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FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. THIRTY NINE JAPANESE WERE KILLED DURING THE INITIAL LANDING ON SCARLET BEACH. IN THE CENTRE OF THE PICTURE CAN BE SEEN A JAPANESE GRAVE WHILE IN THE BACKGROUND CAN BE SEEN TWO JAPANESE LANDING BARGES BEACHED ABOVE THE HIGH WATER LINE.
FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. 39 JAPANESE WERE KILLED IN THE INITIAL LANDING ON SCARLET BEACH. IN THE FOREGROUND CAN BE SEEN A MASS GRAVE CONTAINING FIVE OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS, WHILE IN THE
HANSA BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-31. JAPANESE BARGES AT TEMPORARY WHARF. INVASION BARGE BEACHED IN FOREGROUND. A BOMB CAN BE SEEN BURSTING IN WATER.
Finschhafen, New Guinea. Australian infantry battalion embark on barges for the forward line at Scarlet Beach. Recently three Japanese barges landed at Scarlet Beach, two were sunk and the other claim
FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. TEMPORARY BOARD ERECTED OVER THE MASS GRAVE OF TEN JAPANESE SOLDIERS UNKNOWN, WHO WERE KILLED DURING THE LANDINGS ON SCARLET BEACH.
SCARLET BEACH, FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-13. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ON ONE OF THE SMASHED JAPANESE BARGES THAT LITTERS THE SHORE. THE BARGES WERE DESTROYED BY THE 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP DU
At Kokakoc the Japanese were well dug in and resisted solidly. In the distance is Scarlet Beach where the initial landing of the Finschhafen campaign took place, New Guinea.