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New Guinea. 1943-05-10. Meal time at a Civil Construction Corps Mess. Volunteers from the Corps were rushed from Australia to New Guinea to carry out urgent projects for the Allied Forces

Port Moresby, Papua, 1942-02-28. A thick pall of smoke rises from a RAAF Consolidated Catalina aircraft, burning at its mooring in Port Moresby harbour after being hit by a bomb during a Japanese ..

Major General A S Allen CB CBE DSO VD (right), Commanding 7th Australian Division, after reviewing a parade of the 21st Australian Infantry Brigade moves to a position, near his truck, to take the ..

Brigadier Arnold W. Potts DSO MC (wearing cap), Commanding 21st Australian Infantry Brigade, and the Brigade Staff Officers await the arrival of Major General A S Allen CB CBE DSO VD, Commanding ..

Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. c.1945. An Australian soldier, Len Geary, on the wing of a crashed A24 Consolidated Catalina aircraft on the edge of Jacquinot Bay Catalina Base. The crew were buried as ..

Sogeri, New Guinea. 1942-10-04. Lieutenant Colonel Albert Caro, Commanding Officer of 2/16th Battalion, 21st Australian Infantry Brigade, addressing his troops before a review of the Brigade by ..

COLLINGWOOD BAY, NEW GUINEA. THE CORVETTE HMAS BROOME APPROACHING THE GROUNDED MERCHANT VESSEL COORABIE PRIOR TO TOWING HER OFF A SHOAL. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943. THE DUTCH TRANSPORT BANTAM BERTHED IN THE HARBOUR ALONGSIDE THE WRECK OF THE ANSHUN, SUNK BY JAPANESE NAVAL UNITS DURING THE BATTLE OF MILNE BAY IN 1942-09. THE PHOTOGRAPH ..

PELELIU, PACIFIC OCEAN. 1945-07. A LANDING CRAFT FERRIES A NUMBER OF INJURED SURVIVORS OF THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS ON STRETCHERS TO THE SHORE FOR HOSPITALISATION. THE INDIANAPOLIS WAS SUNK BY A ..

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01-09. DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY THE DUTCH TRANSPORT VAN HEUTSZ IN A JAPANESE DIVE BOMBING ATTACK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS DISEMBARKING FROM AMERICAN LANDING SHIPS, TANK (LST), INCLUDING LST-456, EAST OF LAE IN PREPARATION FOR THE ASSAULT ON THAT TOWN. 20 MM OERLIKON AA ..

TOMA, NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, ARE TRANSPORTED ACROSS A RIVER BY A POLE OARSMAN. THEY HAD LANDED A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT ON A STRIP 150 YARDS L0NG ON ONE SIDE OF ..