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Port Moresby (?) New Guinea. 1942-09-02. A group of United States Army Air Force (USAAF) pilots and their RAAF co-pilots standing under the wing of a C-110 (DC-5) transport aircraft

Skindewai, New Guinea. 29 August 1942. An Australian outpost in the Salamaua area. At far right is Private Roy O. Warren. (Negative by D. Parer)

NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-28. SIGNALLERS' OUTPOST WITH CORPORAL DAVE WIGHTON OPERATING THE EQUIPMENT

1942-08-28. NEW GUINEA. WAU. ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THE BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES AFTER THE JAPANESE BOMBED WAU WAS THE STRONGROOM. NEW GUINEA FORCES RECOVERED SILVER INGOTS WORTH 1,400 POUNDS FROM THE ..

NEW GUINEA. C. 1942-09-01. ARMY UNITS FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA HAVE FEATURED LARGELY IN THE STORY OF AUSTRALIA'S PART PLAYED ON THE WORLD'S BATTLEFIELDS. SHOWN JUST BEFORE GOING INTO ACTION IS ..

Supply problems and other natural handicaps make the transport of bulky materials difficult in the jungle, so troops in forward areas find plenty of scope for ingenuity in many directions. The food ..

WOUNDED AUSTRALIANS BEING CARRIED OUT OF FORWARD AREAS BY NATIVE BEARERS

VX13966 Lieutenant Ian McLeod Hutchison, 2/14 Australian Infantry Battalion of Elwood, Vic, displays his tin hat which was dented by a spent Japanese bullet

1942-10-01. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY SECTION PASS - JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS KNOCKED OUT AT MILNE BAY

1942-10-01. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS EXAMINE A BARGE USED IN THE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON MILNE BAY

1942-10-01. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. A BULLET PROOF VEST FOUND AFTER AUSTRALIAN FORCES HAD REPULSED AN ATTEMPTED JAPANESE LANDING

1942-10-01. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. A PETROL WAGGON CAPTURED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS DURING THE UNSUCCESSFUL JAPANESE ATTACK ON MILNE BAY