The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. Litter of battle, spent shell cases, lies at the feet of Able Seaman S. E. Price of Hurlestone Park, NSW, on an RAN Fairmile, as he fires the .50 Browning machine gun at Japanese positions on the north coast.
Two men man a .50 Browning machine gun, spent shells lie on the deck beside them. RAN built and manned Fairmile patrolling off the coast north of Alexishafen. Japanese pillboxes on shore were strafed.
KARKAR ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-18. ABLE SEAMAN C.L. GLEDHILL, RAN, SWEEPING SHELL CASES DOWN THE DECK OF ONE OF HMA MOTOR LAUNCHES AFTER THE PRE- INVASION BOMBARDMENT OF JAPANESE POSITIONS ON THE
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
New Guinea. Members of the crew of an RAN Fairmile after a strafing run against Japanese positions on the north coast. In the foreground are ammunition cases. The commander of the Fairmile, Lieutenant
New Guinea. Cooling the barrel of a Rolls Royce 2 pounder gun on an RAN Fairmile, during strafing operations on Japanese positions on the north coast. Wielding the bucket is Ordinary Seaman R. K. Perr
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-18. SIGNALMAN C. MCMANUS RE-LOADING A .50 CALIBRE BROWNING M2 MACHINE GUN ABOARD HMA MOTOR LAUNCH 431. THE EMPTY SHELL CASES AT THE FOREGROUND WERE EXPENDED DURING THE PRE-
