P01909.020
Photograph P01909.020 Second World War, 1939-1945Oro Bay, New Guinea. 1943. The 83rd Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery headquarters set among palm trees. Note the covered searchlight on the mobile base at the right.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Oro Bay, New Guinea. 1943. The 83rd Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery Commander's jeep crossing Emo Creek on pontoons. New Guinea natives are assisting the crossing.
Oro Bay, New Guinea. 1943. The 83rd Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery headquarters set among palm trees. Note the covered searchlight on the mobile base at the right.

Dobodura, New Guinea. 1943. The 83rd Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery's station at Dobodura, in the Oro Bay area.

Oro Bay, New Guinea. 1943. The 83rd Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery's station. Buildings with walls of sandbags and wood or grass roofs are visible amongst the trees.

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943. MEMBERS OF 5TH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY, 2/2ND ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT, PARTICIPATING IN NIGHT OPERATIONS. (DONOR RSL NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS)

New Guinea. 1943. Major J. C. (Jack) Barrett, 76th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery, watches as jeep 96-124488 is towed out of a muddy patch on Merauke Road.

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943. MEMBERS OF THE 5TH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY, 2/2ND ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT, DIGGING A GUN PIT FIVE MINUTES AFTER THEIR FIRST RAID. (DONOR RSL NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS)
