The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. Ground staff of the RAAF at work at an ammunition dump loading machine gun belts from wooden boxes, preparing for embarkation.
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. 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
Mildura, Vic. 1944-06-20. A RAAF Armourer assisted by a Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) Armourer loading belts of .50 calibre machine gun ammunition into the ammunition canister of a P-
Port Moresby, New Guinea. November 1942. Ground crews with a "trailer" load of 250 pound aerial bombs being transported from an ammunition dump to a bomber loading zone. In the background is a US Doug
Haramura, Japan. 1950-08-18. Members of Support Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), loading Vickers machine gun belts with ammunition during training held at the rifle range.
Korea. c 1951. A platoon from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) clean their weapons in a hilly area of Korea. The soldiers are dressed in their winter uniforms and a small amoun
