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Photograph 017152 Second World War, 1939-1945New Guinea. Navy handing out papers and magazines, including the Pix magazine, to troops on the wharf at Alexishafen North, former Japanese base on north New Guinea coast.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. Tents go up as more reinforcements arrive at Alexishafen, former Japanese base on the northern coast.
New Guinea. Navy handing out papers and magazines, including the Pix magazine, to troops on the wharf at Alexishafen North, former Japanese base on north New Guinea coast.

Oerlikon machine gun on HMAS Kapunda fires at suspected Japanese posts on the New Guinea coast north of Alexishafen. RAN units patrol the coast where Japanese forces are trapped between Australians ad

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-27. IN FLIGHT BESIDE THE COAST, VULTEE VENGEANCE DIVE BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 24 SQUADRON RAAF FORM UP TO RETURN TO NADZAB AFTER CARRYING OUT A BOMBING ATTACK ON THE JA

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-27. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE JAPANESE-HELD AIRSTRIP AT ALEXISHAFEN ON THE NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA SHORTLY BEFORE BEING ATTACKED BY VULTEE VENGEANCE DIVE BOMBER AIRCR

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-27. IN FLIGHT, VULTEE VENGEANCE DIVE BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 24 SQUADRON RAAF FORM UP AND TURN FOR HOME AFTER AN AIR RAID ON THE JAPANESE-HELD AIRSTRIP AT ALEXISHAFEN O

New Guinea. After its occupation by troops the flag is run up at the former Japanese stronghold of Alexishafen. The RAN supplied the Red Ensign, flag poles and rope by the Japanese. The poles were str
