The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The figure of a Japanese soldier is shown as he is about to swing a pick, as if carving the Japanese script 'National Solidarity and Unity' (Interpretation) onto a flat rock face, near Mabelebu on Bogadjim Road, New Guinea.
Sergeant Belcher, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps attached to Royal Australian Engineers, was able to obtain leave from his unit and moved between the Ramu Valley and the coast along to Yaula and Mindjim Rivers towards Bogadjim, sketching and recording something of the area's activities during the Second World War.
A sketch of a wooden bridge on Bogadjim Road is depicted. VX109068 Sergeant Belcher, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps attached to Royal Australian Engineers, was able to obtain leave from his uni
Scene depicting two trucks parked on the roadside on Bogadjim road near Yaula, New Guinea. Off to the side, two Australian soldiers are sitting down resting. A first aid container with Japanese script
Landscape view looking towards Madang and Bogadjim as seen from Yaula, Ramu Valley, New Guinea. VX109068 Sergeant Belcher, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps attached to Royal Australian Engineers
Depicts a Japanese "woodpecker" machine gun. This particular gun had been used by the Japanese in an ambush at Daumoina on Bogadjim Road, New Guinea. VX109068 Sergeant Belcher, Royal Australian Army
Depicts a Japanese log dugout in the Finisterre Ranges, New Guinea. A discarded gas mask can be seen lying in the foreground. Sergeant Belcher, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps attached to Royal A
A sketch of a Japanese 75mm gun found in New Guinea. Ammunition can be seen lying stacked on the ground to the left. Sergeant Belcher, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps attached to Royal Australia