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Gili Gili, Milne Bay. 1943-07-12. A large tractor, driven by V170934 Sapper L.A. Robb, during the construction of a large jetty to be 860 feet long. The work was carried out by the 4th Field ..

Kwiara, China Straits. 1943-07-06. The camp site of the 1st Water Transport Group Maintenance Base, Royal Australian Engineers, near Milne Bay

Wewak, New Guinea. 1944-03-19. Japanese shipping off Muschu Island, near Wewak, under attack by Allied aircraft

Bulldog, New Guinea. 1943-08-22. A rock face a few miles on the Bulldog side of Johnson's Gap which was difficult to overcome during construction of the Reinhold Highway by sappers of 9th ..

Rabaul (?), New Britain. c.1915. The RAN destroyer HMAS Warrego docked at a wharf with RAN members of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) sitting on the wharf's steps ..

Fenton, NT. c. November 1945. An informal group portrait of the crew from a Consolidated B24 Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 24 Squadron RAAF in front of a tent. Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Bob ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1942-12. A surgical operation in progress at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station on a patient who had suffered bayonet wounds in fighting on the Kokoda Track. (Original housed in ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1944-08-05. A march past of the combined services Guard of Honour at the opening of the Bomana War Cemetery

Port Moresby, Papua. 1944-08-05. General view of the opening ceremony of the Bomana War Cemetery. In the foreground are service personnel, then left to right: buglers of the Royal Papuan ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942-07-11. The crew of a 25-pounder gun, which is camouflaged with tropical foliage, await firing orders during jungle manoeuvres carried out under the direction of an ..

Kokoda Track, Papua. 1942. Informal portrait of Warrant Officer 2 Honeywell (left), Captain Swinton (middle) and Padre McCabe, Salvation Army chaplain (right), in the jungle. (Original housed in ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1941-12. A patient on the operating table in No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station. The soldier had been bayoneted during combat on the Kokoda Track. An anaesthetist, nursing sister ..