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Photograph 018413 Second World War, 1939-1945Aitape Sector, New Guinea. April 1945. Australian troops advancing along the northern New Guinea coast take shelter from Japanese shelling under a beach bank.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Aitape Sector, New Guinea. April 1945. Australian troops advancing along the northern New Guinea Coast take cover under a beach bank, from Japanese shelling.
Aitape Sector, New Guinea. April 1945. Australian troops advancing along the northern New Guinea coast take shelter from Japanese shelling under a beach bank.

Aitape, New Guinea. April 1945. Australian troops moving along the northern New Guinea coast take cover when Japanese shells come over. The men are shown using the natural protection of a beach bank.

Aitape Sector, New Guinea. Australian troops advancing along the beach towards But, during the Aitape-Wewak campaign.

Aitape, New Guinea. In places, the only track available to travel down the northern coast of New Guinea, is the beach. Here a section of men, make their way along the beach, through surf and trees.

New Guinea. An Australian patrol advancing along the northern coast checks up on a Japanese hut encountered en route to an advanced position.

AITAPE-WEWAK SECTOR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-26. MEMBERS OF 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION WATCHING ARTILLERY SHELLS LANDING ON WELUBI VILLAGE. THE BATTALION IS ADVANCING DOWN THE COAST SUPPORTED BY 2/4 ARMOURED
