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BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO TAKE OFF IMMEDIATELY. THE SURVIVORS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE SHIP WHEN IT ARRIVED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAKEN IN TOW UNTIL SEAS ABATED. THE HULL OF THE SUNDERLAND WAS HOLED ON THE SUBSEQUENT TAKE OFF AND THE CAPTAIN, 400841 PILOT OFFICER G.V. SINGLETON, DECIDED TO LAND ON ANGLE AIRFIELD RATHER THAN ALIGHT ON WATER AT HIS HOME BASE. THE LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH LITTLE FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.
SOUQ EL GARB, NEAR ALEY, SYRIA. 1941-12. A 30 X 40 INCH PROCESS CAMERA WITH 8 X 6 FEET COPY BOARD, DESIGNED BY THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD SURVEY COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
SOUQ EL GARB, NEAR ALEY, SYRIA. 1941-12. A 30 X 40 INCH PROCESS CAMERA WITH 8 X 6 FEET COPY BOARD DESIGNED BY THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD SURVEY COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
SOUQ EL GARB, NEAR ALEY, SYRIA. 1941-12. A 30 X 40 INCH PROCESS CAMERA WITH 8 X 6 FEET COPY BOARD, DESIGNED BY THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD SURVEY COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
SOUQ EL GARB, NEAR ALEY, SYRIA. 1941-12. A 30 X 40 INCH PROCESS CAMERA WITH 8 X 6 FEET COPY BOARD, DESIGNED BY THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD SURVEY COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
DIMRA, PALESTINE. 1941-03. AN INHABITANT OF DIMRA, THIS ARAB EXCELLED WITH HIS HOME-MADE FLUTE. IT IS ACTUALLY A PIECE OF BAMBOO IN WHICH IS SECRETED A BAMBOO REED. THIS PROVIDES WHAT THE ARAB WOULD D
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. ADVANCED HEADQUARTERS, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AT TOBRUK, BEFORE IT WAS COVERED BY CAMOUFLAGE NETTING.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. SAND TRAY MODEL OF THE DEFENCES OF TOBRUK. THIS WAS LATER DESTROYED BY A BOMB WHICH KILLED AN OFFICER AND HIS BATMAN.
SYRIA. 1941-12. SNOW IN SYRIA, CHRISTMAS 1941. PRACTICALLY THE WHOLE OF THE AREA IN WHICH TROOPS OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION WERE STATIONED AT THE TIME WAS COVERED WITH SNOW AS IN THE PICTURE.
TRIPOLI, SYRIA, 1941-08. LOOKING TOWARDS CHEKKA VILLAGE AND THE CEMENT WORKS FROM THE PLATEAU ABOVE THE TRIPOLI TUNNEL.
SIR ED DANIE, SYRIA. 1941-09. SCENE IN THE MAIN STREET OF SIR ED DANIE, A VILLAGE IN THE HILLS SOUTH EAST OF TRIPOLI, WHERE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS.
Lieutenants SX4542 John Francis Cunneen (21st Australian Infantry Brigade), Noel Mallam Symington (2/16th Battalion) and SX2643 Arthur Cyril Dean (2/27th Battalion), Intelligence Officers in the Advan
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. 1941-05. DISEMBARKATION OF TROOPS OF 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AFTER EVACUATION FROM CRETE. THE SISTERS AND NURSES AT THE TABLE IN THE FOREGROUND ARE OF 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPI
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. 1941-05. DISEMBARKATION OF TROOPS OF 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AFTER EVACUATION FROM CRETE.
1941-05. CRETE. TROOPS OF 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION RESTING, UNDER COVER FROM AERIAL OBSERVATION, WHILST WAITING FOR EVACUATION BY SEA TO EGYPT.
1941-05. ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. TROOPS OF 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION ENTRAINING FOR CAMPS IN PALESTINE AFTER DISEMBARKING FROM CRETE FROM WHERE THEY HAD BEEN EVACUATED.
JERUSALEM, PALESTINE. 1941-12. SCENE IN THE GROUNDS OF THE "CZAR'S PALACE" WHEN SNOW FELL THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS. THE PALACE WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME BY NO 6 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL.
JERUSALEM, PALESTINE. 1941-12. SCENE IN THE GROUNDS OF THE "CZAR'S PALACE" WHEN SNOW FELL THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS. THE PALACE WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME BY NO 6 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL.
1941-12. JERUSALEM, PALESTINE. SCENE IN THE GROUNDS OF THE "CZAR'S PALACE" WHEN SNOW FELL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS. THE PALACE WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME BY NO 6 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF CAMP HILL 95, ONE OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE. BACKGROUND SHOWS TYPICAL AGRICULTURAL COUNTRY IN THE JEWISH SETTLEMENT STYLE - ORANGE GROVES AND GARDEN PLOTS
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF CAMP HILL 95, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA OF PALESTINE, FROM THE WEST. MARKINGS ON SAND IN LOWER LEFT CORNER ARE GRAPE VINES MINUS FOLIAGE; THIS TYPE GROW
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF CAMP HILL 95, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA OF PALESTINE. DIMRA AND DEIR SUNOID CAMPS, OTHER A.I.F. CAMPS CAN BE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE. NOTE THE SHARP CONTRA
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF ANOTHER SECTION OF HILL 95 CAMP IN THE A.I.F. AREA OF PALESTINE LOOKING NORTH WEST. IN LOWER RIGHT, A SQUAD CAN BE SEEN MARCHING ALONG THE ROAD.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF GAZA RIDGE CAMP IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE, LOOKING WEST ON CAMP NO. 1 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (2/1ST AGH).
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF TWO OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE; KHASSA, IN THE FOREGROUND AND HILL 69 CAMP IN DISTANCE.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF KHASSA CAMP, ONE OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE, LOOKING NORTH WEST. IN RIGHT BACKGROUND IS ANOTHER A.I.F. CAMP - HILL 69. NOTE MEN IN BOTTOM LEFT OF PICTURE
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF JULIS CAMP, ANOTHER OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE, LOOKING NORTH WEST. IN LEFT FOREGROUND CAN BE SEEN A SQUAD OF SOLDIERS SEATED IN A LECTURE-CIRCLE WITH THEIR
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF ONE OF THE TRAINING CAMPS OF THE A.I.F. REINFORCEMENT DEPOT (ME) AT NUSEIRAT, LOOKING NORTH. IN WORLD WAR I THE AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENTS FOUGHT OVER TH
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF ONE OF THE TRAINING CAMPS OF THE A.I.F. REINFORCEMENT DEPOT (ME) AT NUSEIRAT, LOOKING NORTH. IN WORLD WAR I THE AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENTS FOUGHT OVER TH
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF ONE OF THE TRAINING CAMPS OF THE A.I.F. REINFORCEMENT DEPOT (ME) AT NUSEIRAT, LOOKING WEST. IN WORLD WAR I THE AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENTS FOUGHT OVER THI
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF GEDERA, ONE OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST. NOTE LARGE AREA COVERED BY VEHICLE MARKINGS IN FOREGROUND.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. MUGHAZI CAMP, ONE OF THE TRAINING CAMPS OF THE A.I.F. REINFORCEMENT DEPOT (ME) SEEN FROM THE AIR, LOOKING WEST NORTH WEST. NUSEIRAT CAMP, ALSO A TRAINING CAMP IS VISIBLE IN THE
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF DIMRA CAMP, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE, LOOKING SOUTH.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF DIMRA CAMP, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE, LOOKING NORTH WEST ACROSS SANDHILLS TO THE MEDITERRANEAN.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. DEIR SUNEID CAMP, LOOKING NORTH FROM THE AIR, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE. IT WAS ALSO BASE HEADQUARTERS OF A.I.F. IN THE MIDDLE EAST. DIMRA CAMP, ANOTHER A
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF DEIR SUNEID CAMP, ONE OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE, LOOKING NORTH WEST. JEWISH CITRUS PLANTATION IS IN THE FOREGROUND. DEIR SUNEID IS ALSO BASE HEADQUARTERS O
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. DEIR SUNEID CAMP LOOKING WEST FROM THE AIR. THIS IS ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE AND IS ALSO BASE HEADQUARTERS OF THE A.I.F. MIDDLE EAST. NOTE SOLDIERS MOVIN
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW FROM THE EAST OF DEIR SUNEID CAMP, ONE OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE. DEIR SUNEID IS ALSO BASE HEADQUARTERS OF THE A.I.F. IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF QASTINA CAMP, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE, LOOKING WEST-NORTH-WEST. THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA CAN BE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE BEYOND THE SAND DUNES.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL OF THE VIEW OF THE NEWLY LAND OUT CAMP OF MASMIYA, LOOKING SOUTH WEST. THIS IS ONE OF THE CAMPS OF THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF THE NEWLY LAID OUT CAMP OF MASMIYA, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE, LOOKING WEST.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. VIEW OF BEIT JIRJA CAMP LOOKING WEST FROM THE AIR, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE WHICH HAS BEEN IN OCCUPATION BY AUSTRALIANS SINCE 1940-02.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF BEIT JIRJA CAMP, LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM THE AIR. BEIR JIRJA WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CAMPS ESTABLISHED BY THE A.I.F. ON ARRIVAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN 1940-02. THE
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1942. "BARDIA BILL" WAS A NICKNAME GIVEN FIRST TO A BATTERY OF ITALIAN MEDIUM GUNS WHICH FROM A POSITION SOUTH OF BARDIA FIRED ON THE AUSTRALIAN POSITIONS NEAR SALUM, BEFORE THE CAPTURE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. PORTRAIT OF AN AUSTRALIAN NCO IN THE WESTERN DESERT CAMPAIGN.
WESTERN DESERT. LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT. LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT. LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BETWEEN BARCE AND TOBRUK. TROOPS OF THE G
A print from a 35 millimetre film taken from a German prisoner of war captured by the 9th Australian Infantry Division in Egypt. The film had evidently been taken between Barce and Tobruk. The picture
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
GREAT BRITAIN. AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ROBERT BROOKE-POPHAM, GCVO KCB CB CMG DSO AFC, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FAR EAST, 1940-41.
GREAT BRITAIN. AIR VICE MARSHAL C. W. H. PULFORD OBE AFC. AIR-OFFICER-COMMANDING FAR EAST 1941.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. TWO SOLDIERS OF 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION LIGHT UP THEIR CIGARETTES FROM A LIGHTER, HOME-MADE AND CONSISTING OF A PIECE OF BLUE METAL FOR FLINT AND STRING FOR WICK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. MAJOR-GENERAL L.J. MORSHEAD, CMG., OBE., DSO., ED., GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND COMMANDER TOBRUK GARRISON.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A CANARY, PET OF A SHIP RUNNING THE GAUNTLET BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND TOBRUK WITH SUPPLIES.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS READY FOR ANY EVENTUALITY DURING A TRIP FROM ALEXANDRIA TO TOBRUK, WHEN EXTRA CAUTION IS NECESSARY.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. THE CHURCH AT TOBRUK. IN COMPARISON WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE TOWN THE CHURCH IS VERY LITTLE DAMAGED; A FEW SHRAPNEL MARKS CAN BE SEEN ON THE FRONT WALLS, BUT THE INTERIOR WAS DES
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. MAJOR-GENERAL L.J. MORSHEAD, CMG., OBE., DSO ED., GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND COMMANDING TOBRUK GARRISON, (LEFT) SEATED OUTSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS AT TOBR
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. MAJOR-GENERAL L.J. MORSHEAD, CMG., OBE., DSO., ED., GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND COMMANDING TOBRUK GARRISON, (LEFT) SEATED OUTSIDE HIS HEADQUARTERS AT TO
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. ARTILLERYMEN OF 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN CONFERENCE OUTSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE DIVISION.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. THE HEADQUARTERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN UNIT IN TOBRUK DURING THE SIEGE.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A MAJOR OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS MAKING NOTES AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF TOBRUK GARRISON DURING THE SIEGE.
The control room of a British armoured unit at Tobruk during the siege. From here messages are sent to tanks and armoured formations in all parts of the perimeter in addition to Headquarters in Cairo.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. THE TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD AT 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL SIGNALS HEADQUARTERS, TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. THE TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD AT 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL SIGNALS HEADQUARTERS, TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. INTERIOR OF A WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY TRUCK IN OPERATION WITHIN THE PERIMETER.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A MEMBER OF A SIGNALS UNIT REPAIRING TELEPHONE LINES AFTER A STRAFE BY THE HUN.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A CHEERY PORTRAIT OF LANCE CORPORAL SAM ALLEN OF EDINBURGH, OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A CHEERY PORTRAIT OF TROOPER CHARLIE CARNE OF DAGENHAM, ESSEX, OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A CHEERY PORTRAIT OF SERGEANT FRANK PROUSE DCM, A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A CHEERY PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN T S CRAIG OF JERSEY, A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A CHEERY PORTRAIT OF CORPORAL A BANKS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A HAPPY TANK CREW OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SEATED ON THEIR TANK IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. REPAIRS TO THE "INNARDS". PERSONNEL OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT, OVERHAULING AND SERVICING THEIR ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. REPAIRS TO THE "INNARDS". PERSONNEL OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT, OVERHAULING AND SERVICING THEIR ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. PERSONNEL OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT, OVERHAULING AND SERVICING THEIR ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE TOBRUK PERIMETER, MAKES AN ADJUSTMENT TO HIS VEHICLE.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. MEMBER OF A TANK CREW OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS PAINTS A NAME ON A TANK WHILE SERVING IN THE LIBYAN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A PLANE SPOTTER IN TOBRUK DURING THE SIEGE. IT WAS NECESSARY THAT THE MAN ON DUTY FOR THIS JOB SHOULD KEEP A CONSTANT AND VIGILANT LOOK-OUT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. DEFENDERS OF THE TOBRUK FORTRESS DURING THE SIEGE, USE CAPTURED ITALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND AMMUNITION TO WARD OFF NAZI PLANES.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. DEFENDERS OF THE TOBRUK FORTRESS DURING THE SIEGE, USE CAPTURED ITALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND AMMUNITION TO WARD OFF NAZI PLANES.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. DEFENDERS OF THE TOBRUK FORTRESS DURING THE SIEGE, USE CAPTURED ITALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND AMMUNITION TO WARD OFF NAZI PLANES.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. DEFENDERS OF THE TOBRUK FORTRESS DURING THE SIEGE, USE CAPTURED ITALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND AMMUNITION TO WARD OFF NAZI PLANES.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. THIS SOLDIER HAS RIGGED UP THE REAR TURRET, WITH GUN COMPLETE, OF A CRASHED AXIS BOMBER AND IS USING IT TO REPEL FURTHER AIR ATTACKS FROM THE ENEMY AIR FORCE.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. WRECK OF A GERMAN PLANE BROUGHT DOWN NEAR TOBRUK.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. WRECK OF A GERMAN PLANE BROUGHT DOWN NEAR TOBRUK.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. PANORAMA OF THE WESTERN DESERT NEAR TOBRUK SHOWING BURNING ENEMY PLANE IN DISTANCE.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. AN AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY OFFICER SERVING IN THE TOBRUK FORTRESS DURING THE SIEGE, IS SHOWN WITH ENEMY SHELL FRAGMENT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS FIRING CAPTURED ITALIAN GUNS AND AMMUNITION BACK AT THE ITALIAN AND GERMAN FORCES OUTSIDE TOBRUK. THIS WAS HUMOUROUSLY KNOWN AS THE "BUSH ARTILLERY"; THOSE WOR
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS FIRING CAPTURED ITALIAN GUNS AND AMMUNITION BACK AT THE ITALIAN AND GERMAN FORCES OUTSIDE TOBRUK. THIS WAS HUMOUROUSLY KNOWN AS THE "BUSH ARTILLERY", THOSE WOR
SAPPERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS PREPARING DEFENCE POSITIONS.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A SAPPER OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS WHEELING ROCK FOR CONCRETING DEFENCE POSITIONS.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. SAPPERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS PREPARING DEFENCE POSITIONS. HERE THEY ARE SEEN EXCAVATING IN ROCK BY MEANS OF A JACK HAMMER AND COMPRESSOR.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. SAPPERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS PREPARING DEFENCE POSITIONS. THE PICTURE SHOWS A CAPTURED ITALIAN CONCRETE MIXER BEING USED IN THE PREPARATION OF A STRONGHOLD.
