The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA. KOKODA. AN OFFICER TALKS WITH ONE OF THE FIRST JAPANESE PRISONERS CAPTURED IN THE KOKODA AREA. THE FLAG IS ONE GIVEN AT A FAREWELL PARTY BEFORE THE JAPANESE LEFT FOR ACTIVE SERVICE. THE SIGNATURES ARE THOSE OF FRIENDS WHO ATTENDED THE FAREWELL PARTY. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
Kokoda, New Guinea. November 1942. An Australian officer talks with one of the first Japanese prisoners captured in the area. The flag was given at a farewell party before the Japanese left home for a
NEW GUINEA. KOKODA. NATIVES IN A VILLAGE WHICH HAS JUST BEEN CAPTURED FROM THE JAPANESE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG HOISTED AT KOKODA. IN THE FOREGROUND IS A STAKE, A MONUMENT ERECTED BY THE JAPANESE TO MEN WHO DIED IN THE FIERCE JULY/AUGUST BATTLE FOR KOKODA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
NEW GUINEA. THE JAPANESE CARRIED OUT A SCORCHED EARTH POLICY BEFORE THEY LEFT KOKODA. THIS IS THE REMAINS OF A PLANTER'S HOME NEAR KOKODA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
NEW GUINEA. KOKODA. THIS LOG STRUCTURE WAS BUILT BY THE JAPANESE AS PROTECTION FOR A MOUNTAIN GUN. THE GUN POSITION WAS CAPTURED AT BAYONET POINT. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
NEW GUINEA. KOKODA. JAPANESE GRAVES. IN THE BACKGROUND ARE THE OWEN STANLEY'S; IN THE FOREGROUND A CHILD'S TOY CAR LEFT BEHIND WHEN A FAMILY FLED FROM KOKODA DURING THE EARLY JAPANESE ADVANCE. (NEGATI
