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After the pictures
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
This shows the crowd leaving at the end of the evening. The jeeps and various other vehicles waiting in the car park in 'Buna Square' light their headlights ready to start, when the pedestrians have p...ART21435
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Aircraftman I P Connelly
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman P Connelly, RAAF, wearing a cap. The portrait was painted on board a Navy ship between Sydney and Lae, New Guinea. A prolific painter and print ma...ART93480
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A. K. 95 Water transport ketch
Art
Maker: Hanke, Henry
Water transport ketch. Liberty ships in the background, Lae, New Guinea.ART22131
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Anti-mite precautions
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
Troops applying the anti-mite fluid Di Butyl Thallali (DBT), an effective precaution against the bite of the mokka. Infected mokkas were the carriers of Scrub Typhus, a disease that caused many fatal ...ART21288
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Australian soldier
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting an unidentified Lieutenant Colonel, Lae, New Guinea.ART22688
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Australia Service Medal : Lieutenant R Booth, 9 Field Company Engineers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal, impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL49836.004
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Bartlett, John Alexander (Corporal, b.1922 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Bartlett, John Alexander
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX72032 (V24065) Corporal John Alexander Bartlett, New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, New Guinea, 1943. ...PR04163
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Beaufighters strafing Lae strip
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Pencil sketch of Japanese bombers burning on the ground.ART21322
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Beros, Herbert (Sapper)
Private Record
Maker: Beros, Herbert 'Bert'
Poem written by NX6925 Herbert Beros describing the burial of a soldier near Lae in New Guinea, during the Second World War.PR01330
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Berwick, Denis V (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Berwick, Denis V
Illustrated manuscript detailing the World War Two experiences of Denis Berwick, as told to Mervyn Mitchell.PR01593
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Best, Vincent Allen (NX194950, Corporal, 39 Works Company)
Manuscript
Maker: Best, Vincent Allen
"A Way of Life": Autobiography by Corporal Vincent Allen Best. This manuscript details his life from the early years, through his schooling to his service with the AIF during the Second World War. He...MSS1838
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Bombs on Lae
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a bomber flying over peninsula with explosions on the ground, Lae, New Guinea. Hotes for a later painting.ART21324
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Bombs on Lae
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of a bomber flying over the Huon Peninsula with explosions smoking on the ground.ART21323
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Bombs on Lae strip
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of RAAF beaufighters bombing the Japanese drome at Lae, New Guinea.ART23174
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Bootmaker
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
The bootmaker at work at his bench is surrounded with the implements of his trade, and boots in all stages of repair and disrepair. The horseshoes for the heels are on the sloping piece of board on th...ART22863
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Brigadier David Whitehead
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting NX376 Brigadier David Adie Whitehead, DSO and Bar, MC, MID, Commanding 26th Australian Brigade, 2/2 Australian Machine Gun Battalion, 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion., Tarakan.ART27548
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British War Medal : Lieutenant R Booth, 9 Field Company Engineers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45, impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL49836.003
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Clothier, Les (Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Clothier, Les
Diaries of an infantryman throughout war, with particular relevance to Tobruk, El Alamein, training on Atherton Tablelands, New Guinea and Borneo. Comments on enemy attacks, air raids, twice wounded, ...PR00588
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Coming aboard ship
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted of this work, "Troops and merchant seamen climb aboard a Liberty ship, up the Jacob's Ladder, in Lae Harbour. The troops are personnel who man the ship's A.A. guns and just before the ske...ART25917
