The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA. THREE AMERICAN AIRMEN RESCUED FROM ALMOST UNDER THE NOSES OF THE JAPANESE AND BROUGHT BACK TO AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE IN NEW GUINEA AFTER TEN MONTHS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW BRITAIN. LEFT TO RIGHT; PTE. D.E. BORDNER OF OHIO, PTE. M.C. HUGHES OF TEXAS, AND LIEUT E.C. WALLACE OF CALIFORNIA. IN THESE MONTHS THE AMERICANS PLAYED HIDE AND SEEK WITH JAPANESE PATROLS, LIVED WITH NATIVES, ATE GRASS-HOPPERS, LIZARDS, CATERPILLARS AND GRUBS. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
Rescued after living ten and 14 months respectively with natives in New Britain, three American aviators and an Australian were welcomed at a New Guinea base. Left to right (marked with crosses) Pte D
1942-07-17. U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE PERSONNEL EXAMINE TROPHIES OF THEIR STAY IN NEW GUINEA. LEFT TO RIGHT: 2ND LIEUT. STEPHEN A. STARR OF GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA; STAFF SGT JACK ROBERTS OF KINGSTON, PEN
Dutch New Guinea. Message, 'For Tojo', was written on this shell being fired on Japanese positions on Wakde Island when Allied forces captured this Japanese base. The Americans, Private (Pte) Chester
Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. US Private (Pte) F. Zabonick of Ohio and Pte F. Mattick of Chicago enjoy a refreshing drink of Saki, Japanese wine, captured from the Japanese. Another soldier (left) lo
BUT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-02. TROOPS JUST OUT OF ACTION BATHE IN THE SEA NEAR THE AIRSTRIP. THESE PLEASANT SURROUNDINGS CONTRAST SHARPLY WITH THE RAZOR BACKED TORRICELLI MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND WHE
NEW GUINEA. LIEUT J.H. LANE OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA SITTING ON HIS P38 FIGHTER. THE FOUR FLAGS PAINTED ON THE SIDE INDICATE HE HAS SHOT DOWN 4 ZEROS IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
