The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Port Moresby, Papua. 1942. Washing day for Sergeant F. G. Cassidy, a navigator of No. 30 Squadron RAAF. Sgt Cassidy's tent was typical of accommodation available to members of the Squadron at Ward's Strip. Note the Thompson sub-machine gun leaning against the stretcher, a contrast to the domestic chore of washing clothes in a bucket. (Donor F. Cassidy)
Ward's Airfield, Papua. 1942-11-22. `S' for Sugar Beaufighter aircraft (A19-36) of No. 30 Squadron RAAF on its nose on the air strip after taking hits from Japanese anti-aircraft fire causing the hydr
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1943-08. NO 30 BEAUFIGHTER SQUADRON RAAF, WARDS STRIP. FLYING OFFICER GEORGE T. DICK, NAVIGATOR, OF BRISBANE, QLD, OUTSIDE THE SQUADRON OPERATIONS ROOM. (DONOR GEORGE DICK)
June Valley, Moresby, Papua. 1942-12-09. Formal portrait of 2219 Flight Lieutenant Cyril Wilfred Wearne, Adjutant of No. 30 Squadron RAAF. (Donor F. Cassidy)
June Valley, Moresby, Papua. 1942-12-09. Portrait of Wing Commander Brian R. (`Blackjack') Walker DSO, Commanding Officer of No. 30 Squadron RAAF. (Donor F. Cassidy)
Ward's Airfield, Port Moresby, Papua. 1942. Informal group portrait of ground crew of No. 30 Squadron RAAF beside a refuelling tanker on the strip. Left to right: on tanker: Sergeant Wally Bell, Leadi
Probably Julis, Palestine. The batman to Lieutenant Charles Hercules Green, 2/2 Battalion, washing clothes in a tin bucket outside the tent shared by Green and Captain Adrian A. Buckley. (Original alb
