The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A JAPANESE LANDING BARGE THAT WAS ABANDONED AT MILNE BAY AFTER BEING STRAFED BY THE ALLIED AIR FORCE. IT WAS LATER PATCHED UP AND USED BY THE TROOPS LANDING ON GOODENOUGH ISLAND. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
Goodenough Island, New Guinea. November 1942. This landing barge, abandoned by the Japanese at Milne Bay, after being strafed by Allied war aircraft, was patched up and used by Australian troops landi
Japanese barge at Gilli Jetty now being used by the Royal Australian Air Force, Milne Bay, New Guinea.
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. HOISTING THE UNION JACK ON A CAPTURED JAPANESE INVASION BARGE USED BY THEM IN THEIR ABORTIVE LANDING ATTEMPT AT MILNE BAY AND LATER SALVAGED AND PUT INTO USED BY AUSTRALIAN
AUSTRALIAN TROOPS RIDE IN A CAPTURED LANDING BARGE USED IN THE UNSUCCESSFUL JAPANESE ATTACK ON MILNE BAY.
Milne Bay, Papua. 1943. Japanese invasion barge destroyed by fighter aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force during the Japanese landing in 1942-08.
The derelict Japanese barge in the foreground stands as a silent reminder of an unsuccessful Japanese attack on Milne Bay on 9 August 1942. It is probably one of nine barges destroyed by Curtiss Kitt