BLINDFOLDED GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR BEING BROUGHT INTO THE FORTRESS AREA, TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. BLINDFOLDED ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR BEING BROUGHT INTO THE FORTRESS AREA, TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. BLINDFOLDED ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR BEING BROUGHT INTO THE FORTRESS AREA, TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. ITALIAN PRISONERS, CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, IN A TEMPORARY P.G.W. CAGE.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. AN ITALIAN PRIEST AMONG THE PRISONERS CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. APPARENTLY HE WAS WITH A NAVAL UNIT.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. AN AUSTRALIAN PADRE SERVING WITH THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, AT THE WHEEL OF HIS UTILITY.
TOBRUK, LIBYA, 1941. A DOG FOUND IN TOBRUK BY AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY UNIT AND ADOPTED AS A MASCOT.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. BATH DAY, TOBRUK. GREAT ECONOMY WAS NECESSARY WITH WATER DURING THE SIEGE, BUT MEN COULD, IN MOST INSTANCES, BATHE IN THE SEA.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A CAPTURED ITALIAN WATER TANK PRESSED INTO SERVICE BY THE ALLIES. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ARE SEEN DRAWING THEIR RATION OF WATER FROM THE WATER TRUCK OPERATED BY A BRITISH ROYAL ARMY SE
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A DESERT HOME WITHIN THE PERIMETER AT TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. OFFICERS IN THEIR TENT AT TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A MEMBER OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL MILITARY POLICE ON TRAFFIC CONTROL DUTY IN A TOBRUK STREET.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. HEADQUARTERS OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL MILITARY POLICE IN TOBRUK. AN UN-EXPLODED BOMB IS EMBEDDED IN THE ROADWAY OUTSIDE, HENCE THE SIGN "NO ENTRY".
SYDNEY, NSW. 1941-07-31. TRAINEES UNDERGOING A COURSE OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCE AT SYDNEY FORTRESS FIXED DEFENCES. HERE A VICKERS .303 HEAVY MACHINE GUN IS MOUNTED FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE.
SUEZ, EGYPT. 1942-02-08. PERSONNEL OF 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE LEAVING TRANSIT CAMP AT SUEZ FOR DOCKS PRIOR TO EMBARKATION FOR AUSTRALIA.
SUEZ, EGYPT. 1942-02-08. PERSONNEL OF 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE LEAVING TRANSIT CAMP AT SUEZ FOR DOCKS PRIOR TO EMBARKATION FOR AUSTRALIA.
Review of 21st Australian Infantry Brigade by Major General (Maj Gen) A S Allen CB CBE DSO VD, General Officer Commanding 7th Australian Division and Brigader A W Potts DSO MC, Commanding 21st Brigade
WARD'S DROME, PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. IN THEIR SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON NADZAB THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION BECAME THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN DIVISION TO BECOME AIRBORNE. FOR DAYS BEFORE THIS DARING A
LARRIMAH, NT. 1942-09. CONVOY DUST, NORTH SOUTH ROAD NEAR LARRIMAH. NOTE CORRUGATED CONDITION OF ROAD, LOOSE GRAVEL AND LACK OF SIDE DRAINS. THE TRUCK IS IN A CONVOY OF VEHICLES OF 2/9TH ARMY FIELD CO
THE 2/9TH ARMY FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, MOVING NORTH BY TRAIN FROM ADELAIDE TO ALICE SPRINGS. MINIMUM DURATION OF JOURNEY IS 56 HOURS. DRIVERS LIVE IN THEIR VEHICLES, OTHER PERSONNEL
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1944-03. GROUP OF OFFICERS OF STAFF OF SIGNAL OFFICER IN CHIEF, LAND HEADQUARTERS. LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW:- MAJOR E.H. FLEITER MC, MAJOR W.C.F. NILL, LIEUTENANT COLONEL B.F.A. BROWN,
RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JAPANESE ROAD, BOGADJIM- RAMU VALLEY BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL R.B. WOOD, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS, 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVIS
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-06. COLONEL J.A. MCCOMB, ED, DIRECTOR OF DOCKS, LAND HEADQUARTERS, TAKING THE SALUTE FROM CAPTAIN E.B. THURMAN, MM, COMMANDING 2/3RD DOCKS OPERATING COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIA
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-26. HEAD TO NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TIMBER JETTY.
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-26. THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TIMBER JETTY.
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-26. THE "S.S JAMES COOK" BERTHED AT TIMBER JETTY. SHE HAS BEEN UNLOADED BY 2/3 DOCKS OPERATING COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12. ONE OF THE HUTS OCCUPIED BY HEADQUARTERS, SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SERVICE, NEW GUINEA FORCE.
AT SEA, CELEBES SEA. 1945-10-29. THE CREW AND PASSENGERS OF A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT FORCED DOWN BETWEEN MOROTAI AND TARAKAN WHEN 200 MILES FROM TARAKAN. ALL CREW AND PASSENGERS HAD TIME TO GET I
AT SEA. 1945-11. THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS "IMPLACABLE" IN WHICH 126 OFFICERS AND 2,000 OTHER RANKS WERE MOVED FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION BETWEEN 11TH AND 19TH NOVEMBER.
BALIKPAPAN. BORNEO. 1945-11-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL BEING FERRIED FROM BALIKPAPAN IN HMAS BURDEKIN TO EMBARK IN THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS IMPLACABLE IN WHICH THEY WERE MOVED
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS "IMPLACABLE" ON THEIR WAY FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION.
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS "IMPLACABLE" ON THEIR WAY FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION.
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS "IMPLACABLE" ON THEIR WAY FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION.
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS "IMPLACABLE" ON THEIR WAY FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION.
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL WATCHING A GAME OF FOOTBALL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS "IMPLACABLE" IN WHICH MORE THAN 2,000 OF THEM TRAVELLED FROM
LOCATION NOT KNOWN. THE SUBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IS PM6014 ABLE SEAMAN MAX BUCKLAND, HMAS AUSTRALIA. ENLISTED IN 1943 AT THE AGE OF 17 1/2 YEARS. DIED AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION AT LEYTE ON 1944-10-
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. 1944-09-26. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL J. NORTHCOTT, CB, MVO, CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF, TAKING THE SALUTE DURING THE MARCH THROUGH THE CITY OF BRISBANE OF THE 29TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY B
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. 1944-09-26. TROOPS OF THE 29TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE TAKING PART IN THE MARCH OF THE BRIGADE THROUGH THE CITY OF BRISBANE. THEY HAD RECENTLY RETURNED FROM NEW GUINEA.
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-11. MARINE SECTION, RAAF, LOOKING NORTH EAST.
Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-01-11. The aircraft slip ramp at the Royal Australian Air Force Marine Section with Catalina aircraft moored close by. The entrance to Fairfax Harbour is in the backgrou
USS "MISSOURI" IN WHICH THE JAPANESE SIGNED THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER ON 1945-09-02.
SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS "MISSOURI". THE JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVES COME ABOARD THE "MISSOURI".
SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS "MISSOURI". JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVES AWAIT THE OPENING OF THE SIGNING CEREMONY. THE CHIEF SIGNATORIES FOR JAPAN ARE MR. SHIGEMITSU, JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER, (WITH WA
SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS "MISSOURI". GENERAL YOSHIJIRO SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER ON BEHALF OF JAPAN. GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR STANDS AT THE MICROPHONE.
SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS "MISSOURI". ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ, REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SIGNS THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER.
SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS "MISSOURI". GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR. ALLIED SUPREME COMMANDER, WATCHES GENERAL HSU YUNG-CHANG, REPRESENTING CHINA, SIGN THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. ANOTHER CHINESE
SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS "MISSOURI". ADMIRAL SIR BRUCE FRASER, COMMANDER BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET SIGNS THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. OTHER BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES
SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS "MISSOURI". LIEUTENANT-GENERAL K.N. DEREVYANKO REPRESENTING UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS SIGNS THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. OTHER RUSSIAN REPRESENTATIVES STAND
SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS MISSOURI. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY SIGNS ON BEHALF OF AUSTRALIA. GENERAL MACARTHUR, SUPREME COMMANDER, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC STANDS EXTREME LEFT, WHILE OTHER AUSTRALIAN
SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS "MISSOURI". COLONEL I. MOORE COSGROVE REPRESENTING CANADA, SIGNS THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER.
SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS "MISSOURI". GENERAL B.I. LECLERC REPRESENTING FRANCE SIGNS THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. OTHER FRENCH REPRESENTATIVES STAND BEHIND HIM WHILE GENERAL MACARTHUR SUPREME A
SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS "MISSOURI". ADMIRAL C.E.L. HELFRICH REPRESENTING THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES, SIGNS THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER, WATCHED BY A COMPATRIOT AND GENERAL MACARTHUR, SUPREME
SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS "MISSOURI". AIR VICE MARSHAL I. ISITT, REPRESENTING THE DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND, SIGNS THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER WATCHED BY AN OFFICER OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY.
SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE ABOARD USS "MISSOURI". AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CEREMONY GENERAL MACARTHUR, SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, MAKES A BRIEF SPEECH. BEHIND HIM ARE THE CHIEF
SURRENDER OF JAPAN ABOARD USS "MISSOURI". AFTER THE SIGNING CEREMONY AND THE JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVES HAD LEFT THE "MISSOURI", FLIGHTS OF AEROPLANES PASSED OVER THE ALLIED SHIPS ANCHORED IN THE BAY.
EL ALAMEIN, LIBYA. 1942-10-28. MOBILE 88 MILLIMETRE FLAK 36 GERMAN GUN AND SdKfz8 12 TON HEAVY TOWING TRACTOR DESTROYED BY GUN FIRE FROM A BATTERY OF "F" TROOP AND 2/7TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALI
NEAR BARDIA, LIBYA. 1940-12. MAJOR D.N. VERON, ASSISTANT TO CHIEF SIGNALS OFFICER, 1ST AUSTRALIAN CORPS, STANDING BESIDE A CAPTURED ITALIAN MOBILE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN.
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. 1945-12-10. UNIT TRANSPORT OF HEADQUARTERS, 24 L. OF C. AREA SIGNALS. INDOOROOPILLY, OFFICERS MESS IN BACKGROUND.
KUCHING, BORNEO. 1945-09. VIEW OF OFFICIAL TABLE AS JAPANESE GENERAL YAMAMURA SIGNS THE SURRENDER DOCUMENT. BRIGADIER T.G. EASTICK, DSO, ED, TO WHOM THE JAPS SURRENDERED ON BOARD HMAS KAPUNDA IS STAND
KUCHING, BORNEO. 1945-09. BRIGADIER T.C. EASTICK, COMMANDING KUCHING RELIEF FORCE, (BOTTOM LEFT CORNER) READING THE SURRENDER DOCUMENT TO THE JAP ENVOYS WHO COME TO SIGN THE DOCUMENT ON BOARD HMAS "KA
KUCHING, BORNEO. 1945-09. NAVAL GUARD AND PERSONAL GUARD FOR JAP REPRESENTATIVES WHO COME ABOARD HMAS "KAPUNDA" TO SURRENDER TO BRIGADIER T.C. EASTICK, DSO, ED, COMMANDING KUCHING RELIEF FORCE AND TO
KUCHING, BORNEO. 1945-09. AIR-SEA RESCUE LAUNCH NO. 922 TAKING THE JAPANESE PARTY TO HMAS "KAPUNDA" FROM THE JETTY. THE JAPS ARE GOING ON BOARD "KAPUNDA" TO SIGN THE SURRENDER DOCUMENT AND SURRENDER T
KUCHING, BORNEO. 1945-09. NAVAL GUARD ON HMAS "KAPUNDA" (RIGHT) WAITING TO RECEIVE BRIGADIER T.C. EASTICK DSO, ED, COMMANDING KUCHING RELIEF FORCE, AS HE COMES ABOARD TO RECEIVE THE SURRENDER OF GENER
KUCHING, BORNEO. 1945-09. SECTION OF THE NAVAL GUARD PROVIDED BY HMAS "KAPUNDA" FOR THE CEREMONY HELD ON BOARD WHEN GENERAL YAMAMURA THE JAP ENVOY SIGNED THE SURRENDER DOCUMENT AND SURRENDERED TO BRIG
Kuching, Borneo. 1945-09. Aboard HMAS Kapunda Japanese General Yamamura, Commanding Japanese forces in the area, surrenders his sword to Australian Brigadier T.C. Eastick, DSO ED, Commanding Kuching R
Kuching, Borneo. 1945-09. Japanese officers on board HMAS Kapunda reading the terms of surrender before General Yamamura, Commanding Japanese forces in the area, formally surrendered to Australian Gen
FUSAN, KOREA. 1942-10-24. THE JAPANESE PRISON SHIP "FUKKAI MARU" TRANSPORTING BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR FROM SINGAPORE TO KOREA IS SHOWN TIED UP IMMEDIATELY BEFORE DISEMBARKATION OF THE
FUSAN, KOREA. 1942-10-24. LOOKING DOWN ON THE CROWDED DECK OF THE "FUKKAI MARU" A JAPANESE PRISON SHIP WHICH HAS TRANSPORTED ENGLISH AND 8TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION PRISONERS OF WAR FROM SINGAPORE. THE PR
FUSAN, KOREA. 1942-10-24. BAGGAGE PARTY OF PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE BROUGHT FROM SINGAPORE IN THE PRISON SHIP "FUKKAI MARU", GETTING THE BAGGAGE ASHORE. THE PRISONERS ARE ENGLISH AND 8TH AUSTR
FUSAN, KOREA. 1942-10-24. BAGGAGE PARTY OF ENGLISH AND 8TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION TROOPS WHO WERE CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AT THE FALL OF SINGAPORE AND WHO HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED FROM SINGAPORE IN THE PRI
FUSAN, KOREA. 1942-10-24. OFFICERS AND SENIOR NCOS IN A PARTY OF ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AT THE FALL OF SINGAPORE AND NOW TRANSPORTED TO KOREA IN THE PRISON SH
THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMAS "IMPLACABLE" AS SEEN FROM HMAS "NEPAL" AS THE LATTER SHIP GOES ALONGSIDE THE CARRIER.
