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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-09. COMMANDER R.B.A. HUNT RAN (CENTRE), NAVAL OFFICER IN COMMAND, PORT MORESBY, AND HIS STAFF OUTSIDE THEIR QUARTERS

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. JAPANESE BARGES THAT WERE WRECKED AND SMASHED BY THE RAAF WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT MILNE BAY

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. CLOSE UP OF A JAPANESE GUN REMOVED FROM A TANK BY THE JAPS WHEN THE TANKS WERE BOGGED AFTER THE LANDING AT MILNE BAY

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. LOCKHEED HUDSON BOMBER CREWS OF THE RAAF BEING BRIEFED OUTSIDE THE SQUADRON OPERATIONS TENT BEFORE GOING OUT ON A MISSION

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. GROUP OF FIGHTER PILOTS, MAINLY OF NO. 76 SQUADRON RAAF. THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF 76 SQUADRON, SQUADRON LEADER K.W. TRUSCOTT, IS SEEN THIRD FROM THE LEFT, EVIDENTLY ..

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 ..

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 OF 1750 MILES

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-04. SERGEANT BILL JOHNSON, AT THE TILLER OF HIS KETCH KEEPS A CLOSE WATCH AHEAD FOR REEFS. THIS KETCH, WAS FORMERLY IN USE AS A RUBBER BOAT

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-04. THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND (ACF) HAS BEEN DOING THE SAME GOOD WORK IN PORT MORESBY AND NEW GUINEA GENERALLY AS THE A.C.F. WAS NOTED FOR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HERE, THE ..

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-03. FROM THEIR "BEDOUIN" - LIKE TENTS IN NEW GUINEA, THESE A.I.F. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS RUSH OUT TO THEIR POSTS WHEN THE AIR RAID ALARM SOUNDS

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. FLAME THROWERS USED BY THE JAPANESE AGAINST AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AT MILNE BAY

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. YOUTHFUL AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS MANNING A FORWARD POST IN NEW GUINEA HAVE TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN A DESERTED NATIVE VILLAGE. HERE THEY ARE SEEN LINING UP FOR A MEAL