The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Aitape Harbour, showing ships at anchor. Troops embarking onto Landing Craft, Mechanised (LCM) barges. Motor trucks reversing off barges and onto beach. DUKWs loaded with stores moving down beach. Troops of the 19th Infantry Brigade transferring from ship to barges. Various shots of Liberty ships at anchor and (LCM) moving across the harbour. Troops of the 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion on beach sorting out their gear and disembarking from LCMs. Troops climbing from DUKW after coming ashore on beach.
Members of 6th Australian Division who volunteered for service with the BCOF, Japan, left Wewak on 26 October 1945, in the troopship MV Manoora. Shows two soldiers carrying placard "Tokyo here we come
Australian troops have embarked on the troop carrier HMAS Sydney in Wewak Harbour, New Guinea. They were completing the final phase of Exercise 'Sprinkler Two' which began on November 13. They are n
The first thirty feet of this film was shot as a camera test. The subject of the test was the waterproofing of jeeps by personnel of the 2/6 Field Coy RAE at Barron River, Redlynch about 14 miles from
RAAF Marine Section boat 015.91 being lowered onto the water by a large crane. RAAF officer in winter uniform. Landing barge moving past small vessels - many LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) at anchor - film
The number 5 timber lifeboat from the P&O ship SS Devanha. The lifeboat is of clinker construction and has single bow and stern posts connected to a heavy exposed keel. The posts are made up of sever
[Reel 1]. Jungle Training Centre Canungra, Queensland. River crossing with ropes and compass march in jungle. Enoggera parade for Vietnam, tracker dogs. Men of 2 RAR waiting to be picked up on parade
