODD; ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. OFFICERS OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN BEAUFORT TORPEDO-BOMBING SQUADRON, LEFT TO RIGHT:- FLYING OFFICER D. STUM; FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT L.A. DOUGLAS; FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT C.S. BERNARD ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. PILOTS OF NO. 75 FIGHTER SQUADRON RAAF GOING OUT ON A STRAFING RAID. LEFT TO RIGHT:- FLYING OFFICER B. D. WATSON, SERGEANT NORMAN, SERGEANT R. G. RIDDELL, ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER, WOUNDED IN THE FIGHTING IN NEW GUINEA, BEING CARRIED ON TO THE CORVETTE H.M.A.S. BENDIGO FOR FERRYING OUT TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA, LYING ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. THE STEAMER "ANSHUN" LYING ON HER SIDE IN MILNE BAY, WHERE SHE WAS SHELLED AND SUNK BY A JAPANESE CRUISER. THE "ANSHUN" WAS LATER SALVAGED AND TOWED TO SYDNEY, A DISTANCE ..