The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 LAE. THE VEHICLES HAD BEEN LOADED AND PLACED IN BEACH LANDING CRAFT AT THE BASE.
LAE SALAMAUA. ISOLATED. ONE OF THE BEACHES NORTH WEST OF LAE WHERE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS HAD MADE THEIR HAPPIEST LANDING OF THE NEW GUINEA WAR. HARD UP AGAINST THE BEACH IS A LANDING CRAFT FROM WHICH SOLD
LAE SALAMAUA ISOLATED. THROBBING ACTIVITY ON A BEACH NORTH WEST OF LAE WHERE AN HOUR EARLIER THERE WAS NO SIGN OF WAR. MEN, JEEPS AND TRUCKS ARE MOVING FORWARD IN THE TRAIL OF THE AUSTRALIANS WHO WERE
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. ON THIS BEACH, NORTH WEST OF LAE, 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE AUSTRALIANS LANDED THERE WAS NOT A MARK. THE AUSTRALIANS STREAMING INLAND FROM THE LANDING CRAFT QUICKLY LEFT THEIR MARK,
Ormoc Bay, Philippines. Landing craft laden with US Attack troops approaching the beach shortly after the assault waves had moved across the sand into the paddy fields lining the inland road.
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.
