The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
THESE TWO U.S. SOLDIERS CPL. HARVEY CRANDLE (RIGHT) AND PTE. 1ST CLASS JULIUS FRANKLIN WERE PRESENTED WITH MEDALS FOR THE RESCUE OF A PILOT WHOSE PLANE CRASHED INTO A RIVER IN NEW GUINEA. FRANKLIN DIVED INTO THE RIVER AND SWAM THROUGH BURNING PETROL AND EXPLODING AMMUNITION TO DRAG THE PILOT FROM THE COCKPIT. CRANDLE AND PTE. JAMES SCOTT (WHO HAD GONE ELSEWHERE WADED IN AND HELPED FRANKLIN BRING THE PILOT ASHORE. SCOTT WILL ALSO RECEIVE A MEDAL. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
NEW GUINEA. BRIG. GENERAL JOHNS PINS A MEDAL ON PRIVATE 1ST CLASS JULIUS FRANKLIN AT A CEREMONIAL PARADE IN NEW GUINEA. FRANKLIN DIVED INTO A RIVER TO RESCUE A FIGHTER PILOT WHOSE PLANE HAD CRASHED IN
NEW GUINEA. BRIG. GENERAL JOHNS (RIGHT) AND COLONEL DERBY (NEXT TO HIM) AT A PARADE OF COLOURED TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA DURING WHICH MEDALS FOR BRAVERY WERE PRESENTED TO CPL. HARVEY CRANDLE, PTE 1ST CLAS
Cairo, Egypt. 13 September 1942. Portrait of Sergeant L. L. Barton of the RAF was today awarded the United States Soldiers' Medal for bravery. He is the first member of the British Forces serving in t
WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. THE SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT OF A RAAF AIR-SEA RESCUE FLIGHT LANDS ON THE SWIFT-RUNNING WATERS OF THE KERAWARI RIVER TO BRING TWO NATIVE POL
WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. THE SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT OF A RAAF AIR-SEA RESCUE FLIGHT LANDS ON THE SWIFT-RUNNING WATERS OF THE KERAWARI RIVER TO BRING TWO NATIVE POL
One of the walking wounded being helped ashore from an amphibious DUKW after being evacuated aboard a Sunderland aircraft of of 230 Squadron RAF operating from its base on the Brahmaputra River in Ind
