The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. 8 May 1945. Members of an Australian patrol in the Cape Karawop area proudly display a Japanese flag which they captured from the enemy. Left to right: Private (Pte) Brodzick of North Sydney, NSW; Pte W. Small of Sydney, NSW; Pte Gibbland of Ashfield, NSW; Pte H. Bartholemew of North Sydney, NSW; with Pte Steele of North Qld, sitting in the front.
WONDECLA, QLD. 1943-10-07. VX58653 LANCE CORPORAL H. C. CRANSTON (LEFT) AND NX88824 PRIVATE P. HALL, BOTH OF "D" COMPANY, 2/5TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE PROUDLY
NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. CPL. CHARLES LETTERS, OF SYDNEY AND CPL. FRANK YOUNG, OF PORT MORESBY, DISPLAY A JAPANESE FLAG FOUND ON KOMIATUM RIDGE AFTER THE ENEMY HAD BEEN FORCED FROM IT. CPL. JOE BAR
Karawop, New Guinea. 1945. Private (Pte) J. McCormick of Newcastle, NSW (centre) adds some chloride to water, pumped from a creek in the Cape Karawop area to purify it for use by the troops. Pte N. Sk
New Guinea. 8 May 1945. An Australian Vickers gun crew in an Australian position at Karawop beach. Private (Pte) G. J. Elks of Dorrego, NSW, is on the left, while Pte N. W. Calwell of Charters Towers,
SYDNEY, NSW. 1943-02-27. MEMBERS OF THE 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUN BATTALION, ON THEIR RETURN FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WITH THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, PROUDLY DISPLAY A NAZI FLAG CAPTURED BY THE BATTA
Six members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) attached to the 2/6th Australian General Hospital standing in front of one of their tents proudly display a captured German swastika flag. Identified:
