018530 Accession Number: 018530

018543

Photograph 018543 Second World War, 1939-1945

Wewak, New Guinea. 24 May 1945. A Vickers machine gun crew in a camouflaged position on the edge of Sandy Beach perimeter. Left to right: Private (Pte) A. C. Partridge of Walcha, NSW; Pte W. Clifford

018529

Photograph 018529 Second World War, 1939-1945

Wewak Area, New Guinea. 24 May 1945. Corporal J. S. Mackarell of Sydney, NSW, exhibits a Japanese Lugar pistol which he souvenired after a raid on an enemy position.

018542

Photograph 018542 Second World War, 1939-1945

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.

018526

Photograph 018526 Second World War, 1939-1945

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

018527

Photograph 018527 Second World War, 1939-1945

Wewak Area, New Guinea. 24 May 1945. Trooper N. J. Christie of East Brunswick, Vic, demonstrates the firing position of a captured Japanese knee mortar.

018532

Photograph 018532 Second World War, 1939-1945

Wewak, New Guinea. 24 May 1945. Australian troops filling sand bags for protection of patients at an advanced dressing station in the Wewak area. Shown: Private (Pte) A. Cobcroft of Wilberforce, NSW;