THE "NAGATO", A JAPANESE BATTLESHIP AT ANCHOR IN TOKYO BAY, SEEN FROM THE DECK OF HMAS "NEPAL".
BURMA. 1945-01. BRITISH COMMANDOS EMBARKING IN LANDING BARGES FROM THE DECK OF HMAS "NEPAL" FOR THE INVASION OF AKYAB.
TAIWAN, FORMOSA. 1944-06. VISIT TO TAIWAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP NO. 6 OF THE DELEGATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS, MR. AUGST, LEFT TO RIGHT:- CAMP INTERPRETER-MR. AUGST; ATSUNI OF JAPANESE RED CROSS
TAIWAN, FORMOSA. 1944-06. "REST DAY", TAIWAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP NO. 3. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE VISIT TO THE CAMP BY MR AUGST, DELEGATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS. THE "REST DAY" WAS STAGED F
TAIWAN, FORMOSA. 1944-06. INTERVIEW AT TAIWAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP NO. 4 DURING THE VISIT TO THE CAMP OF MR. AUGST, DELEGATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS. SEATED AT TABLE ON LEFT:- MAJOR GENERAL G.A
TAIWAN, FORMOSA. 1944-06. CATTLE RAISING AT TAIWAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP NO. 3. THIS WAS A SHOW STAGED EXPRESSLY DURING THE VISIT OF THE DELEGATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS, MR. AUGST, TO THE CAMP.
TAIWAN, FORMOSA. 1944-06. "REFRESHMENTS" AT TAIWAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP NO. 3. THE INCIDENT WAS STAGED DURING A VISIT TO THE CAMP BY MR. AUGST, DELEGATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS. THE PRISONERS W
TAIWAN, FORMOSA. 1944-06. SWEET POTATO HARVEST AT TAIWAN PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMP NO. 3. AN INCIDENT STAGED DURING THE VISIT TO THE CAMP BY MR. AUGST, DELEGATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS. THE VEGETABL
TAIWAN, FORMOSA. 1944-06. PIG RAISING AT TAIWAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP NO. 3. THIS WAS A SHOW STAGED EXPRESSLY DURING THE VISIT TO THE CAMP BY MR. AUGST, DELEGATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS. THE PIG
TAIWAN, FORMOSA. 1944-06. VISIT TO FARM ADJOINING NO. 6. TAIWAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP FOR BENEFIT OF MR. AUGST, DELEGATE TO THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS DURING HIS VISIT OF INSPECTION OF THE TAIWAN P.O.
TAIWAN, FORMOSA. 1944-06. MR. AUGST. DELEGATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS, RIGHT, LEAVES TAIWAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP NO. 6 AFTER A VISIT OF INSPECTION OF THE TAIWAN P.O.W. CAMPS. THREE BRITISH OFFI
TAIWAN, FORMOSA. 1944-06. INTERVIEW AT TAIWAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP NO. 6 DURING THE VISIT OF MR. AUGST, DELEGATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS. LEFT TO RIGHT:- CAPTAIN GIBBONS (BRITISH), COLONEL SASA
TAIWAN, FORMOSA. 1944-06. DUCK AND GEESE RAISING AT TAIWAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP NO. 3. AN INCIDENT STAGED DURING THE VISIT OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS DELEGATE, MR. AUGST TO THE TAIWAN P.O.W. CAMPS
TAIWAN, FORMOSA. 1944-06. VISIT TO TAIWAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP NO. 4 BY THE DELEGATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS WHO IS FOURTH FROM THE LEFT. MANY SPURIOUS INCIDENTS WERE STAGED FOR HIS BENEFIT AND
LOS NEGROS, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1944. NATIVES OF LOS NEGROS ISLAND WITH THEIR CRAFT. IT WILL BE NOTED THAT THESE ISLANDERS HAVEOOUTRIGGERS ON EACH SIDE OF THEIR BOAT, AS AGAINST ONLY ONE WITH MOST PACI
AT SEA OFF PAPUAN COAST. 1942-12-14. MEMBERS OF THE A.I.F. GOING INTO BUNA ABOARD H.M.A.S. BROOME.
At Sea. c. 1944. Australian corvette HMAS Deloraine.
PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY CHIEF STOKER A.J. DAVIS WHILE SERVING ABOARD H.M.A.S. "BROOME". 1943-44. H.M.A.S. "BENDIGO" AT MADANG, NEW GUINEA.
Milne Bay, Papua. c. 1943. Australian corvette HMAS Gympie.
At Sea. 1940-11. A mine brought to the surface by HMAS Orara's minesweeping operations.
CORAL SEA. 1943. H.M.A.S. "BROOME" IN HEAVY WEATHER.
LOCATION UNKNOWN. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM H.M.A.S. "BROOME", 1944, SHOWING H.M.A.S. "ECHUCA" (LEFT) AND ANOTHER CORVETTE MOORED AT ANCHORAGE.
Location unknown. Photograph taken from HMAS Broome, showing HMAS Echuca (left) and another corvette moored at anchorage. Echuca has no radar fitted, unlike her sister which an American SC Air Search
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09. ANNOUNCER OF LAE RADIO STATION, (9.AB) OPERATING AMPLIFIER FOR TURN TABLE AND MICROPHONE OF THE SET ORIGINALLY BUILT OF JUNK, MAINLY JAPANESE, BUT WITH SOME AUSTRALIAN AND AM
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09. ANNOUNCER OF LAE RADIO STATION, (9.AB) OPERATING AMPLIFIER FOR TURN TABLE AND MICROPHONE OF THE SET ORIGINALLY BUILT OF JUNK, MAINLY JAPANESE, BUT WITH SOME AUSTRALIAN AND AM
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09. STAFF OF LAE RADIO STATION, (9.AB). THEY ARE OPERATING A SET THAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT OF JUNK, MAINLY JAPANESE. THE PRESENT TRANSMITTER HAD LESS JAP MATERIAL IN IT THAN THE
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09. THE TRANSMITTER PANEL AT LAE RADIO STATION. 9.AB. THIS TRANSMITTER WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT FROM JUNK, MAINLY JAPANESE, BUT IS NOW MOSTLY OF AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN ORIGIN.
AT SEA, INDIAN OCEAN. 1942-10. H.M.A.S. "NEPAL" PHOTOGRAPHED FROM H.M.A.S. "NORMAN".
Durban, South Africa. 1942. Australian Navy N Class destroyers Nizam, Norman and Nepal moored together beside a wharf.
EL ALAMEIN, LIBYA. 1948-04-30. AN AUSTRALIAN DELEGATION HEADED BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER OF TOBRUK GARRISON IN 1941 WITH DELEGATIONS FROM NEW ZEALAND
AN AUSTRALIAN DELEGATION LED BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER OF TOBRUK GARRISON IN 1941, WITH DELEGATIONS FROM NEW ZEALAND AND THE IMPERIAL WAR GRAVES COMMI
RICHMOND, NSW. 1944. "A" COMPANY, 1ST AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE BATTALION (AIF) TRAINING AT RICHMOND RAAF BASE. RIFLEMAN PREPARED FOR A TRAINING JUMP. BAYONET SCABBARD CAN BE SEEN. RIFLE IS CARRIED IN FELT
RICHMOND, NSW. 1944. "A" COMPANY, I AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE BATTALION (AIF) TRAINING AT RICHMOND ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE DROME. EXIT TRAINING FROM HIGH 'MOCK UP'.
RICHMOND, NSW. 1944. "A" COMPANY, 1 AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE BATTALION (AIF) TRAINING AT RICHMOND RAAF DROME. STICK EMPLANING. NOTE SPINE PADS IN SEATS OF PANTS.
RICHMOND, NSW. 1944. "A" COMPANY, 1 AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE BATTALION (AIF) TRAINING AT RICHMOND RAAF DROME. STICK (SUBMACHINE GUN SECTION FROM INFANTRY COMPANY) AWAITING JUMP SIGNAL.
Richmond, New South Wales. 1944. A Douglas DC2 aircraft used for training at "A" Company, 1 Australian Paratroop Battalion, AIF. The aircraft is flying over the paratroop dropping zone at Yarramundi.
This photograph taken from a third aircraft shows parachutists leaving two other aircraft during training at "A" Company, 1 Australian Paratroop Battalion, AIF.
RICHMOND, NSW. 1944. "A" COMPANY, 1 AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE BATTALION (AIF) TRAINING AT RICHMOND RAAF DROME. PERSONNEL IN THE AIR. NOTE JUMPERS ARMS HOLDING RISERS ABOVE HEADS SO AS TO STEER 'CHUTE TO AV
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
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1949-09. STILL ACTIVE VOLCANO, MATUPI, AT RABAUL. MATUPI ERUPTED IN 1937 CAUSING A LOSS OF 600 LIVES. IT ERUPTED AGAIN IN 1941 WITH A LOSS OF TWO LIVES.
MANUS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1949-09. VIEW OF LOMBRUM, NAVAL HEADQUARTERS ON MANUS ISLAND. SHOWING WHAT WILL BE THE MAIN WORKSHOP AND WHARFAGE AREA.
MANUS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1949-09. AERIAL VIEW OF LOMBRUM, NAVAL HEADQUARTERS ON MANUS.
MANUS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1949-09. CLOSE-UP VIEW OF AMERICAN MOTOR TRANSPORT DUMP.
NISSAN ISLAND, NORTHERN SOLOMONS. 1949-09. YOUNG NATIVE WORSHIPPERS AT THE CATHOLIC MISSION CHURCH ON NISSAN ISLAND, 152 MILES EAST OF RABAUL. NATIVES BUILT THE CHURCH FROM OLD ARMY HUTS AND UNDER THE
NEW GUINEA. 1949-09. THE KOKODA TRAIL IS SHOWN IN THIS INFRA-RED AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM A POINT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT MORESBY, AT A HEIGHT OF 12,500 FEET. THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 1
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA. 1948. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM THE DOME OF THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, SHOWING COURTYARD, CLOISTERS, POOL OF REFLECTION AND MAIN APPROACH. IN CENTRE BACKGROUND CAN BE SEEN PARLIAMEN
ENGLAND, 1943. H.M.S. SHROPSHIRE PRESENTED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO AUSTRALIA TO REPLACE H.M.A.S. CANBERRA, SUNK IN ACTION. ADMIRAL SIR H. D'OYLEY LYON, KCB, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF THE NORE, INSPECTIN
England. 1943-06-25. Admiral Sir H.D'Oyley Lyon, KCB, Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, inspecting the Australian Navy crew of the cruiser Shropshire as the ship was about to be transferred from the Briti
ENGLAND, 1943. H.M.A.S. "SHROPSHIRE" PRESENTED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO AUSTRALIA TO REPLACE H.M.A.S. "CANBERRA" SUNK IN ACTION. ADMIRAL SIR H. D'OYLEY LYON, KCB, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF THE NORE, WITH
ENGLAND, 1943. H.M.S. "SHROPSHIRE" PRESENTED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO AUSTRALIA TO REPLACE H.M.A.S. "CANBERRA" SUNK IN ACTION. "SHROPSHIRES" OFFICERS WHO HAVE GAINED DECORATIONS IN THIS WAR:- LEFT
SINGAPORE, MALAYA. 1941-12-08. H.M.S. "REPULSE" LEAVING SINGAPORE. SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY JAPANESE NAVAL AIRCRAFT IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA TWO DAYS LATER.
Aboard HMS Sussex, Singapore. 1945-09. Japanese surrender at Singapore. General Itagaki (right) and an army staff officer are seated. Admiral Fukadome (left) moves to his chair.
