The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 2 May 1944. View from a motor launch (MLs) that, with two others, is making a sweep of the coast north of Alexishafen investigating positions thought to be Japanese gun positions. The photograph shows machine gun fire from the MLs landing on a group of huts and gun positions. The three MLs carried Army Officers to direct the ships fire. On the order the 2-pounder gun forward and the two Oerlikon guns amidships and aft, plus four Brownings on the bridge and the .50 calibre machine guns opened fire simultaneously. The positions were destroyed.
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 2 May 1944. View from a motor launch (MLs) that, with two others, is making a sweep of the coast north of Alexishafen investigating positions thought to be Japanese gun positi
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 2 May 1944. A soldier mans a .50 Browning machine gun on one of the three Motor Launches (MLs) that fired on Japanese hutments and gun positions on the shore during a sweep of
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 2 May 1944. The 2-pounder gun (right) on a motor launch in action against Japanese gun positions on the coast north of Alexishafen. Three Motor Launches (MLs) made a sweep of
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 2 May 1944. Two soldiers train their rifles on a distant target. Three motor launches (MLs) were used to investigate positions north of Alexishafen thought to be occupied by t
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 2 May 1944. View from a motor launch that, along with two others, is making a sweep of the coast north of Alexishafen investigating positions thought to be Japanese gun positi
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1943. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF HMA MOTOR LAUNCH ML823. SHE IS ARMED WITH A 40MM BOFORS ANTI AIRCRAFT (AA) GUN FORWARD AND 20MM OERLIKON AA GUNS AMIDSHIPS AND AFT. A VICKERS K .303 INCH MA
