The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA. SGT. CHARLES ROBERTSON OF SOUTH YARRA, VIC., CARRYING MORTAR BOMBS NEAR MOUNT TAMBU. MORTARS WERE EXTENSIVELY USED BY BOTH SIDES IN THE BITTER FIGHTING HERE. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).
NEW GUINEA. PTE. CHARLES WALKER OF ARMADALE, VICTORIA, AND PTE. CECIL ROBINSON OF ST. ARNAUD, VIC., LOADING A THREE INCH MORTAR ON MOUNT TAMBU. IN THE BITTER FIGHTING IN THIS AREA BOTH SIDES EXTENSIVE
NEW GUINEA. THE ASSAULT ON MOUNT TAMBU. SMOKE BOMBS BURSTING ON THE MOUNTAIN. THESE BOMBS WERE USED TO ENABLE ACCURACY OF FIRE TO BE OBSERVED. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).
NEW GUINEA. CPL. DON MATHER OF SOUTH YARRA, VIC., OF THE SELF NAMED "DEVIL'S OWN" OUTFIT AT MOUNT TAMBU. SHORTLY BEFORE THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN THE OUTFIT CLASHED WITH A JAPANESE PATROL WHICH WAS RUN OFF
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 O
NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. WITHIN SOUND OF RIFLE, ARTILLERY AND MORTAR FIRE, FATHER THEO O'KEEFE, OF ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH, CAMPERDOWN, VIC, HOLDS MASS ALONGSIDE A MOUNTAIN STREAM AT THE FOOT OF
NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. WITHIN SOUND OF RIFLE, ARTILLERY AND MORTAR FIRE, FATHER THEO O'KEEFE, OF ST PATRICK'S CHURCH, CAMPERDOWN, VIC., HOLDS MASS ALONGSIDE A MOUNTAIN STREAM AT THE FOOT OF