AT SEA, 1945-04. OPERATION CASE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM H.M.A.S. "HAWKESBURY" (RIGHT) TO H.M.A.S. "BARCOO" WHILE THE SHIPS WERE STEAMING IN CONVOY TO TARAKAN, NORTH BORNEO.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. CANADA. 1949-04-25. AT A SIMPLE CEREMONY AT THE CENOTAPH IN VICTORY SQUARE, MR F. R. GULLICK, AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT TRADE COMMISSIONER AND MR ERIC ACKLAND, NEW ZEALAND HON
AUSTRALIAN AND GREEK OBSERVANCE OF REMEMBRANCE AT BRITISH MILITARY CEMETERY AT NEW FALIRON, NEAR ATHENS, ON ANZAC DAY. LEFT TO RIGHT:- MR. HUGH GILCHRIST, AUSTRALIAN DELEGATE TO THE UNITED NATIONS SPE
LAYING OF WREATHS ON UNKNOWN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS' GRAVES IN THE BRITISH MILITARY CEMETERY, NEW FALIRON, NEAR ATHENS ON ANZAC DAY 1950. LEFT TO RIGHT:- MR. HUGH GILCHRIST, AUSTRALIAN DELEGATE TO THE UN
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. CANADA. 1950-04-23. GENERAL VIEW OF THE ANZAC COMMEMORATION SERVICE AT THE CENOTAPH, VICTORY SQUARE. THE COMMEMORATION WAS HELD ON 04-23, TO ENABLE MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF
NEW YORK, U.S.A. 1950-04-25. CELEBRATING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE ANZAC GARDEN, ATOP THE BRITISH EMPIRE BUILDING OF ROCKEFELLER CENTRE, NEW YORK, CITY. LEFT TO RIGHT:- LIEUTENANT-G
OTTAWA, CANADA. 1951-04-25. AT THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL IN CONFEDERATION SQUARE, AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS GATHERED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIR WAR DEAD IN THE TRADITIONAL OBSERVANCE OF ANZAC DAY. T
ANZAC DAY WAS COMMEMORATED BY A SERVICE AT THE CENOTAPH IN VICTORY SQUARE ON SUNDAY 04-29. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE SCENE AT THE CENOTAPH FOLLOWING THE LAYING OF WREATHS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNME
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. CANADA. 1951-04-29. SCENE AT THE CENOTAPH IN VICTORY SQUARE DURING THE SERVICE OF COMMEMORATION OF ANZAC DAY.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. CANADA. 1951-04-29. SCENE AT THE CENOTAPH IN VICTORY SQUARE DURING THE SERVICE OF COMMEMORATION OF ANZAC DAY.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. CANADA. 1951-04-29. SCENE AT THE CENOTAPH IN VICTORY SQUARE DURING THE SERVICE OF COMMEMORATION OF ANZAC DAY.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. CANADA. 1951-04-29. SCENE AT THE CENOTAPH IN VICTORY SQUARE DURING THE SOUNDING OF THE LAST POST AT THE SERVICE OF COMMEMORATION OF ANZAC DAY.
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND. 1950-04-19. GROUP AT THE CEREMONY OF PRESENTATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG TO THE NEW ZEALAND RETURNED SERVICES' ASSOCIATION. LEFT TO RIGHT:- RT. HONOURABLE S. G. HOLLAND, PRIME
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND. 1950-04-19. GROUP AT THE CEREMONY OF PRESENTATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG TO THE NEW ZEALAND RETURNED SERVICES' ASSOCIATION. LEFT TO RIGHT:- THE HONOURABLE T.I. MACDONALD, NEW
CAIRO, EGYPT, 1951-03-04. SCENE AT THE UNVEILING BY FIELD MARSHAL LORD MONTGOMERY KG, GCB, DSO, AND THE DEDICATION OF THE WINDOW IN MEMORY OF THE EIGHTH ARMY 1941 TO 1945 IN THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF AL
CAIRO, EGYPT. 1951-03-04. SCENE AT THE UNVEILING BY FIELD MARSHAL LORD MONTGOMERY KG, GCB, DSO, AND THE DEDICATION OF THE WINDOW IN MEMORY OF THE EIGHTH ARMY 1941 TO 1945, IN THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF A
BARDIA, LIBYA. 1941-01-08. A SOLDIER OF THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION WITH A SPECIAL KIND OF ITALIAN ANTI-TANK "COCKTAIL", CONSISTING OF A BOTTLE OF PETROL WITH A HAND GRENADE TIED TO THE BOTTOM. THE IT
BARDIA, LIBYA. 1941-01-11. A GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY OF THE 19TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE WHO STORMED A HEAVILY DEFENDED WADY WHERE THE ITALIAN GENERAL STAFF WERE DIRECTING OPERATIONS. THE ATT
ABU RAMLA, S. OF BARDIA, LIBYA. 1941-01-22. THE AUSTRALIAN OFFICER IN CHARGE OF A COLUMN OF ETHIOPIAN TROOPS WHO ARE ENTERING THEIR COUNTRY TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ITALIANS AGGRESSORS.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-04-22. MANY SOLDIERS OF THE WESTERN DESERT FORCE TO BE CUT OFF BY THE GERMANS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY INTO TOBRUK, AND MOST OF THEM HAVE AMAZING STORIES OF FORTITUDE AND HARDSHIP TO TE
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-08-08. ATTENDING TO AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER WHO HAD BEEN WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK BY A DIVE-BOMBER AIRCRAFT.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-08-13. ONE OF THE GUNS OF THE "BUSH ARTILLERY" IN ACTION. THE "BUSH ARTILLERY" AS IT BECAME TO BE KNOWN, IS A GROUP OF INFANTRYMEN OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, WHO, ALTHOUGH NOT
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-08-13. ONE OF THE GUNS OF THE "BUSH ARTILLERY", THE NAME GIVEN TO A GROUP OF INFANTRYMEN OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, WHO, ALTHOUGH NOT TRAINED AS GUNNERS, HAVE BROUGHT INTO ACT
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-08-13. A GUNNERS OF THE "BUSH ARTILLERY" SIGHTING HIS GUN. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP OF INFANTRYMEN OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION WHO ACT AS GUNNERS AS A "SIDELINE". UNTRAINED A
Tobruk, Libya. 1941-08-13. An infantry section of the 9th Australian Division occupying front line positions against the Italian front line. The Australians watch the enemy wire during the day and inf
Crews of Bren gun carriers and Vickers Light Tanks Mark VIB of 9th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment and their vehicles lined up ready for inspection by Major-General J F Evetts CB CBE MC, General-
Crews of Bren gun carriers and Vickers Light Tanks Mark VIB of 9th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment and their vehicles lined up ready for inspection by Major-General J F Evetts CB CBE MC, General-
Crews of Vickers Light Tanks Mark VIB (foreground) and Bren gun carriers of 9th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment and their vehicles lined up ready for inspection by Major-General J F Evetts CB CBE
Crews of Bren gun carriers of 9th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment and their vehicles lined up ready for inspection by Major-General J F Evetts CB CBE MC, General-Officer-Commanding 6th (British)
BAALBECK, SYRIA. 1941-08-23. THE MOTOR CYCLISTS OF 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT PARADED (FOREGROUND) WITH THE REGIMENT, FOR INSPECTION BY MAJOR-GENERAL J.F. EVETTS, CB, CBE, MC, GENERAL-
BAALBECK, SYRIA. 1941-08-23. THE BREN CARRIERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT LINED UP WITH THEIR CREWS FOR INSPECTION BY THEIR DIVISIONAL COMMANDER, MAJOR-GENERAL J.F. EVETTS, CB,
BAALBECK, SYRIA. 1941-08-23. MOTOR TRANSPORT AND DRIVERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT LINED UP FOR INSPECTION BY MAJOR-GENERAL J.F. EVETTS, CB, CBE, MC, GENERAL-OFFICE-COMMANDING
BAALBECK, SYRIA. 1941-08-23. MAJOR-GENERAL J.F. EVETTS, CB, CBE, MC, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 6TH (BRITISH) DIVISION, IN PEAKED CAP, DURING HIS INSPECTION OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL CAVALRY RE
Major General J F Evetts, CB CBE MC, General-Officer-Commanding 6th (British) Division, in peaked cap, chatting to one of the crew of a light tank during his inspection of the 9th Australian Division
BAALBECK, SYRIA. 1941-08-23. MAJOR-GENERAL J.F. EVETTS, CB, CBE, MC, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 6TH (BRITISH) DIVISION INSPECTING CREWS OF THE ARMOURED VEHICLES OF 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL CAVALRY RE
BAALBECK, SYRIA. 1941-08-23. MAJOR-GENERAL J.F. EVETTS, CB, CBE, MC, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 6TH (BRITISH) DIVISION INSPECTING CREWS OF THE ARMOURED VEHICLES OF 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL CAVALRY RE
BAALBECK, SYRIA. 1941-08-23. MAJOR-GENERAL J.F. EVETTS, CB, CBE, MC, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 6TH (BRITISH) DIVISION INSPECTING MOTOR CYCLISTS OF 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT. THE OFFI
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-09-12. SOLDIERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION WELCOMING TWO OF THE POLISH INFANTRYMEN WHO HAVE JUST ARRIVED IN TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-09-12. SOLDIERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND TWO OF THE POLISH INFANTRY WHO HAVE RECENTLY ARRIVED IN TOBRUK MOVE OFF WITH PICKS AND SHOVELS TO DO A SPOT OF DIGGING.
SOLDIERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION CHATTING WITH POLISH SOLDIERS WHO HAVE TAKEN OVER A BREN GUN POST. THE POLES HAVE RECENTLY ARRIVED IN TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-09-12. SOLDIERS OF THE POLISH ARMY, RECENTLY ARRIVING IN TOBRUK, MAN A BREN ANTI-AIRCRAFT POST.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-09-12. SOLDIERS OF THE POLISH ARMY, RECENTLY ARRIVED IN TOBRUK, LOADED IN A LORRY OFF TO THE FORWARD AREAS.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-09-12. A MOBILE CANTEEN, WITH PERSONNEL OF THE POLISH ARMY LINING UP FOR A MEAL. THIS LORRY CARRIES THE FOOD AROUND TO THE VARIOUS UNITS.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-09-12. SOLDIERS OF THE POLISH ARMY, AFTER DRAWING THEIR MEAL FROM THE MOBILE CANTEEN, SIT AND ENJOY IT.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-09. THE REPAIR SHOPS IN TOBRUK HAVE A FULL TIME JOB, AND IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL DAY'S WORK THEY HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE ATTENTION GIVEN THEM BY ENEMY BOMBERS. THE WORKSHOPS, AL
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-09. THE REPAIR SHOPS IN TOBRUK HAVE A FULL TIME JOB, AND IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL DAY'S WORK THEY HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE ATTENTION GIVEN THEM BY ENEMY BOMBERS. THE WORKSHOPS, AL
BEIRUT, LEBANON. 1941-09. GENERAL DE VERDILHAC, FORMER DEPUTY COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, VICHY FRENCH FORCES IN SYRIA, WHO HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH MAJOR-GENERAL J.I. CHRYSTALL, CBE, MC, ON THE SYRIAN COM
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07. SECOND DEFENCE LINE BEHIND EL ALAMEIN. IN CASE THE ENEMY SHOULD BREAK THROUGH THE DEFENCE LINES AT EL ALAMEIN, A SECOND LINE WAS PREPARED SOME DISTANCE TO THE EAST. THI
TEL-EL-EISA, EGYPT. 1942-07. A GERMAN OFFICER PRISONER OF WAR CHATS WITH AN OFFICER OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. HE IS LIEUTENANT HANS RICHTER OF THE LORRIED INFANTRY. HE WAS HEADING A BATTALION OF
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-07. PRIVATE RYMER, OF MANLY AND PRIVATE CULLEN OF SUMMER WELLS, MEMBERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, MANNING A VICHERS GUN POSITION OVERLOOKING GERMAN POSITIONS AT TEL-EL-E
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-07. ARTILLERYMEN OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION ARE HERE SEEN MANNING A 6-POUNDER ANTI-TANK GUN IN THE TEL-EL-EISA AREA. THIS GUN PLAYED HAVOC WITH ENEMY TANKS.
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-07-29. GUNNERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION GO INTO ACTION WITH THEIR 25-POUNDER. GUNNER TIPLADY OF MELBOURNE ADJUSTS THE SIGHTS, WHILE GUNNER CULPITT, ALSO OF MELBOURNE ACT
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-07-29. IN THE F.O.P. (FORWARD OBSERVATION POST). LANCE-BOMBARDIER RUSSELL OF LAUNCESTON, TASMANIA AND WARRANT OFFICER MACKENZIE OF LAUNCESTON, MEMBERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DI
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-07-29. THE TROOP COMMAND POST OF A BATTERY OF 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY. GUNNER SIMPSON OF ADELAIDE, ON THE FIELD TELEPHONE.
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-07-29. A PICTURE OF A 25-POUNDER GUN OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY UNDER ITS CAMOUFLAGE NETTING.
Tel El Eisa, Egypt. 1942-07-29. A 25 pounder gun crew of the 9th Australian Division at their stations.
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-07-29. A CLOSE-UP OF THE LAYER AND NO. 2 OF THE GUN CREW OF A 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION 25-POUNDER NO. 2 CLOSES THE BREECH.
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-07-29. A 25-POUNDER GUN CREW OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN ACTION. NO. 1 RAMS HOME THE SHELL WHILE THE GUN NUMBER IN THE FOREGROUND WAITS TO INSERT THE CHARGE.
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. BRIGADIER A H I GODFREY DSO, MC, ED, COMMANDING 24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, INSPECTS A RUSSIAN M1936 76.2 MM FIELD GUN MOUNTED ON AN SDKFZ 6? TRACTOR AND PART ARMOURED, WHIC
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-07-31. BRIGADIER A.H.I. GODFREY, DSO, MC, ED, COMMANDING 24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE CHATS WITH MAJOR G. THOMAS WHOSE UNIT, THE 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK REGIMENT WAS RE
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-08-01. TAKEN DURING AN ADVANCE BY TROOPS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, THIS PICTURE SHOWS A SIGNALMAN OPERATING A PORTABLE SWITCHBOARD WHILE A LINESMAN REELS OUT MORE CABLE
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-08-01. A BREN GUN CARRIER MOVES FORWARD DURING AN ADVANCE BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN THE TEL-EL-EISA AREA.
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-08-01. PRIVATE L MYERS OF SYDNEY WITH HIS MORTAR IN POSITION DURING AN ADVANCE BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN THE TEL-EL-EISA AREA.
