The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C.1944. PLAQUE ON THE CONCRETE MEMORIAL AT NO. 3 STRIP (TURNBULL FIELD). THIS MEMORIAL REPLACED AN EARLIER ONE (SEE P647/28/14) WHICH HAD BEEN REMOVED, PROBABLY SOUVENIRED. THE INSCRIPTION READS: "IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NCOS AND MEN OF THE 7 AND 18 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENDING TURNBULL FIELD. THIS MARKS THE WESTERN MOST POINT IN MILNE BAY OF THE JAP ADVANCE, AUG-SEP 42. ALSO THE SOUTHERN MOST POINT OF THE JAP ADVANCE IN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC . 83 UNKNOWN JAP MARINES LIE BURIED HERE. ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE BY AUSTRALIAN FORCES SERVING IN THIS AREA, JUNE 1944". (DONOR - T.G. JONES).
MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C.1942. ORIGINAL MONUMENT TO OFFICERS, NCOS AND MEN OF THE 7TH AND 18TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENDING TURNBULL FIELD. THE INSCRIPTION ON THE LOWER PL
NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO DIED DEFENDING TURNBULL FIELD. THE SIGN ON THE MONUMENT READS. "THIS MARKS THE WESTERN-MOST POINT OF THE JAP ADV
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1949-08. MEMORIAL ERECTED ON TURNBULL AIRSTRIP. THE INSCRIPTION READS:- "IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, N.C.O.S. AND MEN OF THE 7TH AND 8TH. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADES WHO GAVE THEIR L
Milne Bay, Papua. 14 June 1943. Memorial marker commemorating the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and men of the 7th and 18th Infantry Brigades of the AIF gave their lives in defending Turnbull Fi
MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1942. BI7 AIRCRAFT IN DISPERSAL BAY ON NO. 3 AIRSTRIP (TURNBULL FIELD). (DONOR: T.G. JONES)
Milne Bay, Papua. 14 June 1943. Memorial marker beside Turnbull airfield commemorating the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and men of the 7th and 18th Infantry Brigades of the AIF who were killed
