The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
View from the observation post above Nuk Nuk, manned by members of the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles. The cleared area in the centre is the airstrip. Salamaua itself is situated on the Flat Isthmus linking the promontory and the mainland. This post was established by the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles and was also used by the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company (NGAWW). It was manned for a six week period by Corporal Ross Kirkwood, who narrowly escaped capture by the Japanese. This image is a frame enlargement from AWM film number 1215.
NG2191 Sergeant J B McAdam, New Guinea Volunteer Rifles, and Damien Parer, Official Cinematographer, observe Japanese movements from a secret tree top observation post above Nuk Nuk. This post was est
SALAMAUA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. NG2423 RIFLEMAN G. R. ARCHER, NEW GUINEA VOLUNTEER RIFLES, OBSERVES MOVEMENTS OF THE JAPANESE FROM AN OBSERVATION POST IN A LOFTY TREE ABOVE NUK NUK. (FILM STILL).
SALAMAUA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. MEMBERS OF NEW GUINEA VOLUNTEER RIFLES, BEARDED AND CAMOUFLAGED, MAN A SECRET OBSERVATION POST ABOVE NUK NUK. LEFT TO RIGHT: NG2423 RIFLEMAN G. R. ARCHER; NG2192 RI
Salamaua, New Guinea was captured by Japanese forces in March 1942. Soon after the Japanese established a strategic base in the area. The thin isthmus connecting the Salamaua peninsula to the New Guin
SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA, 1940-04-25. THE SALAMAUA PLATOON OF THE NEW GUINEA VOLUNTEER RIFLES (NGVR) ON PARADE, DRILLED BY SERGEANT ROGERS. (DONOR H. WALTER)
SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA, 1940-04-?. THE SALAMAUA PLATOON OF THE NEW GUINEA VOLUNTEER RIFLES (NGVR) AT THE RIFLE RANGE, WATCHED BY NATIVES UNDER A SHADE SHED. (DONOR H. WALTER)
