The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
KILIGIA BEACH, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-09. NX171905 STAFF-SERGEANT C. HARRIS (1), QX53430 CORPORAL R. WHITLOCK (2), AND QX49258 LANCE-SERGEANT N. NEELS (3), MEMBERS OF A 5TH DIVISION SALVAGE UNIT CLEANING AND ASSEMBLING ENEMY EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPMENT TO THE MAINLAND. THE EQUIPMENT INCLUDES A 7.7MM TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" HEAVY MACHINE GUN (IN FRONT); 50MM GRENADE DISCHARGERS (LEFT); JAPANESE "BANGALORE" TORPEDOES; FLAME THROWER CANISTERS, AND A 37MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN.
KILIGIA BEACH, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-09. NX171905 STAFF-SERGEANT C. HARRIS (1), QX53430 CORPORAL R. WHITLOCK (2), AND QX49258 LANCE-SERGEANT N. NEELS (3), MEMBERS OF A 5TH DIVISION SALVAGE UNIT CLEANING
WANDOKAI, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-01. A 7.7MM JAPANESE TYPE 92 MACHINE GUN (WOODPECKER) MOUNTED AND READY FOR ACTION FOUND BY PERSONNEL OF THE 9TH DIVISION SALVAGE UNIT.
FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. A JAPANESE 7.7MM TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" MACHINE GUN AND BODIES OF DEAD GUN CREW AFTER A SUCCESSFUL ACTION AT TREVOR'S RIDGE BY THE 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTAL
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-06-10. MEMBERS OF 1 PLATOON, D COMPANY, 2/2ND MACHINE GUN BATTALION, ASSEMBLING AND TESTING A JAPANESE 7.7 MM TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" MACHINE GUN RECENTLY CAPTURED FROM THE ENEMY.
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
FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. BODIES OF JAPANESE DEAD, AROUND A TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" MACHINE GUN AFTER 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION HAD CAPTURED TREVOR'S RIDGE. SHOWN: NX127113 PRIVATE
