The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. A BOMB CRATER IN GONA VILLAGE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE MISSION. THIS BUILDING WAS USED AS JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. THIS JAPANESE STAFF CAR WAS FOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF GONA VILLAGE. IT WAS COMPLETELY WRECKED BY MACHINE-GUN AND RIFLE FIRE. THE CAR WAS PORTION OF THE EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE JAPA
PAPUA - GONA. ALLIED PLANES BOMB JAPANESE POSITIONS. PICTURE SHOWS BOMB BURST IN FRINGE OF BUSH SURROUNDING GONA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
PAPUA - GONA. AUSTRALIANS CAPTURED THE EASTERN PART OF GONA VILLAGE. BURIAL OF JAPANESE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
PAPUA - GONA. A DEAD JAPANESE KILLED IN THE FIGHTING FOR THE EASTERN PART OF GONA VILLAGE. THE BULLET RIDDEN PALM TREE IN THE FOREGROUND SHOWS HOW INTENSE WAS THE FIGHTING IN THIS AREA. (NEGATIVE BY G
PAPUA - GONA. JAPANESE AMMUNITION CAPTURED WHEN THE AUSTRALIANS ATTACKED THE EASTERN PORTION OF GONA VILLAGE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
PAPUA - GONA. AUSTRALIANS CAPTURED THE EASTERN PART OF GONA VILLAGE. WHEN THE AUSTRALIANS ATTACKED, SOME OF THE JAPANESE SWAM OUT TO SEA. THEY ALL WORE KAPOK LIFE JACKETS. DIGGERS HOLD UP LIFE JACKETS
