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TOMA, NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, ARE TRANSPORTED ACROSS A RIVER BY A POLE OARSMAN. THEY HAD LANDED A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT ON A STRIP 150 YARDS L0NG ON ONE SIDE OF THE RIVER AND WERE DELIVERING SUPPLIES TO AN AIF UNIT WITH A RADIO STATIONED IN AN ABANDONED COCONUT PLANTATION ON THE OTHER SIDE. (DONOR D. THATCHER)
TOMA, NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, ARE TRANSPORTED ACROSS A RIVER BY A POLE OARSMAN. THEY HAD LANDED A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT ON A STRIP 150 YARDS L0NG ON ONE SIDE OF THE R
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-03-01. MAJOR HOBCROFT, WAR GRAVES COMMISSION, BESIDE THE TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY DAN THATCHER, NO.1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF. IN LANDING IN THE LONG KUNAI GRASS, THA
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01-16. REPAIRED UNDERCARRIAGE OF A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY TOM FRENCH, NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF. HE AND LIEUTENANT SNOOKS OF AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINI
No2 the dummy strip at Headquarters, Milne Bay Base Sub Area which was cleared in 1942 from a large portion of this coconut plantation. The defeat of the Japanese resulted in the abandoning of its or
Cape Endaiadere, New Guinea. 1942-12-24. Interior of an abandoned Japanese pillbox in a coconut grove at Cape Endaiadere, near New Strip. Note the different sized tins, possibly used for cooking, on t
MADANG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-24. PRIVATE D. MCMAH, 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION, (1), RIDES A CAPTURED JAPANESE BICYCLE ON A COCONUT LOG BRIDGE ACROSS THE MEIRO RIVER. TWO WRECKED JAPANESE TRUCKS LIE I
