The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. 1942-09. KITTYHAWKS OF A RAAF FIGHTER SQUADRON GOING OUT ON A FLIGHT OVER MILNE BAY. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS COCONUT PALMS AND HOW DISPERSAL RUNWAYS ARE CARVED OUT OF THE THICK PLANTAT
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-10. THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE BAD STATE OF THE ROADS IN AND AROUND GILI GILI WHERE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ARE STATIONED ON THE SHORES OF MILNE BAY. AN A.I.F. TRUCK IS SEEN HOPELESSLY BO
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. KITTYHAWK FIGHTER PLANES OF THE RAAF IN DISPERSAL BAYS ON THE MAIN "STRIP" AT MILNE BAY. THE DROME WAS LITERALLY CARVED OUT OF A THICK COCONUT PLANTATION.
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-10. THE MAIN ROAD THROUGH THE AREA OCCUPIED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE GILI GILI DISTRICT CROSSES SEVERAL CREEKS. THIS PICTURE SHOWS A MOTOR VEHICLE CONVOY NEGOTIATING ONE OF T
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.
