The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 R. G. Burnell of Deepdene, Vic, is holding a captured Japanese marine flag, which is red and white.
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
RAN built and manned Fairmile fires at Japanese pillboxes on the coast north of Alexishafen. One gunner's helmet decorated with the Japanese Rising Sun flag shows he has been in successful action agai
KARKAR ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-18. MEMBERS OF THE CREW ABOARD HMA MOTOR LAUNCH 431 DISPLAYING A CAPTURED JAPANESE MARINE FLAG. THEY ARE GATHERED AT THE STERN OF THE VESSEL AROUND EMPTY AMMUNITION
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
A Fairmile Australian light naval craft flying a white flag in an effort to contact Japanese on island of Muschu, two miles off the coast of New Guinea, to notify them of their Emperor's surrender.
New Guinea. Reloading magazines for an Oerlikon gun on an RAN corvette. The ship had just completed a strafing attack on Japanese positions on the north coast.
