The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A Catalina aircraft rescued three United States airmen and one Australian Army private of the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles (NGVR) from Japanese held New Britain. Identified personnel: Private J Stokie NGVR, Private B E Bordner, Lieutenant N G Hughes, Lieutenant E D Wallace, Squadron Leader Burrage.
Rescued after living ten and 14 months respectively with natives in New Britain, three American aviators and an Australian were welcomed at a New Guinea base. Left to right (marked with crosses) Pte D
Melbourne, Vic. 1945-11-15. Informal group portrait of the inter-service conference held in the conference room at Victoria Barracks for the purpose of tracing missing members of the services in South
Four Australian army nurses, eleven Australian civilian nurses and one Red Cross worker in Manila on way back to Australia. They were captured at Rabaul, New Britain, held ther for six months at a Ger
Port Moresby, Papua, 24 May 1943. The daily life of Australian nurse at 2/9 Australian General Hospital (AGH). Identified personnel are: Sister R Campbell (Innisfail); Private S D Taylor (Charters T
Morotai. 1945-04-13. Men of B Company, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, preparing fishing net and boat made of three Jettisoned Fighter Aircraft Belly tanks, for a day's fishing near their Sabatai River Camp. I
DOBODURA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-11. GROUP PORTRAIT OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, HEADQUARTERS, 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. LEFT TO RIGHT:- FRONT ROW:-QX16869 PRIVATE J WATKINS; NX153302 CORPORAL R G P
