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  1. A DAMAGED AND ABANDONED JAPANESE MITSUBISHI A6M3 NAVY TYPE O MODEL 32 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT NEAR THE ...

    Photograph

    A DAMAGED AND ABANDONED JAPANESE MITSUBISHI A6M3 NAVY TYPE O MODEL 32 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT NEAR THE BUNA AIRSTRIP. THIS AIRCRAFT BELONGED TO THE JAPANESE NAVY'S 2ND AIR GROUP (582) FIGHTER SQUADRON, RENAM...

    P01097.035

  2. A JAPANESE MACHINE GUN NEST IN THE BUNA AREA. THIS CAMOUFLAGED MACHINE GUN NEST HAS BEEN BADLY ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Silk, George

    A JAPANESE MACHINE GUN NEST IN THE BUNA AREA. THIS CAMOUFLAGED MACHINE GUN NEST HAS BEEN BADLY DAMAGED BY SHELLFIRE FROM A TANK. (PHOTOGRAPHER: G. SILK).

    013931

  3. Alexander Joseph Lochhead, as a Lieutenant, 39th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

    Sound

    Maker: Lochhead, Alexander Joseph Martin, Harry

    Early life; joining Cadet Corps; transfer to militia; shipment to New Guinea; service on the Kokoda Trail in 1942; home leave; joining 2/2nd Battalion AIF; promotion to sergeant; return to New Guinea ...

    S00502

  4. ALLIED ADVANCE ON BUNA. ALLIED TROOPS EXAMINING ONE OF TWO JAPANESE 3-INCH NAVAL GUNS USED BY THE ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Silk, George

    ALLIED ADVANCE ON BUNA. ALLIED TROOPS EXAMINING ONE OF TWO JAPANESE 3-INCH NAVAL GUNS USED BY THE ENEMY IN THEIR DEFENCE OF BUNA. THIS GUN WAS CAPTURED BY AUSTRALIANS ON THE STRIP AT BUNA. IT WAS PROB...

    014025

  5. ALLIED ADVANCE ON BUNA. ALLIED TROOPS EXAMINING ONE OF TWO JAPANESE 3 INCH NAVAL GUNS USED BY THE ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Silk, George

    ALLIED ADVANCE ON BUNA. ALLIED TROOPS EXAMINING ONE OF TWO JAPANESE 3 INCH NAVAL GUNS USED BY THE ENEMY IN THEIR DEFENCE OF BUNA. THIS GUN WAS CAPTURED BY AUSTRALIANS ON THE AIRSTRIP AT BUNA. IT WAS P...

    014024

  6. ALLIED INFANTRY FOLLOWED THE TANKS IN PAPUA. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIGHTING. THE TANKS ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Silk, George

    ALLIED INFANTRY FOLLOWED THE TANKS IN PAPUA. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIGHTING. THE TANKS CRASHED THROUGH A JAPANESE CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED PILLBOXES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

    013957

  7. AM18 'Airwave' (1943-1944)

    Private Record

    Maker: Various

    Collection relating to Australian Army vessel AM18 'Airwave', Australia and New Guinea, February 1943 - March 1944. Collection consists of one log book written initially by Warrant Officer 1st Class ...

    AWM2016.178.1

  8. AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN WAR CORRESPONDENTS AT A JAPANESE DUGOUT INSPECT A LIGHT JAPANESE ...

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    Maker: Silk, George

    AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN WAR CORRESPONDENTS AT A JAPANESE DUGOUT INSPECT A LIGHT JAPANESE ARTILLERY PIECE WHICH HAS BEEN BLASTED FROM ITS MOUNTING BY AN AUSTRALIAN MANNED TANK, WHICH ALSO KILLED THE CR...

    014026

  9. AN AUSTRALIAN CLIMBING TO A JAPANESE OBSERVATION POST BUILT HIGH UP IN A TREE TO ALLOW THE ENEMY ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Silk, George

    AN AUSTRALIAN CLIMBING TO A JAPANESE OBSERVATION POST BUILT HIGH UP IN A TREE TO ALLOW THE ENEMY TO DIRECT THE FIRE OF TWO 3-INCH NAVAL GUNS AGAINST ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCING ON BUNA. AUSTRALIANS CAPTUR...

    014023

  10. AN AUSTRALIAN CLIMBING TO A JAPANESE POST BUILT HIGH UP IN A TREE TO ALLOW THE ENEMY TO DIRECT ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Silk, George

    AN AUSTRALIAN CLIMBING TO A JAPANESE POST BUILT HIGH UP IN A TREE TO ALLOW THE ENEMY TO DIRECT THE FIRE OF TWO 3-INCH NAVAL GUNS AGAINST ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCING ON BUNA. AUSTRALIANS CAPTURED THE GUNS ...

    014022

  11. AN AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN BATTERY SHELLS BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

    Photograph

    Maker: Silk, George

    AN AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN BATTERY SHELLS BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

    013973

  12. An M3 Stuart light tank moving up for the dawn attack.

    Photograph

    Maker: Silk, George

    An M3 Stuart light tank moving up for the dawn attack.

    013963

  13. Anonymous

    Private Record

    SKETCH MAP OF THE BUNA AREA AND ACCOMPANYING NOTES INCORPORATING REPORTS FROM LOYAL NATIVE GROUPS NOTING JAPANESE MOVEMENTS IN THE AREA. THEY INCLUDE THE TRANSCRIPT OF A LETTER BY A LOCAL KANAKA NAMED...

    PR89/009

  14. 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

  15. A ROUGH BRIDGE ACROSS ONE OF THE SWAMPS WHICH ALLIED TROOPS HAD TO CROSS IN THEIR ADVANCE ON ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Bottomley, Clifford

    A ROUGH BRIDGE ACROSS ONE OF THE SWAMPS WHICH ALLIED TROOPS HAD TO CROSS IN THEIR ADVANCE ON BUNA. THE JAPS MADE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE USE OF THOSE NATURAL DEFENCES, AND WERE ONLY DRIVEN FROM THEM BY ...

    014107

  16. A THREE INCH ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CAPTURED FROM THE JAPANESE AT THE GOVERNMENT GARDENS, BUNA. IT IS ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Bottomley, Clifford

    A THREE INCH ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CAPTURED FROM THE JAPANESE AT THE GOVERNMENT GARDENS, BUNA. IT IS BEING INSPECTED BY LIEUT. GENERAL EICHELBERGER AND GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY. THE MOUNDS IN THE BACKGRO...

    014099

  17. At Sea, off Papua. 1942-12-14. Members of the AIF disembarking from HMAS Broome to go into action ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Davis, A J

    At Sea, off Papua. 1942-12-14. Members of the AIF disembarking from HMAS Broome to go into action at Buna.

    041248

  18. At Sea, off Papua. 1942-12-14. Members of the AIF partaking of a meal aboard HMAS Broome before ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Davis, A J

    At Sea, off Papua. 1942-12-14. Members of the AIF partaking of a meal aboard HMAS Broome before disembarking to go into action at Buna.

    041246

  19. At Sea, off Papua. 1942-12-14. Members of the AIF preparing for disembarkation from HMAS Broome ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Davis, A J

    At Sea, off Papua. 1942-12-14. Members of the AIF preparing for disembarkation from HMAS Broome to go into action at Buna.

    041249

  20. At Sea, off Papua. 1942-12-14. Members of the AIF relaxing after a meal aboard HMAS Broome before ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Davis, A J

    At Sea, off Papua. 1942-12-14. Members of the AIF relaxing after a meal aboard HMAS Broome before preparing for disembarkation at Buna.

    041251

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