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-07. ON THE NIGHT OF 1942-07-14 TO 1942-07-15, ENEMY VEHICLES APPROACHED POSITIONS OF "A" COMPANY, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION NEAR THE RAILWAY CUTTING. THE TRUCKS WER
TEL-EL-EISA, EGYPT. 1942-07. ON THE NIGHT OF 1942-07-14 TO 1942-07-15, ENEMY VEHICLES APPROACHED POSITIONS OF "A" COMPANY, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION NEAR THE RAILWAY CUTTING. THE TRUCKS WER
TEL-EL-EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-21. CAPTAIN DON BRYANT. MC, OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION. HE WAS BORN IN KAPUNDA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND BEFORE THE WAR LIVED AT GLENELG. HE WAS A CLERK IN CIVI
TEL-EL-EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-21. VX33872 SERGEANT E.J. HEWITT, MM, OF THE 2/24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION. HE RECEIVED HIS AWARD FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND LEADERSHIP AT TEL-EL-EISA RIDGE, ON 1
TEL-EL-EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-21. SX7429 CORPORAL J. HINSON, DCM, OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION. HE RECEIVED HIS AWARD FOR CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY AT TEL-EL-EISA RIDGE, ON 1942-07-10.
TEL-EL-EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-21. SX6842 PRIVATE D. FRANKLIN, MM, OF THE 2/43RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION IS 24 YEARS OLD AND COMES FROM NORTON- SUMMIT. HE WAS A BUTCHER BEFORE THE WAR. HE RECEIVED
TEL-EL-EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-21. A GUARD AT THE ALAMEIN "BOX" CONGRATULATES PRIVATE D. FRANKLIN, MM, OF THE 2/43RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ON HIS DECORATION.
TEL-EL-EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-21. VISIT OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY CB, DSO, COMMANDING EIGHTH ARMY, TO THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN THEIR FORWARD POSITIONS. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL MONTGOMERY IS
Tel El Eisa, Egypt. 1942-08-21. Lieutenant General B.L. Montgomery, CB DSO, Commanding the Eighth British Army, photographed in a happy mood during a visit to the forward positions of the 9th Australi
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-08-21. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY, CB, DSO, COMMANDING EIGHTH ARMY (WEARING AUSTRALIAN SLOUCH HAT) WITH LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED, COMM
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-08-21. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY, CB, DSO, (CENTRE) COMMANDING EIGHTH ARMY IS HERE SEEN TALKING WITH OFFICERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION DURING HIS VISIT TO THE D
TEL-EL-EISA. EGYPT. 1942-08-21. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY, CB, DSO, COMMANDING EIGHTH ARMY, (BACK TO CAMERA, LEFT) TALKING TO OFFICERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION DURING HIS VISIT TO THE D
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09-01. SERGEANT J. SHIRRA, OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, FROM LARBERT, SCOTLAND, ONE OF THE CREW OF SIX OF A BRITISH BOMBER SHOT DOWN 17 MILES WEST OF TOBRUK. AFTER AN ADVENTUROU
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09-01. SERGEANT A.L. JONES, OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, FROM HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, ONE OF THE CREW OF SIX OF A BRITISH BOMBER SHOT DOWN 17 MILES WEST OF TOBRUK. BEING UNINJUR
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09-01. FLIGHT SERGEANT R. WARWICK, OF THE RAAF FROM ADELAIDE, SA, ONE OF THE CREW OF SIX OF A BRITISH BOMBER SHOT DOWN SEVENTEEN MILES WEST OF TOBRUK. BEING UNINJURED, THEY
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09-01. WHILE ON A BOMBING RAID OVER TOBRUK, A BRITISH BOMBER WAS SHOT DOWN 17 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN. THE CREW OF SIX WERE UNINJURED AND DECIDED TO TRY TO GET BACK TO OUR L
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09. TROOPS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN A DUGOUT THEY HAVE CONSTRUCTED IN THEIR POSITIONS ON THE NORTHERN FLANK OF THE BATTLE AREA, AS PROTECTION AGAINST SHELL AND BOM
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ARE SO KEEN ON CRICKET THAT THEY EVEN FIND IT POSSIBLE TO PLAY IN THE DESERT. HERE ARE MEN OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION HAVING A GAME IN THE EL ALAM
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ARE SO KEEN ON CRICKET THAT THEY EVEN FIND IT POSSIBLE TO PLAY IN THE DESERT. HERE WE HAVE A CLOSE UP OF A KEEN SLIP FIELDSMAN HAVING A GAME WHILE SER
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09-10. 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION TROOPS ARE HOLDING THE NORTHERN SECTOR NEAR EL ALAMEIN. ON A RECENT SUNDAY SOME OF THEM DRAGGED A CAPTURED ITALIAN BREDA 47 MM ANTI-TANK GUN
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT, 1942-09-10. 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION TROOPS ARE HOLDING THE NORTHERN SECTOR NEAR EL ALAMEIN. ON A RECENT SUNDAY SOME OF THEM DRAGGED A CAPTURED ITALIAN BREDA 47 MM ANTI-TANK GUN
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09-10. 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION TROOPS ARE HOLDING THE NORTHERN SECTOR NEAR EL ALAMEIN. ON A RECENT SUNDAY SOME OF THEM DRAGGED A CAPTURED ITALIAN BREDA 47 MM ANTI-TANK GUN
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09-10. MEN OF THE 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION SERVING WITH THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION ON THE NORTHERN SECTOR OF THE WESTERN DESERT FRONT FIRING A CAPTURED ITALIAN B
WESTERN DESERT. EGYPT. 1942-09-10. AN AUSTRALIAN Y.M.C.A. SHACK SET UP ON THE BEACH IN THE EL ALAMEIN SECTOR TO PROVIDE REFRESHMENTS FREE OF CHARGE TO TROOPS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION WHO SPEND A
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-10-10. THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AUSTRALIAN Y.M.C.A. POURS A MUG OF TEA FOR A SOLDIER OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION ON THE BEACH NEAR EL ALAMEIN. THE Y.M.C.A. 'SHACK' IS S
WESTERN DESERT. EGYPT. 1942-09-10. COMING IN ON THE WAVES MAY NOT BE AS GOOD NEAR EL ALAMEIN AS IT IS AT BONDI, BUT AT LEAST THE SEA IS REFRESHING AFTER WEEKS IN THE FORWARD POSITION IN THE DESERT. TH
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09-10. TROOPS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION SERVING IN THE FORWARD POSTS OF THE EL ALAMEIN SECTOR ARE PERIODICALLY SPELLED FROM DUTY FOR A FEW HOURS RELAXATION AT THE NEAR
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09-10. THIS SOLDIER OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, SPENDING A FEW HOURS AT THE BEACH IN ORGANISED RELAXATION, DECIDES TO WRITE HOME BUT WONDERS WHAT TO SAY NEXT.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09. PERHAPS NOT ENOUGH IS HEARD ABOUT THE BOFORS GUNNERS WHO KEEP CONSTANT WATCH AT ALL TIMES FOR ENEMY AIRCRAFT. THESE MEN ARE EQUIPPED WITH GOOD SUN GLASSES TO HELP THEM
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09. PERHAPS NOT ENOUGH IS HEARD ABOUT THE BOFORS GUNNERS WHO KEEP CONSTANT WATCH AT ALL TIMES FOR ENEMY AIRCRAFT. THESE MEN ARE EQUIPPED WITH GOOD SUN GLASSES TO HELP THEM
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09. THE GERMANS ENTERED THE LAST BATTLE FULLY PREPARED FOR FATAL CASUALTIES. EVEN DURING THE FEW DAYS THAT ENEMY TROOPS WERE INSIDE OUR MINEFIELDS, THEY BURIED SOME OF THEI
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09. IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT ROMMEL INTENDED REACHING AT LEAST ALEXANDRIA IN HIS LAST PUSH. MANY OF THE ENEMY VEHICLES WHICH WERE KNOCKED OUT BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09. IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT ROMMEL INTENDED REACHING AT LEAST ALEXANDRIA IN HIS LAST PUSH. MANY OF THE ENEMY VEHICLES WHICH WERE KNOCKED OUT BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-09. FLIES ARE ONE OF THE GREATEST CURSES OF THE DESERT. JUDGING BY THE EXPRESSION OF THE MAN, WHO IS SERVING WITH THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION NEAR EL ALAMEIN, AT LEAST A FE
An M3 Grant medium tank of the 22nd Armoured Brigade destroyed in the Battle of Alam el Halfa. The dead member of the crew in the foreground seems to be still trying to reach the vehicle.
Original caption: "A type of the soldiers of the 9th Australian division who have fought so magnificently in the new battle in the Western Desert. They look tough, they act tough and the enemy finds o
EL ALAMEIN SECTOR, EGYPT. 1942-11-03. A TYPE OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION WHO HAVE FOUGHT SO MAGNIFICENTLY IN THE NEW BATTLE IN THE WESTERN DESERT. THEY LOOK TOUGH, THEY ACT TOUGH AN
EL ALAMEIN SECTOR, EGYPT. 1942-11-03. A TYPE OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION WHO HAVE FOUGHT SO MAGNIFICENTLY IN THE NEW BATTLE IN THE WESTERN DESERT. THEY LOOK TOUGH, THEY ACT TOUGH AN
EL ALAMEIN SECTOR, EGYPT. 1942-11-03. A TYPE OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION WHO HAVE FOUGHT SO MAGNIFICENTLY IN THE NEW BATTLE IN THE WESTERN DESERT. THEY LOOK TOUGH, THEY ACT TOUGH AN
Nahr el Kelb, Syria. 1943-01-05. The Australian Railway Construction and Maintenence Group, Royal Australian Engineers, building two bridges over the Dog River on the Beirut to Tripoli railway. One is
PORT TEWFIK, EGYPT. 1943-01. KITS OF THE MEN OF 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, WHO ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK FOR AUSTRALIA, PILED ON TO A LIGHTER TO BE TAKEN OUT TO H.T. "QUEEN MARY" ONE OF THE TROOPSHIPS TO TRAN
PORT TEWFIK, EGYPT. 1943-01. TROOPS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION ON THE HT "QUEEN MARY" BEFORE THEY SAILED FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY HAD NO IDEA THEMSELVES WHERE THEY WERE GOING; THEY THOUGHT IT MI
NEAR KHALDE, LEBANON, 1941-07-11. TROOPS OF THE 2/5TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ADVANCING FROM A SHELTERED POSITION ALONG THE ROAD TO BEIRUT. THE WIRELESS MAST AT KHALDE MAY BE SEEN OVER THE SHOUL
GIARABUB, LIBYA, 1941-03-21. THE FALL OF GIARABUB. AFTER THE WHITE FLAG HAD BEEN HOISTED BY THE ITALIANS, MEN OF THE 2/9TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION RUN UP THEIR OWN FLAG AMID CHEERS.
GIARABUB, LIBYA, 1941-03-21. MOPPING UP AFTER THE CAPTURE OF GIARABUB. MEN OF THE 2/9TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MAKE A SEARCH OF THE CITADEL IN THE EVENT OF ANY ITALIANS LURKING THERE.
EGYPT. 1941-05. DRAMATIC ESCAPE OF THE KING OF THE HELLENES FROM THE GERMANS. AFTER THE GERMANS HAD LANDED THEIR AIR-BORNE FORCES IN CRETE, THE GREEK KING AND HIS ESCORT OF GREEK GENDARMES AND 12 PLAT
PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1941-04. A GROUP OF AUSTRALIANS WHO WON EVERY TROPHY FOR FIELD EVENTS IN RAF AND INTER-SERVICE COMPETITIONS IN THEIR AREA. THEY WERE THE ATHLETIC TEAM OF THE RAAF SUNDERLAND NO 1
ITALY. 1943. A KITTYHAWK SQUADRON OF THE RAAF HAS MOVED INTO A VILLA WHICH WAS ONCE OCCUPIED BY BRUNO MUSSOLINI, SON OF THE ITALIAN DICTATOR. BRUNO WAS THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF AN ITALIAN BOMBING SQU
ITALY, 1943. ITALIAN SOLDIERS HELP THE GROUND CREW OF AN AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON TO LOAD A FUEL BOWSER ON AN ITALIAN AIRFIELD, NOW BEING USED BY ALLIED SQUADRONS.
ITALY. 1943. PADRE SQUADRON LEADER R.E. DAVIES, OF NEWCASTLE, NSW, CONDUCTS A CHURCH SERVICE FOR MEN OF THE RAAF, ON THE EDGE OF AN ITALIAN AIRFIELD. THE MUSIC FOR THE HYMNS IS PROVIDED BY A PIANO ACC
ITALY. 1943. RIDDLED WITH NEARLY 80 HOLES, RUDDER CONTROL ALMOST SEVERED, A SPITFIRE OF THE RAAF WAS BELLYLANDED BY THE PILOT, WARRANT OFFICER HERBERT HOLTEN, A TWENTY FOUR YEAR OLD AUSTRALIAN FROM ME
AUSTRALIA MEETS FRANCE IN THIS PICTURE OF FLIGHT-SERGEANT FRED WOOD OF ADELAIDE, FRATERNISING WITH THE CHIEF GENDARME IN A NORMANDY VILLAGE. FLIGHT-SERGEANT WOOD IS A FITTER OF THE RAAF, IN CHARGE OF
VISSELHOVEDE, GERMANY. 1945-02-22. A PILOT AND NAVIGATOR, BOTH OF QLD, NOW SERVING WITH A RAAF MOSQUITO SQUADRON, IN THE RAF 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ON THE CONTINENT, HAD A GRAND "PARTY" DURING THE AIR
DAMAGE DONE TO THE IMPORTANT RAILWAY STATION AND JUNCTION OF SOLTAU, NORTH OF HANOVER, BY BOMBS FROM A MOSQUITO AIRCRAFT OF THE RAAF, PILOTED BY PILOT OFFICER G.W. NUNN, OF KILCOY, WITH PILOT OFFICER
MALAYA. 1942. LOCKHEED HUDSON AIRCRAFT OF THE RAAF, IN THE AIR DURING TRAINING IN MALAYA.
MALAYA. 1942. LOCKHEED HUDSON AIRCRAFT OF THE RAAF, IN THE AIR DURING TRAINING IN MALAYA.
MALAYA. 1942. LOCKHEED HUDSON AIRCRAFT OF THE RAAF, IN THE AIR DURING TRAINING IN MALAYA.
