The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. Army doctors operating on a wounded patient at an advanced dressing station in a dugout at Sandy Beach, 14,000 yards from Wewak. Prompt surgical attention has saved man
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 POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-10. PRIVATE G.P. WILSON, WITH RIFLE (1), AND PRIVATE W.A. RILEY, WHO HOLDS A 2 INCH MORTAR (2). THE MEN, MEMBERS OF 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, ARE ADVANCING AGAINST ENTRE
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.
Wewak, New Guinea. 15 May 1945. Members of the 6th Australian Division stream from the landing craft, 1346, on to Sandy Beach during the amphibious assault on the Wewak Peninsula.
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.
