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Cigarette case, hand made at Rabaul in 1946
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cigarette case made from duralium (duralumin), an alloy of alumiminium and copper used in aircraft manufacture. The top of the lid is inlaid with brown bakelite. The cigarette case is oval shaped with...REL29644
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C. 1940. PORTRAIT OF SERGEANT FREDERICK W EARP, RAAF. IN 1942 FLIGHT SERGEANT EARP WAS ATTACHED ...
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C. 1940. PORTRAIT OF SERGEANT FREDERICK W EARP, RAAF. IN 1942 FLIGHT SERGEANT EARP WAS ATTACHED TO THE 93RD BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 19 BOMBARDMENT GROUP, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE AS A CO-PILOT FLYIN...P01395.005
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Crocker, Willis (Lance Sergeant, 2/22nd Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Crocker, Willis
DIARY, WRITTEN ON A DAILY BASIS, RECOUNTING THE RETREAT FROM RABAUL BY FOOT, ESCAPE FROM NEW BRITAIN IN THE PINNACE "BLACK MARIA" AND EVENTUAL RETURN TO PORT MORESBY BY RAAF CATALINA. THE ACCOUNT WAS ...PR83/093
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Flying Fortresses (B17's) taking off at 0230 from 7-Mile Drome, Moresby to bomb Rabaul town and harbour
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
A night time scene of soldiers pictured standing in front of B17s taking off, with searchlights glowing up into the sky.ART22074
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KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. C. 1944-01. FLIGHT SERGEANT G. BENNEWITH OF FREMANTLE, WA, ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. C. 1944-01. FLIGHT SERGEANT G. BENNEWITH OF FREMANTLE, WA, WHO WAS IN THE TURRET, AND HAD A LUCKY ESCAPE WHEN A PIECE OF SHRAPNEL SMASHED THE PERSPEX OF THIS BEAUFO...OG0449
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KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. 1944-01-05. FRONT VIEW OF LINE OF BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. 1944-01-05. FRONT VIEW OF LINE OF BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NOS. 8 AND 100 SQUADRONS RAAF TAXIING TO THE AIRSTRIP TO TAKE OFF FOR A NIGHT BOMBING RAID ON RABAUL.OG0450
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Lerew, John Margrave (Wing Commander, DFC, RAAF b.1912)
Private Record
Maker: Lerew, John Margrave
Signal sent by Wing-Commander J M Lerew to RAAF HQ, from Rabul, 21 January 1942. Message in Latin reads: "Morituri - vos - salutamus" (We who are about to die, salute you). Follow up message (EXDOC1...EXDOC168
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Lesson Point, Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. After the Japanese surrender at the end of the war, ...
Photograph
Maker: Griffiths, Allen
Lesson Point, Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. After the Japanese surrender at the end of the war, members of a RAAF Equipment Recovery Party sit and smoke cigarettes with Japanese servicemen in the form...P02257.047
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Lesson Point, Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. Informal outdoors group portrait of Japanese ...
Photograph
Maker: Griffiths, Allen
Lesson Point, Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. Informal outdoors group portrait of Japanese servicemen with members of a RAAF Equipment Recovery Party after the Japanese surrender. The men are (left to r...P02257.048
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LEYTE, PHILIPPINES. 1945-06-23. PORTRAIT OF 27447 FLYING OFFICER R. M. "BOB" CALWELL DFC, FLIGHT ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
LEYTE, PHILIPPINES. 1945-06-23. PORTRAIT OF 27447 FLYING OFFICER R. M. "BOB" CALWELL DFC, FLIGHT ENGINEER OF BRIGHTON, SA, WHO HAS FLOWN IN CATALINA AIRCRAFT SINCE THE GRIM MONTHS OF 1942. HE RECEIVED...OG3089
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MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-11-14. TIRED BEAUFORT BOMBER CREWS OF NO. 6 SQUADRON RAAF WAITING THEIR ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-11-14. TIRED BEAUFORT BOMBER CREWS OF NO. 6 SQUADRON RAAF WAITING THEIR TURN FOR INTERROGATION AFTER TAKING PART IN THE LARGEST ALL RAAF RAID ON RABAUL ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THE RAID...OG0229
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MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-11-15. TIRED OUT AFTER A LONG NIGHT FLIGHT, THESE BEAUFORT BOMBER CREWS OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-11-15. TIRED OUT AFTER A LONG NIGHT FLIGHT, THESE BEAUFORT BOMBER CREWS OF NO. 6 SQUADRON RAAF CLIMB ONTO A TRUCK WHICH WILL TAKE THEM BACK TO CAMP AFTER TAKING PART IN THE HEAV...OG0230
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OFF THE NORTH COAST OF NEW BRITAIN. 1944-03-03. RAAF BEAUFIGHTER AND BOSTON AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
OFF THE NORTH COAST OF NEW BRITAIN. 1944-03-03. RAAF BEAUFIGHTER AND BOSTON AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 AND NO. 22 SQUADRONS RAAF RESPECTIVELY OPERATING FROM A FORWARD BASE AT KIRIWINA WAGE CONSTANT WAR ON JAP...OG0838
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1942-08-12. A CONCENTRATION OF BOMBS FROM RAAF AIRCRAFT FALLING ON JAPANESE ...
