The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the service of Major David Mayer Selby, 1 Australian Anti-Aircraft Regiment. Collection consists of a 170 page, typed, carbon bound manuscript titled "Black, White and Yellow" by David Mayer Selby. The manuscript is a personal account of the fall of Rabaul and subsequent events. Selby was commander of 1 Australian Anti-Aircraft Regiment which was composed of 54 officers and men, mostly under the age of 19, and only two old-fashioned 3-inch guns. The manuscript covers training in New Britain, Japanese air raids and ground invasion of Rabaul, and the retreat into the mountains. Topics described include massacres (Tol), shortage of food, medical supplies, weapons, attitudes of natives and missionaries, and eventual rescue. This manuscript was published in 1955 as "Hell and High Fever".
N85247 Lieutenant (Lt) D M Selby, Officer Commanding the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, and his driver N108194 (NX191448) Lance Bombardier (L Bdr) B R Hartigan in the battery's Ford utility truck (Regi
An informal group portrait of officers and senior non-commissioned officers from the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul at the battery's position at Frisbee Ridge not long before the Japanese attacks on Rab
N85071 Lieutenant (Lt) P W Fisher (left), Second in Command of the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, and N85247 Lt D M Selby (right), Officer Commanding, outside their hut at Malaguna Camp. The Anti-aircr
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant David Selby, 2/22 Battalion, New Britain. Collection consists of a short handwritten note by Captain Goodman to Major Owen referring
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant David Selby, 2/22 Battalion, New Britain. Collection consists of a short handwritten note by Captain Goodman to Major Owen referring
Three members of the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul in the back of the battery's Ford utility truck (Registration Number C13605) returning to Malaguna camp after a pig shooting or "puk puk" expedition.
