The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Wewak Area, New Guinea. May 1945. A member of the 6th Division AIF examines a wrecked and rusting Japanese tank, after the fighting had died down on Wewak Peninsula.
This Imperial Japanese Army Armoured Fighting Vehicle was identified in 2023 as a very rare prototype of the armoured lumberjack 'Ho-K' built by Hino. This version was substantially different from the production model designed by Mitsubishi. This Ho-K was used in New Guinea by the 11th Airfield Construction Unit. They were the first mechanized construction unit in the IJA and equipped with the Ho-K, lumber sweeper 'Basso Ki' and an experimental excavator. Thanks to Taki-san for his assistance.
BUT AREA, DAGUA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-05. THIS MITSUBISHI KI-51, ARMY TYPE 99 ASSAULT PLANE, JAPANESE RECONNAISSANCE AND LIGHT DIVE-BOMBER AIRCRAFT, ALLIED CODE NAME SONIA, WAS INTACT AND HA
Mainwaring completed many portraits of Australian military personnel and illustrations of military technology while attached to the 6th Division in New Guinea. This painting features a Matilda tank id
THE WING AND COCKPIT SECTION OF A JAPANESE MITSUBISHI A6M3 NAVY TYPE O FIGHTER AIRCRAFT SITTING ON WORK STANDS WAITING TO BE WAITED WITH THE REAR FUSELAGE SECTION. THIS RE-CONSTRUCTION IS BEING UNDERT
MINGA CREEK, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. SAPPERS OF 2/8 FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, USING A PORTABLE PILE DRIVER DURING BRIDGE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. THIS PILE, SEVEN FEET LONG,
A CA-5 Wirraway aircraft in flight, with the serial number A20-103. This aircraft served with 4 Squadron RAAF and on 26 December 1942 shot down a Japanese fighter (thought at the time to be a Mitsubis
Two Japanese aircraft at Labuan Airstrip. The Mitsubishi Ki.21 heavy bomber aircraft (Allied code name 'Sally') (left) has been painted white with a green surrender cross, and was used to transport Ja