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1942-08-12. A CONCENTRATION OF BOMBS FROM RAAF AIRCRAFT FALLING ON JAPANESE SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.128143
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1943-11-02. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE RAAF AIR ATTACK ON THE TOWN AND ...
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1943-11-02. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE RAAF AIR ATTACK ON THE TOWN AND HARBOUR, LEAVING THE TOWNSHIP IN A FILM OF SMOKE AND DUST. MORE RAAF BOMBERS CAN BE SEEN COMING THROUGH SMOKE ...127614
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Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. Informal outdoors portrait of three Australian officers, members of ...
Photograph
Maker: Griffiths, Allen
Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. Informal outdoors portrait of three Australian officers, members of a postwar recovery party, with a large group of Chinese prisoners-of-war (POWs) that they have liberat...P02257.049
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Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. Led by a Japanese guide and interpreter (right), Flying Officer ...
Photograph
Maker: Griffiths, Allen
Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. Led by a Japanese guide and interpreter (right), Flying Officer (FO) Gene McCarthy (left) and 82586 FO Allen Robert Griffiths make their way along a jungle path to a larg...P02257.044
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-12-21. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. C. H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER ...
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-12-21. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. C. H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY (2) BEING GREETED BY MAJOR-GENERAL K. W. EATHER, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 11 DIVISION (1...099524
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. MAIL BEING LOADED ABOARD AN RAAF COURIER PLANE. THIS DOUGLAS C47 ...
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. MAIL BEING LOADED ABOARD AN RAAF COURIER PLANE. THIS DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA WAS THE FIRST COURIER AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE NEWLY RECONDITIONED LAKUNAI AIRSTRIP.098413
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1943-11-02. SINKING OF ENEMY (JAPANESE) GUNBOAT OFF VUNAPOPO, NEW BRITAIN. ...
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1943-11-02. SINKING OF ENEMY (JAPANESE) GUNBOAT OFF VUNAPOPO, NEW BRITAIN. REMAINDER OF RAAF FLIGHT CLOSING IN FOR THE KILL, WHILE ANOTHER FLIGHT FORMS OVER THE BOMB BURST. NOTE T...127654
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-12-21. THE AIRCRAFT COURIER SERVICE BUS WHICH RUNS A SERVICE BETWEEN ...
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-12-21. THE AIRCRAFT COURIER SERVICE BUS WHICH RUNS A SERVICE BETWEEN LAKUNAI AIRSTRIP AND THE VISITORS AND OBSERVERS SECTION. IT IS PARKED BESIDE THE RAAF CATALINA WHICH BROU...099526
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Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. The entrance to a large tunnel or cave where Japanese soldiers hid ...
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Maker: Griffiths, Allen
Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. The entrance to a large tunnel or cave where Japanese soldiers hid themselves and their equipment. Inside the tunnel are several beds or stretchers, on one of which an in...P02257.043
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. THE FIRST RAAF COURIER PLANE, A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA, LANDING ON ...
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. THE FIRST RAAF COURIER PLANE, A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA, LANDING ON THE NEWLY RECONDITIONED LAKUNAI AIRSTRIP.098412
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-12-28. THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, MR BEN CHIFLEY, ARRIVED BY ...
Photograph
Maker: Rice, Robert Edwin
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-12-28. THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, MR BEN CHIFLEY, ARRIVED BY PLANE TO VISIT MANY OF THE UNITS IN THE AREA. MR CHIFLEY DESCENDS FROM HIS RAAF DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AT LAKUN...120883
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"Record Bomb load for S.-W.Pacific dropped by R.A.A.F. on Rabaul.."
Published Collection
Black and white recruitment leaflet encouraging enlistment for ground crew in the Royal Australian Air Force.RC00289
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Roberts, Albert Allen (Major, MC, Intelligence Section, RAAF, ANGAU and AIB, AIF b.1904 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Roberts, Albert Allen
Logbooks related to patrol duties in the Aitape district (1925-1927), notebooks detailing the evacuation of Rabaul and return to New Britain for coast watching duties, notes on Australian Intelligence...PR84/368
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SYDNEY, NSW. 1946-06-01. WARRANT OFFICER K. W. KIDNEY, ONE OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL WHO ARRIVED ...
