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Maker: Brown, Norman

A forward post in the Ramu Valley. Australian patrol wiped out this Japanese Type 92 'woodpecker' machine gun post. Members of the patrol examine the body of the dead Japanese.

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Maker: McNeil, John Earl (Earl)

A group of RAAF personnel at the site of the wreckage of a Japanese 'Betty' bomber aircraft shot down by Squadron Leader R C Cresswell during a night raid on Darwin. The bodies of nine Japanese were l...

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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas

AITAPE AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-04-22. GAPING JAWS OF A LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) DISCHARGES HEAVY EQUIPMENT FOR RAAF WORKS, SURVEY AND SIGNALS UNITS DURING THE SUCCESSFUL ASSAULT ON KORAKO...

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Maker: La Macchai, J

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. 1941. RESCUE WORKERS COLLECTING DEAD BODIES FROM WRECKED BUILDINGS AFTER AN AIR ATTACK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).

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Maker: Unknown

An unidentified Italian soldier covering a deceased Italian soldier. British and Commonwealth forces intially attacked Tobruk, which was under Italian control, on 22 January 1941, and the town fell th...

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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles

'At scene of mass burials of POWs, Japanese troops are opening graves'. 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sandakan POW camp was found to contain approximately 300 bodies believed to be of those men left ...

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Maker: Brown, Norman

Australian troops moved in behind Matilda tanks for a dawn attack on the Japanese held village of Sattelberg. Australians examine the entrance to a Japanese foxhole amongst the bamboo. The body of a d...

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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 4 JULY 1945. SOME OF THE TEN BODIES OF JAPANESE SOLDIERS FOUND SOME 500 YARDS SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF OPUS FEATURE BY MEMBERS OF 2/33 INFANTRY BATTALION DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION. IT...

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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 4 JULY 1945. THE BODY OF A DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIER IN A DUGOUT WHICH COMMANDED AN EXTENSIVE VIEW OF THE COUNTRY SIDE ALONG THE RIDGE BETWEEN THE OPUS FEATURE AND THE OPERATOR FEATURE...

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BALLALAE ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-10. THE GRAVES OF ALLIED SOLDIERS KILLED BY THE JAPANESE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT BETWEEN 300 AND 800 ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR WERE KILLED BY THE JAPANESE AFTER ...

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BALLALAE ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-10. THE SKELETON OF AN ALLIED SOLDIER, RECOVERED BY THE ATROCITIES COMMISSION, LAID OUT ON A BLANKET PRIOR TO REMOVAL BY A WAR GRAVES REGISTRATION UNIT. IT ...

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BARDIA, LIBYA, 1941-01. ABANDONED ITALIAN TRUCKS AND DEAD ITALIANS AFTER BATTLE AROUND BARDIA ROAD. (DONOR: L. MOUSER).

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Bardia, Libya. 1941-01-03. Partly covered body of a dead Italian soldier killed during the attack on Bardia. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)

P02038.079

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BARMERA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-11/17. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR PLACING OFFERINGS FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD ON THE GRAVE OF IJ51875 MATSUJIRO NAKAYAMA, WHO DIED AT THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF ...

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BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 27 JUNE 1945. THE DEAD BODY OF ONE OF THE MANY JAPANESE SOLDIERS FOUND WHEN MEMBERS OF 2/28TH INFANTRY BATTALION OCCUPIED THE AREA.

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BELSEN, GERMANY, 1945-04-10. AUSTRALIAN WAR ARTIST ALAN MOORE MAKING A DRAWING OF FORMER GERMAN SS CONCENTRATION CAMP GUARDS. BEHIND THE LINE OF GUARDS IS A TRUCK LOADED WITH THE DEAD BODIES OF CONCEN...

P00927.001

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BELSEN, GERMANY. 1945-04. BRITISH SOLDIERS STAND GUARD WITH RIFLES AS GERMAN S.S. TROOPS LOAD LORRIES WITH BODIES OF THEIR DEAD VICTIMS FOR TRANSPORTING TO THE BURIAL GROUND AFTER THE RELIEF OF THE CO...

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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-05. A DEAD JAPANESE LYING IN FRONT OF A 25 INFANTRY BATTALION WEAPON PIT AFTER A FANATICAL CHARGE DURING ACTION ON SLATER'S KNOLL. ENEMY CASUALTIES AMOUNTED TO 152.

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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), PASS A DEAD JAPANESE KILLED IN EARLIER FIGHTING. TROOPS OF 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED I...

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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), ON THEIR WAY TO SIARA, PASSES A JAPANESE CADAVER KILLED IN EARLIER FIGHTING.

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