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1942-02-26. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS JARVIS (DD-393). THE AFTER 5 INCH/38 GUNS ...
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1942-02-26. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS JARVIS (DD-393). THE AFTER 5 INCH/38 GUNS HAVE BEEN LEFT UNSHIELDED AS A WEIGHT SAVING MEASURE. THE TRUNKING OF THE BOILER UPTAKES INTO A SINGLE ...302642
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Aerial view of the air base on the island of Guadalcanal, showing the Tenaru River and Fighter No ...
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Maker: Unknown
Aerial view of the air base on the island of Guadalcanal, showing the Tenaru River and Fighter No 1 strip, which was frequently unusable in the wet season due to flooding. Many aircraft are dispersed ...P04197.001
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Anti aircraft all the way
Art
Maker: Gilman, Don Office of AC of S, G-2, 14th Antiaircraft Command 650th Engineering Battalion
A poster issued by the Assistant Chief of Staff of the 14th Anti aircraft Command. The poster depicts a broad arrow heading towards a Japanese flag, on the flag is a listing of a number of battles, ...ARTV00538
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Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 : Rear Admiral Harold Bruce Farncomb, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal 1939-1945. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL28964.011
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AWM58 1/607 - [Pacific Fleet Translations, Combat Intelligence Centre South Pacific Force (CICSPF) translations of captured Japanese documents - Document recovered from a 2-man submarine, VISALE BAY, GUADALCANAL: raised 7 May 1943, by the salvage ship USS ORTOLAN - item 607]
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2020.8.3
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BRISBANE, QLD. 1944-10. FORMER POWS ABOARD THE "MONADNOCK", A USN MINELAYER. THE VESSEL CARRIED ...
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BRISBANE, QLD. 1944-10. FORMER POWS ABOARD THE "MONADNOCK", A USN MINELAYER. THE VESSEL CARRIED RESCUED AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN POWS FROM GUADALCANAL TO AUSTRALIA.088958
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BRISBANE, QLD. 1944-10. FORMER POWS GIVE A FINAL SALUTE TO THE "MONADNOCK", A USN MINELAYER. THE ...
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BRISBANE, QLD. 1944-10. FORMER POWS GIVE A FINAL SALUTE TO THE "MONADNOCK", A USN MINELAYER. THE VESSEL CARRIED RESCUED AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN POWS FROM GUADALCANAL TO AUSTRALIA.088960
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BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND. 1944-10. PERSONNEL ABOARD THE "MONADNOCK" A UNITED STATES NAVY MINELAYER ...
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BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND. 1944-10. PERSONNEL ABOARD THE "MONADNOCK" A UNITED STATES NAVY MINELAYER WHICH CARRIED RESCUED AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR FROM GUADALCANAL TO AUSTRALIA.088930
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Rear Admiral Harold Bruce Farncomb, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Note that, although Rear Admiral Farncomb was three times Mentioned in Despatches, no Oak Leaf is carried on the ribbon.REL28964.010
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CAPTAIN F.E. GETTING, RAN, CAPTAIN OF HMAS CANBERRA AT GUADALCANAL IN 1942.
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CAPTAIN F.E. GETTING, RAN, CAPTAIN OF HMAS CANBERRA AT GUADALCANAL IN 1942.106675
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Copper water jug from HMAS Canberra : Leading Signalman F W Pickup, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Officer's wardroom copper water jug taken from HMAS Canberra at the time of her sinking on 9 August 1942. The jug tapers towards the top, and has a curved handle riveted on to the body. The inside of ...REL30288
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F88C Steyr (Bullpup) + Cordited (MS.WWII) Handgrenades (Pineapples) Solomon Islands/Guadalcanal, Gifu + Hell's Point
Art
Maker: eX de Medici
An F88 Steyr, the rifle used by the ADF, lies on a bed of grenades that have had the cordite removed. The grenades represent Hell's Point, the site of the battle of Tenaru in 1942 and now the decommis...ART94157
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942-08. A JAPANESE BOMBING ATTACK.
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942-08. A JAPANESE BOMBING ATTACK.043379
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942-08. A JAPANESE BOMBING ATTACK. NONE OF THE TARGETS WERE HIT.
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942-08. A JAPANESE BOMBING ATTACK. NONE OF THE TARGETS WERE HIT.043370
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942-08. A JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER GOING DOWN IN FLAMES.
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942-08. A JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER GOING DOWN IN FLAMES.043369
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DESTROYER, USS ELLET ON FIRE. THE NEARBY TRANSPORT HAS ALSO ...
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DESTROYER, USS ELLET ON FIRE. THE NEARBY TRANSPORT HAS ALSO BEEN HIT.043373
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DIVE BOMBER HITTING THE WATER. IT WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE ...
