The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WAU, NEW GUINEA. C. 1943-01. MEDICAL ORDERLIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE AT THE MAIN WAU HOSPITAL (WILDES PLANTATION) ON THE BIG WAU CREEK. THE HOSPITAL WAS SET UP IN ONE OF THE FEW HOUSES LEFT UNBURNT AFTER THE "SCORCHED EARTH" POLICY, CARRIED OUT BY THE KANGA FORCE. THE HOSPITAL BECAME AN ADVANCED DRESSING STATION DURING THE BATTLE FOR WAU. THE JAPANESE FLAG IS A PHONEY, DOCTORED FOR SALE TO YANK AIRMEN. FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT ARE: CAPTAIN H. E. MARSDEN, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS; WALLY HILL, NEW GUINEA VOLUNTEER RIFLES; UNKNOWN; HAYDN DAVIES, NEW GUINEA VOLUNTEER RIFLES; UNKNOWN. ALSO SEEN ARE NATIVE BOYS. (DONOR S. MURRAY-SMITH).
BULOLO, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-17. NATIVES SEWING UP BAGS IN FRONT OF THE WAU POWER STATION. THIS POWER STATION WAS WRECKED DURING THE WAU CAMPAIGN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCORCHED EARTH POLICY. THE NATIV
NEW GUINEA. THE JAPANESE CARRIED OUT A SCORCHED EARTH POLICY BEFORE THEY LEFT KOKODA. THIS IS THE REMAINS OF A PLANTER'S HOME NEAR KOKODA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
Kokoda, New Guinea. November 1942. The Japanese carried out a scorched earth policy before they left Kokoda. This is the remains of a planter's home. Note the wrecked bicycle in the foreground.
WAU, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-30. NO 6 CAMP, BULOLO VALLEY. MEMBERS OF NO 8 SECTION, 2/5TH INDEPENDENT COMPANY. ALL STORES, EQUIPMENT AND AMMUNITION THAT COULD NOT BE CARRIED WAS DUMPED IN THIS STORE, AND
KOKODA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-12-22. THE REMAINS OF A PLANTER'S HOME DESTROYED IN A SCORCHED EARTH POLICY CARRIED OUT BY RETREATING JAPANESE FORCES NEAR KOKODA.
Wau, New Guinea. 1943-05-14. An aerial photograph of the Medical Dressing Station, 2/2nd Field Ambulance.
