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A montage of images, including a line drawing in elevation and plan, of the Japanese merchant ...
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Maker: Department Of The Navy
A montage of images, including a line drawing in elevation and plan, of the Japanese merchant ship the MV Montevideo Maru. On 22 June 1942 an estimated 845 prisoners of war (POWs) and 209 civilians ca...106138
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An informal group portrait of officers and senior non-commissioned officers from the Anti ...
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An informal group portrait of officers and senior non-commissioned officers from the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul at the battery's position at Frisbee Ridge not long before the Japanese attacks on Rab...P02312.004
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A Papuan Infantry Battalion bugler sounds reveille at the conclusion of a wreath laying at a ...
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Maker: Harding, B A
A Papuan Infantry Battalion bugler sounds reveille at the conclusion of a wreath laying at a memorial service. Two services, one at Vulcan Beach, the other at Rabaul, were held to mark the fourth anni...124106
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Assistant Medical Officer Arthur Coomber on patrol in the Maprik District with a holstered Luger ...
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Maker: Unknown
Assistant Medical Officer Arthur Coomber on patrol in the Maprik District with a holstered Luger pistol on his belt. When New Guinea was invaded by Japanese forces in 1942 Arthur Coomber's family was ...P02328.009
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Group portrait of 25 members of 2/22 Battalion Regimental Band, 23 of whom were originally ...
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of 25 members of 2/22 Battalion Regimental Band, 23 of whom were originally members of Salvation Army bands who had enlisted in 1940. The battalion served as a garrison force at Rabaul,...P04138.002
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Group portrait of members of the 2/10 Field Ambulance detachment at Rabaul, New Guinea prior to ...
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Group portrait of members of the 2/10 Field Ambulance detachment at Rabaul, New Guinea prior to the Japanese invasion. Identified in the back row, from left to right: VX26758 Private (Pte) George Will...P00348.001
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Group portrait of three members of 2/22 Battalion. Left to right: probably VX46697 Anthony ...
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of three members of 2/22 Battalion. Left to right: probably VX46697 Anthony Richard John Fox, of Macarthur, Victoria; VX26758 Private (Pte) George William Lanham, of Albury, NSW; and an...P07042.002
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Hand coloured studio portrait of VX29573 Corporal (Cpl) Jack Alexander Smith, 2/22 Battalion. Cpl ...
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Maker: Smith Studio
Hand coloured studio portrait of VX29573 Corporal (Cpl) Jack Alexander Smith, 2/22 Battalion. Cpl Smith enlisted in June 1940 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese invasion of January 1942...P10865.001
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Hand-coloured studio portrait of VX24105 Private (Pte) William Francis Ladner, 2/22 Battalion. ...
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Maker: Unknown
Hand-coloured studio portrait of VX24105 Private (Pte) William Francis Ladner, 2/22 Battalion. Pte Ladner, of Ballarat, Vic, enlisted in June 1940 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese inv...P06328.001
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Informal outdoor portrait of NX68894 Private (Pte) Ronald Angus Fraser, of Boggabri, NSW. Pte ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of NX68894 Private (Pte) Ronald Angus Fraser, of Boggabri, NSW. Pte Fraser enlisted on 1 March 1941 and served with No. 1 Independent Company on the island of New Ireland. He...P06180.001
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Informal outdoor portrait of NX66807 Private (Pte) Sydney Louis Nicholson, No. 1 Independent ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of NX66807 Private (Pte) Sydney Louis Nicholson, No. 1 Independent Company, of Merrylands, NSW. Pte Nicholson enlisted on 7 January 1941 and and served on the island of New I...P07701.001
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Informal outdoor portrait of QX64915 Private (Pte) Alan Stanley Tummon, Australian Army Service ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of QX64915 Private (Pte) Alan Stanley Tummon, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), of Bundaberg, Queensland. A labourer prior to enlistment on 18 June 1941 Pte Tummon served...P08906.001
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Informal outdoor portrait of WX8167 Signalman (Sig) William Eric Rule Dennis, of Carnarvon, WA. A ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of WX8167 Signalman (Sig) William Eric Rule Dennis, of Carnarvon, WA. A clerk in civilian life, Sig Dennis enlisted in August 1940. After completing training as a signalman h...P09417.001
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Informal portrait of VX40805 Corporal Herbert William Morgan, 2/22 Battalion, of Fairfield Park, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of VX40805 Corporal Herbert William Morgan, 2/22 Battalion, of Fairfield Park, Victoria. Prior to enlistment, Cpl Morgan was a member of the Brunswick Salvation Army band. In 1940, 2...P04138.001
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"Motor Ship 'Montevideo Maru' Propelling Machinery: Mitsubishi-Sulzer Diesel Engines. Built and ...
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"Motor Ship 'Montevideo Maru' Propelling Machinery: Mitsubishi-Sulzer Diesel Engines. Built and Engined at the Nagasaki Works for the Osaka Shosen Kaisha's South American Service.". During the Second ...042334
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N85247 Lieutenant (Lt) D M Selby, Officer Commanding the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, and his ...
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N85247 Lieutenant (Lt) D M Selby, Officer Commanding the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, and his driver N108194 (NX191448) Lance Bombardier (L Bdr) B R Hartigan in the battery's Ford utility truck (Regi...P02312.002
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N85071 Lieutenant (Lt) P W Fisher (left), Second in Command of the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, ...
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N85071 Lieutenant (Lt) P W Fisher (left), Second in Command of the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, and N85247 Lt D M Selby (right), Officer Commanding, outside their hut at Malaguna Camp. The Anti-aircr...P02312.001
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Portrait of WX7307 Signalman (Sig) Thomas John Watson (left) and WX7133 Sig James Osmund Davies, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Portrait of WX7307 Signalman (Sig) Thomas John Watson (left) and WX7133 Sig James Osmund Davies, both 7 Divisional Signals. Watson and Davies are posing in a photographer's painted prop labelled "Sydn...P09417.002
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Starboard side view of the Japanese passenger ship MV Montevideo Maru. On 22 June 1942 an ...
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Starboard side view of the Japanese passenger ship MV Montevideo Maru. On 22 June 1942 an estimated 845 prisoners of war (POWs) and 209 civilians captured by Japanese forces embarked from Rabaul, New ...303640
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Studio portrait of NX66006 Acting Lance Corporal (A/L Cpl) William Samuel James Turner, No. 1 ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of NX66006 Acting Lance Corporal (A/L Cpl) William Samuel James Turner, No. 1 Independent Company, of Sydney, NSW. He enlisted on 2 December 1940 and served on the island of New Irelan...P08854.001