The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Australian 16th Brigade amphibious training at Yorkey's Knob Beach or Trinity Bay Beach Cairns, North Queensland 24 August 1943. American soldier keeps watch with 50. Calibre Browning heavy machine gun, mounted in emplacement on beach. Troops form line across beach to load cases of ammunition onto a Landing Ship Tank (LST). Soldiers standing astride wooden chute, push cases of ammunition down beach for loading into waiting a LST. Two soldiers direct a Bren Gun Carrier as it reverses up ramp and into Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) drawn up to beach. Large headland in background. LST No. 88 moves slowly right to left into beach. Camera pans to follow. In choppy sea. LCM No 32 hits beach, tin hatted troops carrying rifles land and runacross sand to shallow water and up ramp of LST headland in background. Watched by American, Australians infantry move left to right up ramp of LST No 176.
No. 6 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF stores and equipment being loaded on to Landing Ship Tank (LST) 699 at Blue Beach, Morotai, for Oboe 6 Operation. Shows bulldozer being driven up the loading
Equipment on the beach ready for embarkation. Bulldozers guns etc loading on to Landing Ship Tank (LST). Dawn shots arrival at beach North of Finschhafen with destroyer escorts. Troops and supplies un
General scenes of Vung Tau and part of the living area of 104 Signals Squadron and "Kanga Pad" Nui Dat. View of Helicopter refuel point, Kanga Pad directly in front of rear of 104 Signal Squadron tent
[Colour] A United States Navy PT boat under tow. Aerial of USAAF C-47 No. 105. Aerial of a formation of C-47 Dakota transport aircraft. Butterfly collection. A US soldier marks drop zone white sheets
Home movies relating to the service of 3788598 Private (Pte) Robert Kingsley Bruce, 85 Transport Platoon, Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC), Vietnam 1967-1968. Films taken on a super 8 movie
Coverage of the Australian activities at Tarakan Island, Borneo circa May 1945. Shows map of northeast Borneo, arrow pointing to a label 'Tarakan Island'. Australian troops resting under trees. Austra