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Craig, Jack Charles (Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Craig, Jack Charles
Photocopy of the personal diary of NX43866 Sergeant Jack Craig, compiled after the event from pieces of paper. It spans November 1941-December 1943 and describes in detail Craig's service with 2/13 Ba...PR00906
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Crane, Lucy Dorothea (Captain, b: 1914)
Manuscript
Maker: Crane, Lucy Dorothea
Manuscript titled `What was it like to experience the Second World War?', recollects training and service in Melbourne and Enoggera with AWAS. Also describes period at Lae, New Guinea, mentioning an e...MSS1614
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Derrick, Thomas Currie, VC, DCM (Lieutenant, b.1914 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Derrick, Thomas Currie
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX7964 Lieutenant Thomas Currie Derrick, 2/48 Battalion. Collection consists of black and white photocopies of diaries detailing service in the ...PR82/190
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Douglas Noel Green as a private 106th Casualty Clearing Station (CCS), South West Pacific Area 1941-1945, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
Sound
Maker: Green, Douglas Noel Dickson, Kevin Alexander
Discusses prewar family, education, employment, economic depression; enlistment; training; Casualty Clearing Station (CCS); 9th Division; SS Duntroon; convoys; casualties; stress; jungle operations; d...S01774
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Dyker, Bruce Sydney (Telegraphist, b.1920 - d.2007)
Private Record
Maker: Byth, Verity Dyker, Bruce Sydney
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PM/V98 Telegraphist Bruce Stanley Dyker, HMAS Castlemaine and HMAS Swan, Royal Australian Navy, Australia, New Guinea and the Netherlands East In...AWM2017.487.1
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Eight sketches of RAAF men
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts eight small sketches of RAAF men, viewed from the front and behind, either seated, reading or standing.ART93437
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Field, John, Brigadier, CBE, DSO, ED, b: 1899 d: 1974
Manuscript
Maker: Field, John
Typescript of Field's manuscript history of his militia service and war time experiences "Warriors for the working day". Item (1) carbon copy with manuscript amendments. Chapters 1-12 plus extra copie...MSS0785
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Forecastle of HMAS Kiama
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
Forecastle of HMAS Kiama with 4-inch guns depicted as it crosses the waters off Lae, New Guinea. Reverse side shows topographical sketches of Finnesterre Ranges, Milne Bay, and volcanic islands, Huo...ART29878
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From my window at Lae
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
View from the artist's window of a native village in Lae, New Guinea. Donald Friend was in Lae the last week of May 1945. Of Lae he wrote in his Diary 24 May 1945; ' From the air it looked romantic, t...ART23218
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General Blamey Drive, I
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
Troops and natives can be seen walking along the drive which makes a sweep through the New Guinea Force Headquarters camp, past offices and messes to rejoin the Butibum Road. It is lined with a rich v...ART21431
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General Blamey Drive, II
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
Looking down General Blamey Drive from 'Sanananda Corner' at the New Guinea Force Headquarters in Lae, New Guinea. The four messes on the left are 'Princes' (Officers'), 'Zeigfields' and 'Christies' (...ART21287
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Graves of some native soldiers
Art
Maker: Herman, Sali
Herman depicts five white-painted crosses carved by natives, surrounded by grass and flowers.ART22836
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Gray, Cyril Charles (Corporal, 6 Mobile Works Unit, Royal Australian Air Force, b.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Gray, Cyril Charles
Photocopy of dischage certificate, and transcript copy of diary for 1943. Diary records airfield construction, air raids, weather conditions and food. Gray worked on airfields at Milne Bay, Kiriwine i...PR90/041
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Groves, J J (Sapper, 12 Australian Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers d.1989)
Private Record
Maker: Groves, J J
DIARIES DESCRIBE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT. JAPANESE AND AMERICAN AIR RAIDS ALSO NOTED. PLACES INCLUDE QUEENSLAND, BUNA, WAU AND LAE IN NEW GUINEA AND...PR90/034
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Hamilton, Harold (Captain)
Private Record
Maker: Hamilton, Harold
SYNOPSIS OF DIARY COVERING INITIAL AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING AT TRINITY BEACH, QUEENSLAND, MOVEMENT TO MILNE BAY AND THE LANDING AT LAE AND FINSCHHAFENPR83/168
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Hanging out the washing
