The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sattelberg, New Guinea. On top of Sattelberg after its capture the Australian flag flies. The house was a ranging mark for aircraft and artillery which battered Japanese positions.
Sattelberg, New Guinea. The battered remains of the village in ruins after bombing. Air attacks and artillery onslaughts preceded the final attack and capture of the village by Australian infantrymen.
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-15. TROOPS OF C COMPANY, 2/24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WATCHING THE ARTILLERY SHELLING JAPANESE POSITIONS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF SATTELBERG.
Looking down from the top of Sattelberg over the route taken by the Australian troops in the campaign for the capture of Sattelberg. Painted on a piece of the wrecked Sattelberg Mission, Finschhafen,
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION READY TO MOVE OVER THE TOP TO ATTACK JAPANESE POSITIONS AT SATTELBERG.
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION READY TO MOVE OVER THE TOP TO ATTACK JAPANESE POSITIONS AT SATTELBERG.
FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THIS SIGN RECORDS THE SITE AT WHICH THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG WAS RAISED FOLLOWING THE CAPTURE OF SATTELBERG.
