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Photograph 026599 Second World War, 1939-1945MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING DOWN OVER COUNTRY AROUND SHORES OF MILNE BAY.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. LOOKING DOWN OVER GILI GILI, SHOWING THE MAIN AIRSTRIP IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT AND MOUNTAINS IN DISTANCE.
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING DOWN OVER COUNTRY AROUND SHORES OF MILNE BAY.

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. A SMALL CEMETERY NEAR GILI GILI WHERE AUSTRALIANS WHO FELL DURING THE FIGHTING AROUND THE SHORES OF MILNE BAY ARE BURIED.

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. A SMALL CEMETERY NEAR GILI GILI WHERE AUSTRALIANS WHO FELL DURING THE FIGHTING AROUND THE SHORES OF MILNE BAY ARE BURIED.

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. THIS WATER POINT, TO SUPPLY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE GILI GILI AREA, IS SET IN A TROPICAL SETTING IN A COCONUT PLANTATION.

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-10. A BULLDOZER OF AN AUSTRALIAN UNIT HOPELESSLY BOGGED IN SOFT MUD NEAR GILI GILI ON THE SHORES OF MILNE BAY. FURTHER UP THE ROAD ON THE LEFT A TRUCK MAY BE SEEN ALSO WELL DOWN

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-03. SIGN ERECTED ON A COCONUT PALM STUMP NEAR NO. 3 AIRSTRIP (TURNBULL FIELD) TO MARK THE LIMIT OF THE JAPANESE ADVANCE TOWARDS GILI GILI IN 1942-09.
