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Photograph 017448 Second World War, 1939-1945New Guinea. Activity at the beachhead east of Sansapor after the Allied landing succeeded in outflanking the Japanese held base of Manokwari with a wrecked Japanese barge in the middle ground.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. Heavy sandbag emplacement before a Bofors ack ack (anti-aircraft) position on the beach to the east of Sansapor with a wrecked Japanese barge in the middle ground.
New Guinea. Activity at the beachhead east of Sansapor after the Allied landing succeeded in outflanking the Japanese held base of Manokwari with a wrecked Japanese barge in the middle ground.

A wrecked German Afrika Korps Flak 38 type 20mm Light anti-aircraft gun in a sandbag emplacement in the desert.

Aitape, New Guinea. Wrecked by RAAF aircraft, this Japanese barge was washed up on a beach in the Aitape sector. Huge hole in the stern of the barge is large enough for Private Alan Wilkie of Mildura,

TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1946. A WRECKED DUMMY JAPANESE ANTI AIRCRAFT EMPLACEMENT ON THE "MILKO" FEATURE. THE WOODEN IMITATION GUN BARREL CAN BE SEEN LYING ON THE GROUND.

WANDOKAI, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-01. A WRECKED JAPANESE BARGE ON THE BEACH.

New Guinea. Australian troops inspecting abandoned Japanese 75mm ack ack (anti-aircraft) gun on the foreshore at Alexishafen.
