The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Wewak May 1945. The initial stages of an amphibious landing by troops of an Australian Infantry Battalion. Shows bulldozer and trailer being unloaded down the ramp of LST 1346. Troops searching the clothing and kit of a dead Japanese. Soldiers on lookout for snipers. Advance through dense jungle. Landing barge AB2036 passing the corvette J242 HMAS Colac. Soldier relaxing and cleaning weapons. Corvette J251 HMAS Dubbo. Officer writing on message pad in jungle. Engineers on beach searching for mines. Wounded Australian receiving medical treatment. Signaller using Aldis Lamp. RAAF Beaufort bomber flying low over beach. Soldiers wading ashore from LST. Landing barges approaching the shore. Troops in barge waiting for ramp to drop. Smoke rising from jungle near shore. LSTs discharging troops. Troops moving up into the jungle.
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
Seven thousand five hundred troops and many hundreds of vehicles of 7th Australian Division arrived at Morotai from Australia on the morning of 12th June, in twenty five Landing Ship, Tank (LST). Heav
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 machin
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
Activities of troops on board Landing Ship, Tank (LST) 637-1 on Saturday 9th June 1945 (D-1) prior to landing on Labaun Island. Australian troops in Victoria Town. VX67583 Lieutenant Neil Herbert Pay
TAWAO, NORTH EAST BORNEO 1945-10-20. ON 1945-10-17 FOUR ROYAL NAVY LANDING SHIPS, TANK (LSTS) LEFT LABUAN ISLAND WITH MEN OF THE NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE AND ARRIVED AT TAWAO ON 1945-10-20. THEY WERE T