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DIVE BOMBER HITTING THE WATER. IT WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE UNITED STATES DESTROYER, USS SELFRIDGE.043368
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DIVE BOMBER STILL IN FLIGHT AFTER BEING HIT BY UNITED ...
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DIVE BOMBER STILL IN FLIGHT AFTER BEING HIT BY UNITED STATES DESTROYER, USS SELFRIDGE.043380
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25.A GUARD OF HONOUR OF SOLOMONS ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25.A GUARD OF HONOUR OF SOLOMONS ISLANDS NATIVE HEADMEN AND POLICE BOYS, LED BY THE AUSTRALIAN DISTRICT OFFICER, CAPTAIN F MOORE, SALUTING, A...304714
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1942-11. A JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1942-11. A JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE SALVAGED BY A US NAVY CONSTRUCTION BATTALION (SEABEES) AFTER BEING SCUTTLED BY HER CREW DURING THE BATTLE OF G...306644
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GUADALCANAL. BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1942. THIS JAPANESE SHORT WAVE RADIO ...
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GUADALCANAL. BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1942. THIS JAPANESE SHORT WAVE RADIO TRANSMITTER WAS FOUND BY US MARINES IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AFTER IT HAD BEEN ABANDONED BY THE RETREATING ENEMY...304909
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1944. US NAVY LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT LCS-20, ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1944. US NAVY LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT LCS-20, LCS-17, LCS-18, LCS-19, LCS-21 AND LCS-22 IN THE COURSE OF TRAINING OPERATIONS. ORIGINALLY LANDING CRAF...304857
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25. GROUP PORTRAIT OF LOCAL NATIVE ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25. GROUP PORTRAIT OF LOCAL NATIVE HEADMEN AND POLICE BOYS HOLDING A PLAQUE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE US NAVY TO COMMEMORATE THE LIBERATION OF T...304715
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25. GROUP PORTRAIT OF LOCAL NATIVES ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25. GROUP PORTRAIT OF LOCAL NATIVES HOLDING A PLAQUE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE US NAVY TO COMMEMORATE THE LIBERATION OF THE SOLOMONS. SERGEANT M...304713
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1942-08-08. MITSUBISHI G4M (BETTY) TORPEDO ...
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Maker: Taylor, A F
GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1942-08-08. MITSUBISHI G4M (BETTY) TORPEDO BOMBERS OF THE JAPANESE NAVAL AIR FORCE COME IN VERY LOW THROUGH HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT FIRE TO ATTACK US TRA...305276
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1942-08-08. THE AMERICAN TRANSPORT GEORGE F ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1942-08-08. THE AMERICAN TRANSPORT GEORGE F ELLIOTT ON FIRE AFTER A JAPANESE AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED INTO HER SUPERSTRUCTURE IN THE COURSE OF AN ATTACK ...305757
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25. THE BRITISH RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25. THE BRITISH RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, SOLOMONS, COLONEL OWEN NOEL, SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY WHERE LOCAL NATIVES PRESENTED A PLAQUE TO THE US N...304712
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GUADALCANAL, 1942-10. CAPT MARTIN CLEMENS, SOLOMON ISLANDS DEFENCE FORCES, PICTURED WITH NATIVE ...
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GUADALCANAL, 1942-10. CAPT MARTIN CLEMENS, SOLOMON ISLANDS DEFENCE FORCES, PICTURED WITH NATIVE POLICEMEN. CAPT CLEMENS REMAINED ON GUADALCANAL THROUGHOUT THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. (DEFENCE DEPARTMENT ...043648
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GUADALCANAL, 1943. SGT A. JUNKERS OF MCCOMBE, MISSISSIPPI AND SGT C.H. CATCHEM OF LITTLE ROCK, ...
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GUADALCANAL, 1943. SGT A. JUNKERS OF MCCOMBE, MISSISSIPPI AND SGT C.H. CATCHEM OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, STOPPED ON A JUNGLE TRAIL LIGHTING CIGARETTES FOR TH...043649
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1942-08-08. AMERICAN SHIPPING ON FIRE AFTER A JAPANESE AIR ATTACK.
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1942-08-08. AMERICAN SHIPPING ON FIRE AFTER A JAPANESE AIR ATTACK.106673
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1942-08-08. BOMB BURSTS FROM A JAPANESE AIR ATTACK.
