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Guam. 1945-08-15. Japanese prisoners of war (POW), bow their heads and remove their hats in reverence for Emperor Hirohito, as they stand behind a barbed wire fence of a POW camp, to hear the radio ..

COUNTRIES NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR ARE REPRESENTED IN A ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRON NOW OPERATING AMERICAN BOMBERS IN THE WESTERN DESERT. SOME OF THE PERSONNEL ARE SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE AND ..

Melbourne, Vic. 1942-03. Sergeant (Sgt) Herbert William (Bert) Smith is welcomed home at Spencer Street Station by family members, his wife Liliane Smith and his mother Margaret Smith, who is ..

Studio portrait of 250748 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) William Ellis Newton VC. Flt Lt Newton was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his extraordinary courage during ten months of ..

Wagga, NSW. c 1947. The inner section of the port (left hand) wing of a Beaufort bomber aircraft showing Japanese Kanji characters painted on the underside of the wing. The message was painted from ..

Goodenough Island, Papua. 1943-09. Group portrait of air crew of `A' Flight, No. 30 Squadron RAAF in front of one of the Squadron's Beaufighter aircraft on Vivigani Airfield. The navigators are ..

Bismarck Sea. 1943-03-03. A Japanese merchant vessel receives a direct hit while another bomb is a near miss to the stern. This vessel was part of a large Japanese convoy attacked by Allied ..

Two men stand at the main entrance to the RAN War Criminal Compound at the RAN shore base, as a bare footed member of the Royal Papuan Constabulary is about to raise the flag of the Royal Naval ..

Three Japanese prisoners from the RAN War Criminal Compound at the RAN shore base, sifting rice before preparing a meal. Work on this RAN base commenced in August 1948. It was commissioned as HMAS ..

Ward's Airfield, Papua. 1943-06-11. Beaufighter aircraft (A19-101, LY-D) of No. 30 Squadron RAAF on the airfield after crash landing due to hydraulic failure. (Donor K. Delbridge)

Ward's Airfield, Papua. 1942-11-22. `S' for Sugar Beaufighter aircraft (A19-36) of No. 30 Squadron RAAF on its nose on the air strip after taking hits from Japanese anti-aircraft fire causing the ..

Boram, New Guinea. c. 1943. Aerial photograph of a Japanese heavy anti-aircraft battery near Wewak. (Donor F. Cassidy)