The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA. CPL. VALENTINE LYE OF LONG BEACH, CALIF. SPREADS PALM LEAVES ON THE GROUND TO MAKE A BED FOR HIMSELF AND HIS MATES ON MOUNT TAMBU. ON THE POLES THEY STRETCHED THEIR GROUND SHEETS TO KEEP OFF THE RAIN. IN CONDITIONS AS BAD AS THE KOKODA TRAIL AUSTRALIANS AND AMERICANS AFTER BITTER FIGHTING DROVE THE JAPS FROM TAMBU. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).
NEW GUINEA. SITTING IN FRONT OF THEIR ROUGH SHACK MADE OF LEAVES, THREE AMERICANS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ONE OF THE VERY FEW BURSTS OF SUNSHINE ON MOUNT TAMBU. LEFT TO RIGHT. LT. F.V. OLNHAUSEN OF HOUSTON,
Sitting on a bed of straw near his hoochie (right), 2/2680 Corporal (Cpl) Tim Daly, a member of the Machine Gun Platoon, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), sends or receives a messag
Among the most hard-worked soldiers in Korea are the Signalmen of 28 British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade. Communications along a modern battle front require hundreds of miles of telephone cable, and
Heavy cotton canvas kit-bag with an enclosed rope draw-string. There is a vertical tear one side crudely repaired with heavy duty cotton. The name "Parer" is inked twice on the inside ('PARER' and 'W
Eilanden River, Dutch New Ginea. c. 28 December 1944. Kaja Kaja village huts used as accommodation for Australian Intelligence Corps personnel stationed at Post 6. Huts are made of bamboo and sheathed
Studio portrait of Lance Sergeant [Lance Corporal] Harvey Stanley Hyde Blackburn, wearing a medal and ribbons from his service in the Boer War. An engine driver with the Tasmanian Railway Department,
