The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1943-11-01. US Marines landing on the west coast at Empress Augusta Bay. They established a naval base and three airfields within fighter range of Rabaul and left 20,000 Japanese by-passed and marooned on other Solomon Islands.
Topographic map of the area around the Jaba River, inland from Empress Augusta Bay, on the west coast of Bougainville Island. Scale 1:20,000. Shows the Solomon Sea and part of Empress Augusta Bay coas
Topographic map of the area around the Mariropa River and the villages of Modionu and Mupeka, inland from Empress Augusta Bay, on the west coast of Bougainville Island. Scale 1:20,000. Relief shown by
TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-06. HMAS KANIMBLA, (LEFT), AND HMAS MANOORA, (RIGHT), IN EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY VIEWED FROM HMAS WESTRALIA.
TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-06. A SECTION OF THE CONVOY IN EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY VIEWED FROM HMAS WESTRALIA.
TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-06. CAPTAIN FRANK NORTON, OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, AT WORK ABOARD HMAS WESTRALIA IN EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY OFF CAPE TOROKINA.
TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-06. CAPTAIN FRANK NORTON, OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, AT WORK ABOARD HMAS WESTRALIA IN EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY OFF CAPE TOROKINA.
