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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