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
A scene of everyday camp life. A 'batman' hangs out his officer's washing and someone else is cleaning his teeth. A bucket, dish, and washing board are at the base of a palm. The tents are a pale gree...ART21443
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Higginbotham, Lindsay P (Private, b.1922 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Higginbotham, Lindsay P
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Private Linsday P Higginbotham, 39 Battalion. Wallet 1 of 1 - contains a 12 page typed memoir describing Private Higginbotham's journey from Syd...PR03049
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Hopper, Kenneth James (Lieutenant Commander, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Hopper, Kenneth James
Item (1) photocopies of typed recollections of service on HMAS Marrawah and HMAS Sprightly. Also photocopy of midshipman's journal kept during service on HMAS Canberra 1937-1938. Item (2) journal cont...PR91/006
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Howes, Thomas Edward White (Flight Lieutenant, b.1922 - d.2018)
Private Record
Maker: Howes, Thomas Edward White
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 404900 Flight Lieutenant Thomas Edward White Howes DFC, No. 70 and No. 104 Squadron (RAF), Australia, Libya, Egypt, Italy and Crete, 1942-1994. ...PR03613
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Humburg, Evelyn Jean (Sergeant, b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Humburg, Evelyn Jean
Collection relating to the Second Word War of QF267017 Sergeant Evelyn Jean Humburg, Australian Women's Army Service [AWAS]. Collection consists of a scrapbook kept by Sgt Humburg during her time ser...PR85/259
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Interior of chapel
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
Looking across the transept during a church parade. The chancel is on the left. The alter is decorated with the cross of St George, only portions of which can be seen. Note the ubiquitous oil drums, t...ART21436
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Jackson, John Francis DFC (Squadron Leader b.1908 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Jackson, John Francis
LETTER WRITTEN AFTER JACKSON WAS SHOT DOWN BETWEEN LAE AND SALAMAUA ON 10 APRIL, 1942. JACKSON TRYING TO GET A MESSAGE THROUGH TO HQ PORT MORESBY OR NGVR. HE PRAISES NATIVES OF NEW BRITAIN WHO ASSISTE...PR90/015
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Japanese prisoner
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting an unidentified Japanese prisoner of war, Lae, New Guinea.ART22693
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Japanese ship blasted out of the sea, Lae
Art
Maker: Herman, Sali
The painting depicts a Japanese ship grounded a few miles outside Lae, New Guinea. The ship the 'Myoko Maru' (also called the 'Malahang wreck') was in direct line with the airstrip at Lae so Australia...ART22839
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Japanese 51st Division Headquarters flag captured at Lae, 16 September 1943: 'D' Company, 2/25 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Scarlet and white cotton fish-tail flag flown above the Lae headquarters of the Japanese Imperial Army's 51st Division. The flag is made up from three lengths of cotton, sewn horizontally, with a vert...REL/12746
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Jungle track, Lae
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
A pencil drawing of a vegetatious jungle track in Lae, New Guinea. A prolific painter and print maker, Kenneth Jack (b.1924) served with the RAAF as a survey and cartographic draughtsman in New Guine...ART93497
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Knock-off time
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
At the staging camp, an old camp site built on the banks of the swift flowing Butibum River. Everyone's first thought at the end of the day is to get into the river as quickly as possible, where cloth...ART21438
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Krell, Walter A (Lieutenant-Colonel)
Manuscript
Maker: Krell, Walter A
Manuscripts titled `Incendiary Bombs to Rabaul', `Rabaul Airfield', and `Lae Raid with Jerry Flanigan', describing attacks by the USAAF launched from Australian bases. Include a report of a crash at I...MSS1461
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Lae Harbour, N.G.
Art
Maker: Hanke, Henry
A view of Lae Harbour from Mount Lunaman, a busy wharf containing two Liberty ships and smaller vessels docking. There are several buildings along the Quay.ART23710
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Law, Dr Phillip G
Private Record
Maker: Law, Phillip G
Transcript of the diary of Dr Phillip G Law, AC, CBE, Assistant-Secretary of the Scientific Instrument and Optical Panel of the Ministry of Munitions, Second World War. The diary covers Dr Law's fiel...PR03360
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Lieutenant L MacLeod
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Lieutenant G L B MacLeod 2/5th Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron, Lae, New Guinea.ART22692