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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 ...
Photograph
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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Barnewall, Sir Reginald Robert (Sergeant, b.1924 - d.2018)
Private Record
Maker: Barnewall, Reginald Robert
Autobiographical account, titled 'Operation Scupper', written by NX96541 Sergeant (Sir) Reginald Barnewall. It describes his involvement in 1942 in this planned commando mission to destroy a radio tra...PR03387
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Bell, John Neil Rogers (Flight Lieutenant, b.1915 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Bell, John Neil Rogers
Collection relating to the Second World War and later service of O22001 Flight Lieutenant John Neil Rogers, No. 32 Squadron, Australian and the Pacific, 1942-1970. Collection consists of a nine page...PR04238
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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.
Photograph
CAPTAIN F.E. GETTING, RAN, CAPTAIN OF HMAS CANBERRA AT GUADALCANAL IN 1942.106675
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Clemens, W F Martin Major MC
Private Record
Maker: Clemens, W F M (Martin)
Microfilm of typescript (with more detailed handwritten additions) and original handwritten diary kept by WFM Clemens during his work as district officer and coast watcher in the Solomon Islands parti...PRMF0079
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Clemens, W F Martin (Major, MC, Coast Watcher, British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force)
Private Record
Maker: Clemens, W F M (Martin)
DIARY OR MANUSCRIPT BASED ON DIARY OF SERVICE AS A COAST WATCHER AT GUADALCANAL, 1942. VERY DETAILED AND ANNOTATED, WITH COVERING LETTER FROM THE DIARIST TO GAVIN LONG, OFFICIAL HISTORIAN. SEE ALSO PR...3DRL/3221
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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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Dalrymple-Hay, Kenneth H (Coast Watcher, b.1896 - d.1971)
Private Record
Maker: Dalrymple-Hay, Kenneth Houston
Collection relating to the Second World War service of coast watcher Lieutenant Kenneth Dalrymple-Hay, Solomon Islands. Wallet 1 of 1 - contains one 77 page typed transcription of a diary maintaine...3DRL/6122
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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.
Photograph
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