NEW YORK, AMERICA, 1949-04-25. THE MEMORIAL PLAQUE OF REMEMBRANCE, PRESENTED AT THE ANZAC GARDEN CEREMONIES STOP THE BRITISH EMPIRE BUILDING, ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NYC., ON ANZAC DAY, 1949. THIS PLAQUE
NEW DELHI, INDIA, 1948-04-25. ANZAC DAY CEREMONY 1948. OFFICIAL GROUP AT THE CEREMONY. BACK ROW:- MR. MCLEAN, (AUSTRALIA), LADY MACKAY, MISS MACKAY. COLONEL ISSACS. (INDIAN ARMY); MR. MORELEY SCOTT, (
NEW DELHI, INDIA. 1948-04-25. MONS. DANIEL LEVY, FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO INDIA (RIGHT) AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL CLAY OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY, LAYING THE FRENCH WREATH AT THE BASE OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLUMN, OU
NEW DELHI, INDIA, 1948-04-25. LEFT TO RIGHT:- SIR TERENCE SHONE, KCMG, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM IN INDIA, NX363 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR IVEN MACKAY, KBE, CMG, DSO, VD, BA, LLD., HIGH CO
NEW DELHI, INDIA, 1948-04-25. THE AUSTRALIAN COLUMN OUTSIDE THE CENTRAL SECRETARIAT, AFTER WREATHS HAD BEEN LAID BY AUSTRALIAN, UNITED KINGDOM, CANADIAN, INDIAN AND FRENCH REPRESENTATIVES AT THE ANZAC
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-11. PORT MORESBY, FORESHORE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM MARINE SECTION, RAAF. SLIPS FOR RAAF LUGGERS IN FOREGROUND.
BEAUFORT, NORTH BORNEO, MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO AT THE SCENE OF THE ACTION WHERE, ON 1945-06-28, WX11519 PRIVATE LESLIE THOMAS STARCEVICH, VC, OF 2/43RD AUSTRA
BEAUFORT, NORTH BORNEO, MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO AT THE SCENE OF THE ACTION WHERE, ON 1945-06-28, WX11519 PRIVATE LESLIE THOMAS STARCEVICH, VC, OF 2/43RD AUSTRA
BEAUFORT, NORTH BORNEO, THE PLAQUE ON THE MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO, AT THE SCENE OF THE ACTION AT BEAUFORT ON 1945-06-28, WHERE WX11519 PRIVATE LESLIE THOMAS ST
OFF WEST COAST OF KOREA, 1951-01. HEAVY ICE ON A TURRET OF HMAS "BATAAN", OFF THE WEST COAST OF KOREA. "BATAAN" IS SERVING WITH THE UNITED NATIONS NAVAL FORCES.
PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY ROYAL DANISH STATE MUSEUM OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT. FIELD UNIFORM, ARMS AND EQUIPMENT OF DANISH INFANTRYMAN, 1949. FRONT AND BACK VIEWS.
PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY ROYAL DANISH STATE MUSEUM OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT. FIELD UNIFORM, ARMS AND EQUIPMENT OF DANISH INFANTRYMAN, 1949. LEFT SIDE AND RIGHT SIDE VIEW.
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. An initial
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. LCT (Landi
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. An unloade
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. Landing cr
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. Staff of
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. The first
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. Rear Admir
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. Landing Sh
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. Landing Sh
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. Troops of
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. Rear Admir
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. NX392 Brig
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. Along the
The 9th Australian Infantry Division, under the command of NX7 Major General George Frederick Wootten CBE DSO ED, in the first Australian amphibious operation since Gallipoli, lands at Lae. Along the
BATH, ENGLAND. 1946. ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIONAL CEMETERY AT BATH, SOMERSET, WHERE OVER 200 MEMBERS OF THE RAAF ARE BURIED.
1947. SALUM WAR CEMETERY, EGYPT. MANY AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN WERE BURIED HERE DURING THE CAMPAIGNS IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1947. FIELD MARSHAL VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, KG, GCB, KCB, CB, DSO., CHIEF OF THE IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF, CONFERRING WITH MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY BOARD, SHOWN, ARE, L
LATAKIA, SYRIA, 1942-04-02. 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION MOBILE BATH UNIT, IN OPERATION IN THE LINES OF THE 2/17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION. CANOPY OF TRAILER IS USED AS A SHOWER RECESS. SIX SHOWER RO
LATTAQUIE, SYRIA, 1942-04-02. THE BOILER TRUCK WITH THIMBLE BOILER AND RUTHERFORD BURNER, OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION MOBILE BATH UNIT, IN OPERATION.
LATTAQUIE, SYRIA, 1942-04-02. THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION MOBILE BATH UNIT IN OPERATION. THE EQUIPMENT OF THIS UNIT ENABLES IT TO USE WATER FROM ALMOST ANY SOURCE REGARDLESS OF THE SALTINESS AND DIRTI
TEL EL EISA, NORTH AFRICA, 1942-07-27. MEMBERS OF THE 2/28TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION SEARCHING FOR MEN OF THE BATTALION WHO WERE MISSING AFTER THE ATTACK ON RUIN RIDGE.
THE CONVERSION OF PRIVATE VEHICLES TO ARMOURED CARS WAS A SCHEME ENVISAGED BY MR. R.V. KIRSCH, A MELBOURNE BUSINESSMAN WHO, IN 1942, PROPOSED THAT PRIVATE MOTORISTS BE INVITED TO CONVERT THEIR CARS, A
SINGAPORE, 1945-09-12. THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND, ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, ACKNOWLEDGES THE CHEERS OF THE CITIZENS OF SINGAPORE, AS HIS CAR MOVES THROUGH THE THICKLY-
SINGAPORE, 1945-09-12. THE JAPANESE PARTY LEAVING THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, SINGAPORE, ON THE 1945-09-12, AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER UNDER WHICH ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN ACCE
SINGAPORE, 1945-09-12. SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND, READING HIS ORDER OF THE DAY TO THE PARADE, FROM THE STEPS OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, SINGAPORE
Singapore. 1945-09-12. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, calling for three cheers from assembled troops at the Municipal Building after General Itagaki
NEW YORK. U.S.A. 1943-06-10. RIGHT HON. H.V. EVATT, K.C., ABOUT TO BROADCAST DURING THE ANNUAL REDEDICATION CEREMONY AT THE ANZAC GARDEN, ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE BUILDING, AT ROCKEFELLER CENTRE, NEW YOR
NEW YORK. U.S.A. 1943-06-10. MISS NOLA LUXFORD, HON. PRESIDENT OF THE ANZAC CLUB, BROADCASTING DURING THE ANNUAL REDEDICATION CEREMONY AT THE ANZAC GARDEN, ON BRITISH EMPIRE BUILDING, AT ROCKEFELLER C
NEW YORK. U.S.A. 1943-06-10. A MEMBER OF THE RAAF, BROADCASTING DURING THE ANNUAL REDEDICATION CEREMONY AT THE ANZAC GARDEN, ON BRITISH EMPIRE BUILDING, AT ROCKEFELLER CENTRE, NEW YORK, U.S.A., ON THE
NEW YORK. U.S.A. 1943-06-10. ACCOMPANIED BY MISS NOLA LUXFORD, HON. PRESIDENT OF THE ANZAC CLUB, MRS F.D. ROOSEVELT, WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A., LEAVES THE ANZAC GARDEN, ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE
NEW YORK, U.S.A. 1944-08-14. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES RECEPTION GROUP, (U.K.) UNDER COMMAND OF BRIGADIER EUGENE GORMAN, MARCHING IN NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A., ON THE 1944-08-14. THE GROUP
New York City, USA. 1944-08-14. Members of the Australian Imperial Forces Reception Group (UK), under the command of Brigadier Eugene Gorman, marching through the city. The Group was en route to Engla
NEW YORK. U.S.A. 1944-08-14. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES RECEPTION GROUP (U.K.) UNDER COMMAND OF BRIGADIER EUGENE GORMAN, MARCHING IN NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A., ON THE 1944-08-14. THE GROUP
NEW YORK. U.S.A. 1944-08-14. OFFICERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES RECEPTION GROUP (U.K.) SALUTE DURING THE PLAYING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, DURING A MARCH THROUGH THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY, U.
'Sandakan-Ranau Death Marches Reward Mission. At the latter end of 1946, a military mission in charge of Major H W S Jackson, representing the Australian Government, and Major R K Dyce, representing t
'Sandakan-Ranau Death Marches Reward Mission. At the latter end of 1946, a military mission in charge of Major H W S Jackson, representing the Australian Government, and Major R K Dyce, representing t
'Sandakan-Ranau Death Marches Reward Mission. At the latter end of 1946, a military mission in charge of Major H W S Jackson, representing the Australian Government, and Major R K Dyce, representing t
'Sandakan-Ranau Death Marches Reward Mission. At the latter end of 1946, a military mission in charge of Major H W S Jackson, representing the Australian Government, and Major R K Dyce, representing t
'Sandakan-Ranau Death Marches Reward Mission. At the latter end of 1946, a military mission in charge of Major H W S Jackson, representing the Australian Government, and Major R K Dyce, representing t
'Sandakan-Ranau Death Marches Reward Mission. At the latter end of 1946, a military mission in charge of Major H W S Jackson, representing the Australian Government, and Major R K Dyce, representing t
'Sandakan-Ranau Death Marches Reward Mission. At the latter end of 1946, a military mission in charge of Major H W S Jackson, representing the Australian Government, and Major R K Dyce, representing t
'Sandakan-Ranau Death Marches Reward Mission. At the latter end of 1946, a military mission in charge of Major H W S Jackson, representing the Australian Government, and Major R K Dyce, representing t
AMBON, DUTCH EAST INDIES. 1960-05. A VIEW OF PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH SECTION IN THE AMBON WAR CEMETERY, WHERE AUSTRALIANS KILLED IN WORLD WAR II WERE BURIED.
Ambon, Netherland East Indies. 1960-05. The grave of VX35406 Private W.T. Doolan, 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion, in the Commonwealth War Cemetery. Private Doolan was killed by the Japanese, on
SS Orama, a 19,000 ton passenger vessel of the Peninsula and Orient line on charter as a troopship, being shelled by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, in the course of which she was abandoned b
A lifeboat loaded with survivors from the SS Orama pulling alongside the German 14,000 ton cruiser Admiral hipper. SS Orama, a 19,000 ton passenger vessel of the Peninsula and Orient line on charter a
On a Carley float the sole survivor of the sinking of Oil Pioneer, an oil tanker owned by the British Oil Shipping Company, approaches the German 14,000-ton cruiser Admiral Hipper. The tanker was sunk
The wrecks of two unidentified German destroyers, possibly Georg Thiele (Z2) and Bernd von Arnim (Z11), which were abandoned and blown up by their crews on 13 April 1940 after they had run out of ammu
The headquarters of Major General Eduard Wohlrat Christian Dietl, the German General Officer Commanding, Narvik. This headquarters, situated about half a mile from the Swedish frontier, was used while
A section of the cemetery containing the graves of unknown German servicemen killed in the Narvik battles
A Swedish train loaded with iron ore moving towards the Narvik waterfront, whence it will be shipped to Germany.
A section of the Narvik port area. Ships in the background are loading Swedish iron ore for delivery to Emden, Germany. The damage to port facilities in the foreground was caused by British naval shel
TRONDHEIM, NORWAY, 1940-07. AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING A SECTION OF THE TOWN AND HARBOUR DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF THE AREA. THE VESSEL ON THE EXTREME RIGHT (TOP) IS THE 10,000 TON GERMAN HEAV
A bombed area of the town of Steinkjer, which was destroyed during fighting with British forces in May 1945.
A section of the coast approaching Steinkjer taken from the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. In the centre left is one of the cruiser’s twin 105mm SK/C33 anti-aircraft mountings. A twin 37mm SK/C3
The German destroyer Z10 Hans Lody, seen from the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, approaching Steinkjer.
The German destroyer Z10 Hans Lody seen under the twin 8-inch guns of Anton turret of the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, as both ships approach Steinkjer.
The German destroyer Z10 Hans Lody, escorting the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, finds it heavy going in the rough waters off Norway.
A VIEW OF THE CITY OF TRONDHEIM TAKEN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON FROM THE SEA APPROACHES.
CUXHAVEN, GERMANY. GERMAN TROOPS MARCHING ON TO THE WHARF PREPARATORY TO EMBARKING ABOARD THE HEAVY CRUISER ADMIRAL HIPPER FOR WESERÜBUNG [EXERCISE WESER], THE GERMAN INVASION OF TRONDHEIM, NORWAY. I
German troops on the wharf at Cuxhaven, preparatory to embarking aboard the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper for the German invasion of Trondheim, Norway, part of Weseruebung.
CUXHAVEN, GERMANY, 1940-04-08. GERMAN TROOPS EMBARKING ABOARD THE 10,000 TON HEAVY CRUISER "ADMIRAL HIPPER" WESERÜBUNG [EXERCISE WESER], THE GERMAN INVASION OF NORWAY.
German troops embarking aboard the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper for the invasion of Trondheim, part of Weserübung [Exercise Weser], the German invasion of Norway.
CUXHAVEN, GERMANY. GERMAN TROOPS DETAILED FOR WESERÜBUNG [EXERCISE WESER], THE INVASION OF NORWAY, LINE UP ON THE DECK OF THE 10,000 TON GERMAN HEAVY CRUISER "ADMIRAL HIPPER" FOR AN INSPECTION BY THEI
German troops preparing to disembark from the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, which carried them from Cuxhaven, Germany, for the invasion of Norway. The tops of the 8-inch gun turrets have been painted
German troops disembarking into small craft from the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper during Weserübung (Exercise Weser), the invasion of Norway.
German troops lined up on the deck of the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, waiting to be ferried to the shore by small craft during Weserübung (Exercise Weser), the invasion of Norway.
German troops on the deck of the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper waiting to be ferried ashore by small craft during Weserübung (Exercise Weser), the invasion of Norway.
A view of the city of Trondheim, taken from the deck of the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper on the day of Weserübung (Exercise Weser), the invasion of Norway.
A Heinkel He115, a twin-engine reconnaissance, torpedo or minelaying floatplane of the Luftwaffe taxiing for a take-off.
A view of Trondheim harbour with a Heinkel He115 twin-engine reconnaissance, torpedo or minelaying floatplane of the Luftwaffe taking off. In the centre left background are two Type 1934A destroyers,
A view of the countryside and approaches of Trondheim taken from a German reconnaissance aircraft.
