The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Uberi area, Papua, c. 1942-10. Australian soldiers manhandle a 25-pounder field gun along a section of the Kokoda Trail towards Imita Ridge. The soldiers are intending to drag the gun all the way to the top of the ridge from where it and other 25-pounders will be brought to bear on Japanese positions. As it turned out, this gun did not fire after leaving Owers' Corner, but the other field guns were to prove crucial, in conjunction with the high rate of dysentery among Japanese troops, in driving the enemy from Ioribaiwa.
Uberi area, Papua, 1942-09. Australian soldiers cut down trees to widen a section of the Kokoda Trail from Owers' Corner to Uberi so that 25-pounder field guns can be dragged forward along the track t
ILOLO - KOKODA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-30. THE IMITA RIDGE AND TRAIL VIEWED FROM IORIBAIWA VILLAGE WHERE THE JAPANESE ONCE POSITIONED THEIR HEADQUARTERS.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. VIEW ACROSS THE VALLEY FROM A HIGH RIDGE NEAR UBERI LOOKING TOWARDS IMITA RIDGE AND OIRABAIWA IN THE DISTANCE. THE JAPANESE ADVANCED TO THE LATTER RIDGE WHILE OUR FORWARD T
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. VIEW ACROSS THE VALLEY FROM A HIGH RIDGE NEAR UBERI LOOKING TOWARDS IMITA RIDGE AND OIRABAIWA IN THE DISTANCE. THE JAPANESE ADVANCED TO THE LATTER RIDGE WHILE OUR FORWARD T
ILOLO - KOKODA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-30. A NATIVE ALONGSIDE THE POLE IN THE RIGHT FOREGROUND POINTS FROM THE TRACK ASCENDING IORIBAIWA RIDGE TO THE TRACK ASCENDING IMITA RIDGE AT THE LEFT OF THE PICTUR
NX191070 LIEUTENANT H. A. HANKE, OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, AT HIS EASEL PAINTS THE BACKGROUND FOR A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE 25 POUNDER GUNS OF B TROOP, 53RD
