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Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. Members of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit working at an unexploded bomb site. Two men are digging in the pit. A sign next to the pit reads "Danger Bomb." Identified is Flight Lieutenant George Upward (left).
Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. Group portrait of all the members of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit standing with unexploded bombs (UXBs), in front of a shed with a sign stating "Bomb Disposal Sqn. Keep Ou
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-10. THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 3 BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT RAAF, 263536 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. TAYLOR OF TENTERFIELD, NSW, DEFUSING AN UNEXPLODED BOMB ALTHOUGH THE
Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. An unidentified member of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit kneeling behind a 550 lb (250 kg) delay action bomb labelled "Bad luck Tojo", a message to the Japanese General. Thi
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-10. ALTHOUGH THE NOTICE SAYS "DANGER UNEXPLODED BOMB, SAFETY DISTANCE 100 YARDS" PERSONNEL OF NO. 3 BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT RAAF ARE DIGGING UP A MINE WHICH HAS B
LABUAN, BORNEO. 1945-06-10. EARLY ON Z DAY MEMBERS OF THE BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT WERE AT WORK, DELOUSING THE AREA. 151329 CORPORAL A. K. RICHARDSON OF DEEPWATER, NSW, HAVING UNEARTHED AN UNEXPLODED BOMB,
Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. Members of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit, Lazarini (left) and Neville John Young stand with a 2000lb United States bomb amidst the rubble and ruin left after a fire in the