A VIEW OF A SECTION OF THE CITY AND HARBOUR TAKEN FROM A HIGH HILL BEHIND THE TOWN. THE VESSEL ON THE RIGHT IS THE GERMAN OILER "ALTMARK" WHICH LATER BECAME THE INFAMOUS PRISON SHIP, WHILE THE VESSEL
HMS Glowworm (H92), a 1,345-ton G Class destroyer, manoeuvring for an attack on the 14000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. This action took place some 120 miles west of Trondheim, Norway, when
Heavily hit by 8-inch gunfire and covering herself in a smoke screen, HMS Glowworm (H92), a 1,345-ton G Class destroyer, manoeuvring for an attack on the 14000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper.
Heavily hit by 8-inch gunfire and covering herself in a smoke screen, HMS Glowworm (H92), a 1,345-ton G Class destroyer, manoeuvring for an attack on the 14000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper.
Arado Ar 196 T3+MH, a two-seater reconnaissance float plane carried by the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, coming in to land in the calmer waters of a slick created by tightly turning
Arado Ar 196 T3+MH, a two-seater reconnaissance float plane carried by the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, capsizing after attempting to land in the calmer waters of a slick created by
Arado Ar 196 T3+MH, a two-seater reconnaissance float plane carried by the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, capsizing after attempting to land in the calmer waters of a slick created by
An unidentified British merchant vessel under attack by the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. This vessel was one of convoy SLS64 of nineteen British merchant ships en route to England f
An unidentified British merchant vessel under attack by the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. This vessel was one of convoy SLS64 of nineteen British merchant ships en route to England f
An unidentified British merchant vessel under attack by the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. This vessel was one of convoy SLS64 of nineteen British merchant ships en route to England f
An unidentified British merchant vessel under attack by the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. This vessel was one of convoy SLS64 of nineteen British merchant ships en route to England f
An unidentified British merchant vessel under attack by the 14,000-ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. This vessel was one of convoy SLS64 of nineteen British merchant ships en route to England f
A Type 1934A destroyer, probably seen from the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper.
Seen from the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, the destroyer HMS Glowworm, her bow crushed after ramming the cruiser, on fire and sinking.
Captain Helmuth Heye, captain of the 14,000 ton German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and Officer- in-Command, Trondheim invasion force, Operation Weser (Weserübung).
Aerial view of the countryside surrounding Trondheim, photographed from a German reconnaissance aircraft.
The two German battleships Scharnhorst (1) and Gneisenau (2), seen from the torpedo elevator compartment of the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper during Operation Juno.
The German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper at her anchorage in Lojfjord. Note the anti-torpedo nets along the centre of the anchorage. This camouflage pattern, with small variations, was worn during her
A German Type 1934A destroyer, possibly Z10 Hans Lody, escorting the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper (not in view) through rough seas.
A German soldier in Paris during the occupation checks a souvenir store.
Members of the German Navy gathered beneath the Eiffel Ttower during a conducted tour of the city.
German army personnel taking part in a simple commemoration ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe.
German Navy personnel taking part in a simple commemoration ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe.
KAIRI, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, 1945-05. THE RUGBY TEAM OF THE 2/7TH AUSTRALIAN SURVEY BATTERY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY.
1943-12-23. TRIALS AFTER OVERHAUL. CREWS OF A RAAF RESCUE LAUNCH AT THURSDAY ISLAND, "SEEING HOW SHE HANDLES". RAAF OG522)
DARWIN, N.T. 1942-02. HMAS SWAN, THE MAUNA-LOA AND HMAS WARREGO IN DARWIN HARBOUR.
GRAFTON, NSW. SIR CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH, CENTRE, BESIDE HIS AIRCRAFT, THE SOUTHERN CROSS, AFTER LANDING AT GRAFTON.
AN RAAF WACKETT WOOMERA CA 11 AIRCRAFT PHOTOGRAPHED AT LAVERTON AIRFORCE BASE ABOUT 1944 TO 1945. IN BACKGROUND IS A BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT.
MIDDLE EAST, 1940. GLOSTER GAUNTLETS - MARK II, OF NO 3 SQUADRON, RAAF.
MAJOR-GENERAL R. M. DOWNES, DGMS. 1934-1941. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, MEDICAL, VOL 2, MIDDLE EAST AND FAR EAST, PAGE 15.
MOTOR AMBULANCE CONVOY PERSONNEL EVACUATING WOUNDED AT LEVADIA, GREECE. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, MEDICAL, VOL 2, MIDDLE EAST AND FAR EAST, PAGE 266.
ELASSON, GREECE, C. 1941-04. AUSTRALIAN MEAL PARADE. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL PUBLICATION, AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, MEDICAL, VOLUME 2, MIDDLE EAST AND FAR EAST, PAGE
North Africa. 1942-11. Part of a convoy of ships approaching Algiers for the Allied landing, as seen from an escorting RAN destroyer.
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICERS' CONFERENCE, OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS, LONDON, 1944-03. LEFT TO RIGHT: WING COMMANDER J.D. RUSSELL, SQUADRON LEADER C.E.M. ANDERSON; FLIGHT LIEUTENANT G. ROBERTS; SQUADRON LEAD
RAAF medical rehabilitation group undergoing physical training at No. 2 Convalescent Depot, Jarvis Bay, ACT. Jarvis Bay, ACT and Warburton, Victoria were the two largest rehabilitation Units in Austr
PORTABLE OXYGEN SETS CARRIED IN MITCHELL AIRCRAFT. CONTENTS: PRESSURE GAUGES, CARRYING HANDLES, DEMAND REGULATORS AND LONG LEADS FOR CONNECTION TO MASK ARE VISIBLE. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA I
CONCORD MILITARY HOSPITAL. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, MEDICAL, VOL 2, MIDDLE EAST AND FAR EAST, PAGE 431.
INTERIOR OF AIR AMBULANCE AIRCRAFT, SHOWING 6-LITTER CONFIGURATION, CLEATED FLOOR (FOR TRACTION WITH AIRCRAFT ON GROUND), BACKWARD FACING SEAT FOR AMBULANT PATIENT OR ATTENDANT ON LEFT AND THERMOS FLA
A SPOTTING PLANE DIRECTS A RESCUE BOAT TO THE SCENE OF AN AIRCRAFT CRASH ON THE LALOKI RIVER, 1943-12. DRAWN BY WAR ARTIST ROY HODGKINSON AND PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, MEDICAL, VOL
GAZA. THE 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, WITH CAMELS PASSING BY ALONG THE ROAD IN FRONT.
EVACUATION FROM CRETE ON S.S. LOSSIEBANK. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, MEDICAL, VOL 2, MIDDLE EAST AND FAR EAST, PAGE 294.
AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSES ON A PICNIC IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, MEDICAL, VOL 4, MEDICAL SERVICES OF THE RAN AND RAAF, PAGE 462.
WOUNDED BEING TAKEN ABOARD THE HOSPITAL SHIP WANGANELLA AT BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, MEDICAL, VOL 4, MEDICAL SERVICES OF THE RAN AND RAAF, PAGE 495.
THE HOSPITAL SHIP ORANJE, OUTWARD BOUND FROM FREMANTLE, 1941-08. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR 1939-45, MEDICAL, VOL 4, MEDICAL SERVICES OF THE RAN AND RAAF, PAGE 494.
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT. 1975-10-15. MR N.J. FLANAGAN, DIRECTOR, AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL (2) AND MR A.J. SWEETING, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL (1) WITH THE HON MR ALEGAN
MANIPULATIONS WITH CINE-PLASTIC HAND. (SEE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHS 043666, 043667, 043668 AND 043669). AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, MEDICAL, VOL 1, CLINICAL PROBLEMS OF THE WAR, PAGE 497.
MANIPULATIONS WITH CINE-PLASTIC HAND. (SEE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHS 043665, 043667, 043668 AND 043669). AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, MEDICAL VOL 1, CLINICAL PROBLEMS OF THE WAR, PAGE 497.
GUNSHOT WOUND WITH EXTENSIVE LOSS OF MANDIBLE AND CHIN, REQUIRING PLASTIC REPAIR, SOFT TISSUE REPAIR AND BONE GRAFT IN JAW.
GUNSHOT WOUND WITH EXTENSIVE LOSS OF MANDIBLE AND CHIN, REQUIRING PLASTIC REPAIR, SOFT TISSUE REPAIR AND BONE GRAFT IN JAW.
EXAMPLE OF FUNCTIONAL RESULT AFTER TREATMENT OF EXTENSIVE TISSUE LOSS. THERE IS NO SCAR EMBARRASSMENT SUPER ADDED TO THE INITIAL MUSCLE LOSS. (SEE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHS 43654, 43670, 43678 AND 43679). PHOT
EXAMPLE OF FUNCTIONAL RESULT AFTER TREATMENT OF EXTENSIVE TISSUE LOSS. THERE IS NO SCAR EMBARRASSMENT SUPER ADDED TO THE INITIAL MUSCLE LOSS. (SEE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHS 43654, 43670, 43677 AND 43679). PHOT
ATTACK ON ENEMY U-BOAT, BY 10 SQUADRON, RAAF, 1943-05-31, SHOWING A HALIFAX AIRCRAFT DIVING ON CRIPPLED U-BOAT.
ATTACK ON ENEMY U-BOAT, BY 10 SQUADRON, RAAF, 1943-05-07, SHOWING U-BOAT MAKING COMPLETE TIGHT CIRCLES TO STARBOARD AFTER SECOND ATTACK.
ATTACK ON ENEMY U-BOAT, BY 10 SQUADRON, RAAF, 1943-05-02, SHOWING FOUR D.C.'S WHICH OVERSHOT EXPLODING IN THE FIRST ATTACK.
PORTUGUESE TIMOR, 1942-09-23. HMAS VOYAGER, RUN AGROUND AT BETANO.
KOREAN THEATRE OF WAR, EARLY 1950'S. VICE-ADMIRAL SIR JOHN COLLINS (2) WITH COMMANDER WARWICK SEYMOUR BRACEGIRDLE (3) AND A UNITED STATES OFFICER (4) ON BOARD HMAS BATAAN.
KOREAN THEATRE OF WAR, EARLY 1950'S. VICE-ADMIRAL SIR JOHN COLLINS (2) AUTOGRAPHING A UNITED NATIONS FLAG ABOARD HMAS BATAAN. A UNITED STATES OFFICER (1) LOOKS ON.
KOREAN THEATRE OF WAR, EARLY 1950'S. VICE-ADMIRAL SIR JOHN COLLINS (2) AND COMMANDER WARWICK SEYMOUR BRACEGIRDLE SALUTING AS THEY LEAVE HMAS BATAAN.
KOREAN THEATRE OF WAR, EARLY 1950'S. VICE-ADMIRAL SIR JOHN COLLINS (2) GREETING A NAVAL OFFICER (1) (UNIDENTIFIED) ABOARD HMAS BATAAN.
Japan. c. 1954. Rear Admiral A. K. Scott-Moncrieff RN, Second in Command Far East Station and Commander West Coast Blockade Force (right) being farewelled by the Commanding Officer of HMAS Warramunga,
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1976. AERIAL VIEW OF HIROSHIMA REBUILT - 21 YEARS AFTER THE DROPPING OF THE ATOM BOMB. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY HIS EXCELLENCY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE OF HIROSH
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY HIS EXCELLENCY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF T
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, THE REMAINS OF A CHURCH IN A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, G
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1945. THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA ON 1945-08-06. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE BOMB DAMAGED RUINS. (PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY MR HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, GOVERNOR OF THE PREFECTURE O
HMAS SYDNEY LEAVING SYDNEY HARBOUR FOR THE LAST TIME, 1975-12.
THE SECOND RADAR SET BUILT BY DIVISION OF RADIO PHYSICS, CSIRO DURING WORLD WAR 2 IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. DONATED TO AWM PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION BY CSIRO, 1976-09-30.
HMAS CANBERRA (PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE PERSONAL EFFECTS OF CAPTAIN F. E. GETTING WHO WAS IN COMMAND WHEN THE CANBERRA WAS SUNK IN 1942-08. CAPTAIN GETTING DIED OF WOUNDS 1942-08-09. (DONOR MR D. ALSTON).
TARAKAN, BORNEO. LT-COL W.V. RUSSELL, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL CORPS AND CDR. A.E. RICHARDS, USNR AT BEACH ROAD, TARAKAN, 1945. CDR RICHARDS WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE UNITED STATES HOSPITAL SHIP HOPE (AH
WEWAK AREA. NEW GUINEA. THE SALVATION ARMY JEEP USED TO PROVIDE REFRESHMENTS TO TROOPS DURING THE ATTACK ON WEWAK. DONATED BY MAJOR D.W. CHRISTIAN, SALVATION ARMY.
THIS SIMPLE CROSS MARKS THE RESTING PLACE OF DAMIEN PARER - A LEGEND IN HIS TIME.
THIS IS AMONGST THE LAST PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OF ACE AUSTRALIAN CAMERAMAN DAMIEN PARER - THEY SHOW HIM INTRODUCING A COUPLE OF MARINES TO THE 'DELIGHTS OF BILLY TEA'.
THIS IS AMONGST THE LAST PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OF ACE AUSTRALIAN CAMERAMAN DAMIEN PARER - THEY SHOW HIM INTRODUCING A COUPLE OF MARINES TO THE 'DELIGHTS OF BILLY TEA'.
THREE PROMINENT WAR CORRESPONDENT/PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO COVERED AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN THE PACIFIC. L-R (STANDING) ALAN ANDERSON AND JIM FITZPATRICK, SITTING DAMIEN PARER. PARER WHO HAD SERVED WITH ANDERSON
KOREA - 1952 - AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTER CORRESPONDENT NORMAN MACSWAN (LEFT) WITH GENERAL JAMES CASSELS, COMMANDER OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIVISION, AND DAILY MAIL (LONDON) CORRESPONDENT NOEL MON
With U.S. 3rd Army outside Metz, France. L-R. David McNicoll of Australian Consolidated Press, (Daily & Sunday Telegraphs, London Evening Standard and Melbourne Argus). Joe Driscoll – New York Herald
NOEL MONKS WAS ALREADY A VETERAN OF MANY WARS WHEN HE REPORTED FROM KOREA. HE HAD COVERED THE ABYSSINIAN CAMPAIGN, THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FOR FLEET STREET PAPERS. THE AUSTRALI
KOKODA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. INFORMAL PORTRAIT OF TOM FAIRHALL, SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH, TAKEN IN A RUBBER PLANTATION AT KOKODA DURING THE BUNA CAMPAIGN. HE IS TYPING ON HIS TYPEWRITER.
