The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australians pouring out of the yawning bows of a beach landing craft north-west of Lae, part of the sea, land and air operations that resulted in the trapping of 20,000 Japanese.
NEW GUINEA. LANDING OPERATIONS. AUSTRALIANS EMBARKING THROUGH THE BOWS OF A BEACH LANDING SHIP, FROM WHICH THEY DISEMBARKED NORTH WEST OF LAE, AND SEVERED ITS COMMUNICATIONS WITH ENEMY HELD POSITIONS.
Australian troops transporting stores from a beach landing craft as a 3 ton truck, which had been loaded at a base many miles away, rumbled onto the beach north-west of Lae, part of the sea, land and
COMBINED SEA, LAND AND AIR OPERATIONS AGAINST JAPS. CANVAS SHELTERS RIGGED BY AUSTRALIANS ON A BEACH LANDING CRAFT, PART OF THE GREAT ALLIED CONVOY ON ITS WAY TO LAE. THE CONVOY STRETCHED OUT AS FAR A
Lae, New Guinea. In a frame made by the open bows of a beach landing craft and giant road-making machinery, artillery and jeeps move out across a beach north-west of Lae. This is some of the equipment
LAE SALAMAUA ISOLATED. THROUGH A V FOR VICTORY MADE BY A DOOR IN THE BOW OF A BEACH LANDING CRAFT AND THE HULL, AUSTRALIANS STREAM ON TO THE BEACH AFTER THE LANDING NORTH WEST OF LAE.
LAE SALAMAUA ISOLATED. HEAVILY LADEN TRUCKS, JEEPS AND, IN FOREGROUND, AN ARTILLERY TRACTOR AND GUN MOVE FORWARD IN THE WAKE OF THE AUSTRALIANS WHO HAD MOVED INLAND AFTER HAVING LANDED NORTH WEST OF L
