The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Wewak, New Guinea. 1945. Sergeant R. R. McIntosh of Sydney, NSW, works a hand pump after a water point is established at Sandy Beach.
Wewak, New Guinea. 1945. Sergeant K. Barrett of Sydney, NSW (right), with Sgt Oliver of Newcastle, NSW, cut a notch in a palm tree in the Sandy Beach area to hold communication lines off the ground.
New Guinea. 16 May 1945. After landing at Sandy Beach and consolidating their positions members of the 6th Australian Division quickly established Staff Quarters. Private (Pte) R. W. Lockett of Devonp
Wewak Area, New Guinea. 24 May 1945. Trooper (Tpr) W. E. Jones of Summer Hill, NSW (right), Tpr J. W. Brown of Dromana, Vic, and Corporal J. A. Lord of Sydney, NSW, display machine gun ammunition stra
Wewak, New Guinea. 1945. A group of Australian officers and men with a three inch mortar in a beach dugout at Sandy Beach.
Wewak, New Guinea. 24 May 1945. Private W. Clifford of Berisfield, via Newcastle, NSW, a member of a Vickers machine gun crew on Sandy Beach perimeter checks his Owen gun.
Wewak, New Guinea. 24 May 1945. Signalman V. Collett of Mildura, Vic, contacts light naval craft operating off the Wewak Peninsula by use of the Aldis lamp at Sandy Beach.
