The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
General coverage in Wewak Point and airstrip area a few days after the capture of Wewak. Includes firing of M1A1 'Long Tom' 155 mm field gun crewed by the 2/3rd Field Regiment; wreckage of Japanese aircraft; captured Japanese 20 mm type 98 anti tank gun and 6.5 mm Taisho II 'Nambu' light machine gun; Japanese POW.
General coverage of testing and demonstration of various items of captured Japanese equipment. Japanese equipment demonstrated includes: Firing of a parachute smoke signal bomb for a Japanese Light m
Men of the 28th Australian Infantry Battalion examine captured Japanese weapons, a Type 92 heavy machine gun and a Type 98 20mm anti-aircraft cannon. NX12354 Major Campbell Creighton Brown, BHQ, 2/2
HAWAIN, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-09. LOADING MEMBERS OF 2/3 FIELD REGIMENT GUN CREW CARRYING A 95-LB SHELL ON LOADING TRAY TO A "LONG TOM" 155 MM GUN DURING THE ATTACK AGAINST THE MAIN JAPANESE
General coverage of the attack on Waitavalo Plantation New Britain. Supply difficulties, artillery bombardment of enemy positions, wounded Australians, captured Japanese equipment ( Type 99 7.7 mm Lig
Allied Intelligence Photographs of Captured Japanese Artillery 1. Captured Japanese 75 mm Type 88 Mobile Anti-aircraft Gun somewhere in Australia, date and place unknown. Rear stamping says: Produce
Maribyrnong, Vic. c 1943. A Japanese 75mm Type 88 (1928) anti-aircraft gun, serial number 1018, manufactured by the Japanese State Arsenal. This is a dual purpose gun effective as an anti-aircraft or
