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SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN. 1942-09-15. THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS WASP, LISTING AND WITH SMOKE POURING FROM OIL AND GASOLINE FIRES CAUSED BY THREE TORPEDO HITS IN THE STARBOARD SIDE FROM THE JAPANESE ..

Wewak, New Guinea. May 1945. An Australian 6th Division AIF soldier examines a captured Japanese 20mm gun in front of a camouflaged Japanese position on the Wewak Peninsula

LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. C. 1945-08-15. HOW THE WAR ENDED AT RAAF'S MOST WESTERLY BASE IN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. 212170 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WALLY MILLS DFC, PAPATOETOE, NZ, FAMED CATALINA PILOT OF ..

SYDNEY, NSW. 1942-12. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER USS PORTLAND (CA-33) IN SUTHERLAND DOCK AT COCKATOO ISLAND REPAIRING DAMAGE SUSTAINED DURING THE NIGHT ACTION OFF GUADALCANAL THE PREVIOUS ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-07-23. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) STANFORD DRYING PRINTS WITH LAC NICK LILWALL OF GYMPIE, QLD, TRIMMING THE FINISHED PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE RAAF ..

PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH VESSEL MV BANTAM. NOTE THAT THERE WERE TWO DUTCH VESSELS OF THIS NAME IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS DURING WORLD WAR 2. A REPRESENTATION OF THE OTHER IS HELD AS NEGATIVE NO ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-08. TAXIING OUT BEFORE TAKING OFF FROM A BOUGAINVILLE JUNGLE STRIP ON A TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SORTIE, 432800 FLYING OFFICER DOUG HILLIGER, ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-17. SOME OF THE BEAUFORT CREWS OF NO. 10 LOCAL AIR SUPPLY UNIT RAAF WHO DROPPED LEAFLETS TELLING OF JAPAN'S SURRENDER TO ENEMY TROOPS ON ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-17. WIRRAWAY CREW OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE) SQUADRON RAAF RETURNING FROM DROPPING LIEUTENANT GENERAL S. G. SAVIGE'S SURRENDER ORDERS ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-16. MEMBERS OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE) SQUADRON RAAF WHO DROPPED LEAFLETS GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO JAPANESE FORCES TELLING THEM HOW AND ..

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. 26667 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT W. B. BENNETT RAAF, OF SYDNEY, NSW, AN ARTIST, MAKES THE MOST OF HIS LEISURE HOURS IN NEW GUINEA BY PAINTING NATIVE LANDSCAPES. HE IS WORKING ..

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF A RAAF CRASH BOAT IN NEW GUINEA LIFTING AN INJURED SURVIVOR OF A CRASHED AIRCRAFT TO THE WHARF. CO-OPERATING WITH A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT OF NO. ..