The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. Sergeant Major B. Osborne of Wonthaggi, Vic, leading a patrol through the jungle on Karkar Island which the Australians occupied without resistance from the Japanese.
New Guinea. A senior Australian officer rolls a cigarette while he discusses with members of an Australian patrol on Karkar Island the positions to be occupied. Left to right: Sergeant Major B. Osborn
New Guinea. An Australian patrol picking its way through dense undergrowth on Karkar Island which was occupied without resistance from the Japanese.
New Guinea. A senior Australian officer sitting at his 'desk', improvised from a short plank of wood and tree branch legs, discusses with members of an Australian patrol on Karkar Island the positions
NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS CONFERRING WITH U.S. ENGINEERS PREPARATORY TO THE LANDING ON KARKAR ISLAND WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY THE AUSTRALIANS WITHOUT RESISTANCE. A MUDMAP IS CONSTRUCTED ON THE SAND
From left to right VX84603 Sergeant Brian Osborne, QX6239 Major Ernest George Green and VX143907 Private Ronald Joseph Newman, members of the 37/52nd Infantry Battalion, have a final briefing before
New Guinea. Corporal K. J. Condon of Hawthorn, Vic, sectional commander of the Vickers machine gun crew of the 37/52nd Infantry Battalion on a patrol operating in the jungle on Karkar Island, stops to
