The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. RAAF ground personnel prepare to embark for the attack on Japanese held Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea. Trained in guerrilla warfare, these lads were used to make the first captured airstrip serviceable so that RAAF fighter planes could move in and provide air cover for land operations. In the background are two landing craft infantry (LCI). Note their numbers have been whited out by the censor.
New Guinea. RAAF ground personnel embark for the attack on Japanese held Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea. Trained in guerrilla warfare, these lads were used to make the first captured airstrip serviceab
New Guinea. RAAF ground personnel embark for the attack on Japanese held Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea. Trained in guerrilla warfare, these lads were used to make the first captured airstrip serviceab
New Guinea. RAAF ground personnel rest on the beach prior to embarking for the attack on Japanese held Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea. Trained in guerrilla warfare, these lads were used to make the fir
New Guinea. RAAF ground staff loading machine gun belts before the Hollandia landing. Ground crews went ashore with the landing forces. Specially trained in guerrilla warfare, their job was to hold th
New Guinea. American troops embark for the attack on Japanese held Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea. Note the censor has blanked out the identifying ship numbers.
New Guinea. Prior to embarking for the landing at Japanese held Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea, RAAF ground staff loaded machine gun belts for RAAF fighter planes which are to be flown into the first a
