The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The warship HMAS Kapunda sends 4 inch shells on Japanese held Karkar Island off north New Guinea coast. RAN naval units which pounded Karkar Island knocked out gun positions and radio installations.
The warship HMAS Kapunda sends 4 inch shells on Japanese held Karkar Island off north New Guinea coast. RAN naval units which pounded Karkar Island knocked out gun positions and radio installations. N
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
OFF NEW GUINEA COAST. 1944-05. A MEMBER OF A GUN CREW ABOARD HMAS KAPUNDA REFILLS THE "READY USE" AMMUNITION WHILE ANOTHER MEMBER STANDS READY TO PASS A SHELL TO THE 4 INCH GUN DURING A LULL IN THE BO
MADANG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. IN THE LIGHT OF DAWN, GUNNERS, PREPARED FOR EMERGENCY, SLEEP ALONGSIDE A 4 INCH GUN ABOARD HMAS KAPUNDA. THE SHIP, ANCHORED IN HARBOUR, HAS RETURNED FROM A PATROL
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-15. THE RAN VESSEL HMAS KAPUNDA ANCHORED IN HARBOUR AFTER RETURNING FROM A PATROL NORTH OF ALEXISHAFEN. DURING THE PATROL THE SHIP BOMBARDED SHORE POSITIONS ON KARKAR ISLAN
OFF NEW GUINEA COAST. 1944-05. AN OERLIKON GUN CREW IN ACTION ABOARD HMAS KAPUNDA IN A BOMBARDMENT OF ENEMY POSITIONS DURING A PATROL NORTH OF ALEXISHAFEN.