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Maker: McQuillan, Ernest Mervyn
SYDNEY, NSW. 1946-06-01. WARRANT OFFICER K. W. KIDNEY, ONE OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL WHO ARRIVED FROM RABAUL ON HMAS KANIMBLA, CARRIES HIS GEAR IN KITBAGS DOWN THE GANGPLANK AFTER ITS ARRIVAL AT CIRC...129575
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The RAAF made a mass raid on Lakunai Aerdrome, Rabaul, with Beaufort Bomber aircraft. Members of ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
The RAAF made a mass raid on Lakunai Aerdrome, Rabaul, with Beaufort Bomber aircraft. Members of one of the crews of 100 Squadron, RAF who took part are 416874 Pilot Officer (PO, later Flying Officer ...OG0293
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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1944-01-11. A CUP OF TEA IS THE AUSTRALIAN HABIT EVEN FOR THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1944-01-11. A CUP OF TEA IS THE AUSTRALIAN HABIT EVEN FOR THE CREW OF THE BEAUFORT BOMBER SQUADRONS OF THE RAAF AFTER AN AIR ATTACK ON RABAUL.OG0362
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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1944-01-18. AN INFORMAL GROUP PORTRAIT OF WEST AUSTRALIAN ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1944-01-18. AN INFORMAL GROUP PORTRAIT OF WEST AUSTRALIAN MEMBERS OF NO. 6 (BEAUFORT) SQUADRON RAAF WHICH FIGURED PROMINENTLY IN THE STRIKES ON RABAUL.OG0488
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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1944-01-18. AN INFORMAL GROUP PORTRAIT OF WEST AUSTRALIANS ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1944-01-18. AN INFORMAL GROUP PORTRAIT OF WEST AUSTRALIANS WITH NO. 6 (BEAUFORT) SQUADRON RAAF WHICH FIGURED PROMINENTLY IN THE "BASHES" ON RABAUL. STANDING BEHIND ...OG0487
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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-10-12. AUSTRALIAN BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT OF NO. 8 SQUADRON ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-10-12. AUSTRALIAN BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT OF NO. 8 SQUADRON RAAF TOOK PART IN THE AIR ATTACK ON RABAUL. AN AIRCRAFT CAPTAIN POINTS OUT TO THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER JU...OG0117
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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-10-12. BEAUFIGHTER AIRCREW OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF BEING ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-10-12. BEAUFIGHTER AIRCREW OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF BEING "DEBRIEFED" BY THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AFTER A BIG AIR ATTACK ON RABAUL. THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, FL...OG0118
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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1944-10. GROUP PORTRAIT OF CREWS OF RAAF BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1944-10. GROUP PORTRAIT OF CREWS OF RAAF BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT SQUADRONS WHICH PROVIDED AIR COVER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN LANDING IN NEW BRITAIN AFTER NIGHTLY RAIDING OF ...OG1974
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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1944-10. GROUP PORTRAIT OF NINETEEN YEAR OLD AIRCREW BOYS ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1944-10. GROUP PORTRAIT OF NINETEEN YEAR OLD AIRCREW BOYS WHO WERE OVER RABAUL WITH THE BEAUFORT BOMBER FORCE FROM NOS. 6, 8 AND 100 SQUADRONS RAAF. A NUMBER OF ...OG1980
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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1944-10. OFFICERS AND NCOS DISCUSS THE ATTACK ON RABAUL BY ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1944-10. OFFICERS AND NCOS DISCUSS THE ATTACK ON RABAUL BY A COMBINED BEAUFORT BOMBER FORCE FROM NOS. 6, 8 AND 100 SQUADRONS RAAF.OG1979
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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1943-11. RETURNING FROM AN AIR ATTACK ON RABAUL THIS ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1943-11. RETURNING FROM AN AIR ATTACK ON RABAUL THIS BEAUFORT CREW OF NO. 6 SQUADRON RAAF SHOWED MAGNIFICENT COOLNESS WHEN BOTH ENGINES FAILED. THEY ARE RECEIVIN...OG0340
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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1944-10. SERGEANT PILOTS WHO FLEW THREE OF THE BEAUFORT ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1944-10. SERGEANT PILOTS WHO FLEW THREE OF THE BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT IN THE ATTACK ON RABAUL MADE BY THE COMBINED BOMBER FORCE FROM NOS. 6, 8 AND 100 SQUADRON...OG1977
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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-10-12. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT KEN BARBER OF WOOLOOWIN, QLD, A ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-10-12. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT KEN BARBER OF WOOLOOWIN, QLD, A PILOT OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF, EATS A SNACK ON RETURN TO BASE FROM AN EPIC FIGHT WITH JA...OG0122
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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1944-01-11. THESE RAAF AIRCREWS OF THE BEAUFORT BOMBER ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1944-01-11. THESE RAAF AIRCREWS OF THE BEAUFORT BOMBER SQUADRONS RELAX IN THE OPERATIONS ROOM AFTER AN AIR ATTACK ON RABAUL.OG0363
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Wing Commander John Lerew
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
Wing Commander John Margrave Lerew, DFC, RAAF, was well known as the Commanding Officer at Rabaul at the time of the Japanese advance and invasion of that base. This sketch was made in December 1943 w...ART21536