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1942-08-08. BOMB BURSTS FROM A JAPANESE AIR ATTACK.106674
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1942-08-08. FOUR JAPANESE NAVAL AIR FORCE MITSUBISHI G4M (BETTY) ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1942-08-08. FOUR JAPANESE NAVAL AIR FORCE MITSUBISHI G4M (BETTY) BOMBERS COME IN VERY LOW THROUGH HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT FIRE TO ATTACK US TRANSPORTS (NOT VISIBLE). TWO AMER...305274
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. INVASION BARGES LOADED WITH UNITED STATES MARINES LEAVE ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. INVASION BARGES LOADED WITH UNITED STATES MARINES LEAVE TROOP TRANSPORTS FOR THE LANDING AT TULAGI.P01233.005
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER, SHOT DOWN AFTER FIRING A ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER, SHOT DOWN AFTER FIRING A TORPEDO, AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING AT TULAGI.P01233.006
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, A JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER SINKING INTO THE ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, A JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER SINKING INTO THE SEA AFTER ATTACKING UNITED STATES DESTROYERS.P01233.003
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DIVE BOMB THE DESTROYER ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DIVE BOMB THE DESTROYER USS MUGFORD. SHE WAS HIT IN THE STERN BY A MEDIUM BOMB KILLING TWENTY-ONE CREW. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKE...P01233.002
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DIVE BOMB THE DESTROYER ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DIVE BOMB THE DESTROYER USS MUGFORD. SHE WAS HIT IN THE STERN BY A MEDIUM BOMB KILLING TWENTY-ONE CREW.P01233.001
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. THE CRUISER USS SAN JUAN, WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. THE CRUISER USS SAN JUAN, WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION.P01233.008
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. WRECK OF THE JAPANESE TRANSPORT MV KINUGAWA MARU, DAMAGED AND ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. WRECK OF THE JAPANESE TRANSPORT MV KINUGAWA MARU, DAMAGED AND BEACHED ON THE NORTH COAST OF GUADALCANAL DURING THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL, 1942-11. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLE...303495
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMONS ISLANDS. COASTWATCHER PERSONNEL AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN FRONT OF THE ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMONS ISLANDS. COASTWATCHER PERSONNEL AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN FRONT OF THE WIRELESS HUT. LEFT TO RIGHT: LIEUTENANT (LT) A. DYCE, LT CDR. H. A. MACKENZIE, FLT LT R. A. ROBINSON, LT F. ...106677
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KIA PASSAGE, SANTA ISABEL ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-03. LIEUTENANT (LT) F.W. MCCONAGHY, ...
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KIA PASSAGE, SANTA ISABEL ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-03. LIEUTENANT (LT) F.W. MCCONAGHY, RANVR, A MEMBER OF THE STAFF OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVIS...P01672.017
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Lunga, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 1943-10. The base radio station dugout of the Coastwatchers ...
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Lunga, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 1943-10. The base radio station dugout of the Coastwatchers Ken network in the Solomon Islands. The equipment operated by this station is (left in rack) an HRO RAS...106678
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LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A GROUP OF NATIVE HOUSEBOYS AND GARDENERS ...
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Maker: McConaghy, F
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A GROUP OF NATIVE HOUSEBOYS AND GARDENERS STANDING AT ATTENTION AT THE HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL ...P01672.008
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LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A GROUP OF OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS AT THE ...
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LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A GROUP OF OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS AT THE HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN. ...P01672.009
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LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A GROUP OF OFFICERS, OTHER RANKS AND NATIVE ...
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LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A GROUP OF OFFICERS, OTHER RANKS AND NATIVE HOUSEBOYS AND GARDENERS AT THE HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NA...P01672.012
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LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A VIEW OF THE HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF THE DEPUTY ...
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Maker: McConaghy, F
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. A VIEW OF THE HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN. AT LEFT IS THE FRONT OF THE Q...P01672.013
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LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-01-15. GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING ...
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LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-01-15. GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN, AND FELLOW OFFICERS IN THE WARDROOM AT HIS HEA...P01672.007
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LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER D.S. MACFARLANE, DEPUTY ...
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Maker: McConaghy, F
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER D.S. MACFARLANE, DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN, STANDING WITH TWO NATIVE HOUSE...P01672.005
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LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. LOOKING TOWARDS HENDERSON AIRFIELD FROM THE ...
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Maker: McConaghy, F
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1944-02-29. LOOKING TOWARDS HENDERSON AIRFIELD FROM THE HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, RAN....P01672.014
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LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1943-10. SERGEANT (SGT) YAUWIKA, A MEMBER OF THE NATIVE ...
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Maker: McConaghy, F
LUNGGA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1943-10. SERGEANT (SGT) YAUWIKA, A MEMBER OF THE NATIVE CONSTABULARY, WEARING THE LOYAL SERVICES MEDAL THAT THE DEPUTY SUPERVISING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (DSIO), NA...P01672.004