AUSTRALIAN CORRESPONDENTS (FROM LEFT, FRONT) RONALD MONSON OF THE SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH, HARRY GORDON OF THE MELBOURNE SUN NEWS-PICTORIAL, AND LAWSON GLASSOP OF THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, AND PHOTOGR
LIBYA 1942. GUY HARRIOTT (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD) EXAMINES A GERMAN PLANE WHICH HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN.
Harry Gordon, war correspondent for Melbourne’s Sun News-Pictorial newspaper, talks to Korean villagers.
AUSTRALIAN WAR CORRESPONDENTS LAWSON GLASSOP (LEFT) OF THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, RONALD MONSON (CENTRE) OF THE SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH AND HARRY GORDON OF THE MELBOURNE SUN NEWS-PICTORIAL, ON THE CHON
ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION OF PORTABLE RECORDING EQUIPMENT USED DURING THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN. THIS RECORDING GEAR WENT THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGNS, AS WELL AS GREECE AND SYRIA BEFORE GOI
C. 1942. PORTRAIT OF MISS GRACE WILSON, MATRON-IN-CHIEF OF ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING CORPS.
Cowra, NSW. View of the site of the former No. 12 Prisoner of War Detention Camp located a short distance north of the township which can be seen in the background. On the left are the ruins of one of
Tokyo, Japan. c. 1952. The Ginza Beer Hall, which was a popular attraction for servicemen on Rest and Recreation leave from duty in Korea.
VIEW OF THE BEACH FROM THE BALCONY OF THE FORMER FRENCH VILLA IN VUNG TAU WHICH WAS USED AS A LEAVE CENTRE IN VIETNAM IN 1965.
THE KRAIT, THE VESSEL WHICH CARRIED THE MEN OF Z SPECIAL UNIT ON OPERATION JAYWICK, THE SUCCESSFUL RAID ON SINGAPORE HARBOUR ON THE NIGHT OF 1943-09-26.
1945-08-20, WHITE CLOUD AIRFIELD, CANTON. AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE AIR GROUND AIR SERVICE HUMANITARIAN MISSION AND BRITISH MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH ARMY AID GROUP AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER. BRITISH PE
1945-08-20. WHITE CLOUD AIRFIELD, CANTON. JAPANESE SOLDIERS WITH AN USAAF 14TH AIR FORCE DOUGLAS C47 AIRCRAFT IN THE BACKGROUND.
1945-08-20. WHITE CLOUD AIRFIELD, CANTON. SOME MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN AIR GROUND AIR SERVICE HUMANITARIAN MISSION WATCHED BY JAPANESE SOLDIERS BEFORE SURRENDER DISCUSSIONS BEGAN.
1945-08-20. WHITE CLOUD AIRFIELD, CANTON. SENIOR JAPANESE OFFICERS WATCHED BY BRITISH AND AMERICAN SERVICE PERSONNEL BEFORE THE START OF SURRENDER DISCUSSIONS.
1945-08. COLONEL L.T. RIDE, COMMANDANT OF THE BRITISH ARMY AID GROUP, WITH AN AMERICAN SERVICEMAN, EN ROUTE BY AIR TO CANTON FOR SURRENDER DISCUSSIONS WITH JAPANESE TROOPS. THE DISCUSSIONS WERE TO REL
1945-08. COPY OF A LEAFLET AIR DROPPED TO ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR IN CERTAIN AREAS OF CHINA AFTER THE JAPANESE HAD ACCEPTED ALLIED PEACE TERMS. SEE ALSO 044225.
1945. COPY OF A LEAFLET AIR DROPPED TO ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR IN CERTAIN AREAS OF CHINA BEFORE THE JAPANESE CAPITULATION.
COPY OF A LETTER FROM ALLIED GARRISON HEADQUARTERS AUTHORIZING A CHINESE NATIONALIST OFFICER TO REPORT ON DEMOLITIONS BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE BRITISH ARMY AID GROUP TO DELAY THE JAPANESE ADVANCE ON K
THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE LEAFLET PICTURED ON 044222 WITH THE SAME MESSAGE PRINTED HERE IN CHINESE.
1985-08-14.COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN CHINA TO JAPANESE COMMANDERS AND OFFICIALS SETTING OUT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALLIED PRISONERS OF WA
1945-08-16. COPY OF AN US ARMY LEAFLET TO JAPANESE COMMANDERS OF DESIGNATED AIRFIELDS IN CHINA SEEKING APPROVAL FOR AIRCRAFT TO LAND TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR FOR HUMANITARIAN
1942-11-07. COPY OF A MESSAGE FROM SIR VANDALEUR GRAYBURN, CHIEF MANAGER OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, TO MAJOR J.D. CLAGUE, OFFICER COMMANDING, BRITISH ARMY AID GROUP, WAICHOW.
1942-06-16. COPY OF A LETTER FROM SIR ARCHIBALD WAVELL, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN INDIA, CONGRATULATING LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.T. RIDE ON HIS ESCAPE, IN 1942-01, FROM A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP.
COPY OF A CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO COLONEL L.T. RIDE, COMMANDANT OF THE BRITISH ARMY AID GROUP, BY THE NATIONALIST CHINESE AUTHORITIES. BRITISH OFFICERS WERE NOT PERMITTED TO TRAVEL IN CHINA DURING THE W
HMAS AUSTRALIA BEING ATTACKED BY A JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER DURING THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA. A SECOND BOMBER VICTIM OF AUSTRALIA'S BARRAGE IS BURNING ON THE WATER.
BINBROOK, ENGLAND. PILOTS WHO HELPED TO PUT NO. 452 SQUADRON RAAF ON THE MAP. LEFT TO RIGHT: SQUADRON LEADERS 400213 KEITH 'BLUEY' W. TRUSCOTT DFC, COMMANDED 452 SQUADRON 1942; B.E. FINUCANE DSO DFC R
FORT CAPUZZO, LIBYA, 1940-12. AT THE WATER POINT NEAR THE FORT. (DONOTED BY LADY MACKAY).
SERVIA PASS, GREECE, 1941-04-12. THIS AREA LATER SAW INTENSIVE GERMAN BOMBING. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
FORT CAPUZZO, LIBYA, 1941-12/01. THE COURT YARD. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
BARDIA, LIBYA, 1941-01. MAIN STREET. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
A dead Italian soldier lies behind the stone wall of an Italian defence position outside Bardia. Engineers removed mines from around these positions the nught before the attack.
TOCRA, LIBYA, 1941-03. CHURCH PARADE OF 2/11 BN. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
MELBOURNE, 1942-03-28. THE 6 DIVISION RETURNS. AT THE MARCH OF 17TH BDE (L TO R) GEN SIR T. BLAMEY, SIR WINSTON DUGAN, MR DUNSTAN, MAJ-GEN CANNAN, MAJOR TODD, LT-GEN MACKAY, MAJ-GEN STANTKE, MAJ-GEN B
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, 1941-04-01. 6 DIVISION TROOPS EMBARKING FOR GREECE. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
SYRIA, 1941-08. LT-GEN SIR IVEN MACKAY FAREWELLING TROOPS OF THE 6 DIVISION BEFORE LEAVING FOR AUSTRALIA TO TAKE UP APPOINTMENT GOC HOME FORCES. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
ROCKHAMPTON, FEB-MAR 1942. LET-GEN SIR I. MACKAY AND MAJ-GEN HORACE H. FULLER, CG 41 US DIVISION AT OLD HQ 41 DIVISION. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
WAU, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. NEAR CRYSTAL CREEK. LEFT TO RIGHT: LIEUTENANT COLONEL P. D. S. STARR, BRIGADIER M. J. MOTEN, COMD 17 BRIGADE, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL I. G. MACKAY. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
BARRACA, LIBYA, 1941-02. VISIT OF HON R.G. MENZIES, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA TO 6 DIVISION HQ.
TOCRA, LIBYA, 1941-03. MAIN ENTRANCE TO FORT HQ OF 2/11 BN. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
DERNA,LIBYA. 1941-01-30. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS REMOVING LAND MINES FROM THE OUTER DEFENCES OF DERNA PRIOR TO THE ADVANCE BY THE INFANTRY. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
WAU, NEW GUINEA 1943. A GROUP OF NATIVES ON THE OCCASION OF PRESENTATION OF PRIZES TO NATIVE TROOPS BY LT-GEN SIR IVEN MACKAY. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
DERNA, LIBYA, 1941-01. BRITISH MEDIUM ARTILLERY READY FOR THE ATTACK. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
BARDIA, LIBYA, 1941-01. GUNNERS OF 2/1 FD REGIMENT IN POSSIE BESIDE GUN. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, 1941-04-01. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS EN ROUTE TO GREECE. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
IKINGI MARYUT AREA, 1941-02. COLONEL F.H. BERRYMAN (G.I.), BRIGADIER S.G. SAVIGE (17 BDE), COL G.A. VASEY, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR IVEN MACKAY, BRIG. H.C.H
Officers at the Headquarters, Second Australian Army, A Branch mess. Left to Right: Rear Admiral R. Muirhead-Gould; Lieutenant General Sir Iven MacKay; Air Commodore Somers; Brigadier (Brig) Ralph Car
WAU, NEW GUINEA, 1944-09/10. (LEFT TO RIGHT); LT -COL G.A. BERTRAM G (OPERATIONS) NGF LT-COL ANDERSON, HQ ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY NGF, LT-GEN I. MACKAY, BRIG M.J. MOTEN, COMD KANGA FORCE. (DONATED
JAPANESE STAFF OFFICER ON BOARD HMS GLORY DURING THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES AT RABAUL, 1945-09-06.
GENERAL STURDEE DISCUSSES JAPANESE TROOP DISPOSITIONS WITH GENERAL IMAMURA AND VICE-ADMIRAL KUSAKA AFTER THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES AT RABAUL ON BOARD HMS GLORY, 1945-09-06.
FIREFLY AIRCRAFT PREPARE FOR TAKEOFF FROM HMAS SYDNEY.
At sea off west coast of Korea. c. 1951. A Fairey Firefly aircraft of a Fleet Air Arm squadron embarked on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Glory on final approach for landing during operations in
At sea. c. 1951. The aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney, the third ship of the name in the Royal Australian Navy and the first carrier to become flagship of the Australian Fleet. On the forward deck are Haw
AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ARRIVE IN JAPAN. LEFT TO RIGHT LT-GEN SIR HORACE ROBERTSON; MR L. C. HAYLEN, NHR; HON SIR JOSIAH FRANCIS, MINISTER FOR THE ARMY AND NAVY AND COL. FOSTER, NEW ZEALAND ARMY.
GENERAL MACARTHUR REVIEWS THE INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE, TOKYO.
JAPAN, TOKYO. 1947-07-28. THE ARRIVAL OF DR EVATT. LEFT TO RIGHT DR EVATT; GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND LT-GENERAL SIR HORACE ROBERTSON.
Australia. c. 1979. Four boys receiving instruction in archery during the International Year of the Child.
Australia. c. 1979. Five girls taking part in a ceremony during the International Year of the Child.
AUSTRALIA. ARMY WATER CRAFT TRAINEES ABOARD AUSTRALIAN ARMY VESSEL AK173 NAMED PHYLLIS.
MOUNT MARTHA, VICTORIA. MOCK-UP USED FOR AUSTRALIAN ARMY WATER CRAFT TRAINING AT THE MOUNT MARTHA CAMPSITE.
AUSTRALIA. CAPTAIN MURRAY RELEASING A CARRIER PIGEON FROM AUSTRALIAN ARMY VESSEL AT1434.
MELBOURNE, 1955. ADMIRAL A.W. RADFORD, CHIEF US GUEST, TAKES THE SALUTE AT THE CORAL SEA ANNIVERSARY MARCH. THE UNIFORMED OFFICERS TO HIS LEFT ARE LIEUTENANT GENERAL S.F. ROWELL AND ADMIRAL SIR JOHN C
CANBERRA, CIRCA 1955. LIEUTENANT GENERAL S.F. ROWELL AND MR J. FRANCIS, MINISTER FOR THE ARMY, AFTER A DUNTROON GRADUATION PARADE.
ENGLAND, LARKHILL, SCHOOL OF ARTILLERY, 1952. COMMONWEALTH ARMY CHIEFS OF STAFF AT THE CHIEF OF THE IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF EXERCISE. FROM THE LEFT ARE- GENERAL AYUB KHAN (PAKISTAN), GENERAL G.G. SIMON
CANBERRA, 1954. MR J. FRANCIS (MINISTER FOR THE ARMY) WITH LIEUTENANT GENERAL S.F. ROWELL.
CANBERRA, 1954-02. AT AN ARMED SERVICES PARADE FOR THE QUEEN WERE FIELD MARSHAL SIR WILLIAM SLIM, LIEUTENANT GENERAL S.F. ROWELL, VICE ADMIRAL SIR JOHN COLLINS AND AIR MARSHAL SIR JOHN McCAULEY.
COBB FORCE. 1942-07 TO 1942-09. MANPOWER HELPS HORSEPOWER. MEN TOWING A MILITARY VEHICLE WHICH HAS BEEN BOGGED.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROBABLY NORTHERN PROVINCE, LATE 1942 OR EARLY 1943. TRADITIONAL TRIBAL TATTOOS. (PHOTOS LENT FOR COPYING BY HANK NELSON, A.N.U. PHOTOGRAPH OBTAINED FROM MR K.I.P. PORTEOUS, SYDNEY.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF THE PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION. (PHOTO LENT BY HANK NELSON: A.N.U.)
GEN. W. C. WESTMORELAND, COMMANDER U.S. FORCES IN VIETNAM, PRESENTS THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION TO THE ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (ARVN) 37TH RANGER EN AT NOI AN.
MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES FROM FREE-WORLD COUNTRIES PREPARE TO CUT A TAPE SYMBOLISING THE OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY ASSISTANCE BUILDING IN SAIGON.
THE PLIGHT OF CIVILIANS DURING A VIET CONG ATTACK ON A U.S. MILITARY CONVOY NEAR SAIGON.
U.S. NAVY CAPTAIN PAUL TOLAND (SEATED) PADRE TO THE U.S. MARINE UNITS AT DA NANG, HEARS A CONFESSION.
SOUTH VIETNAMESE RANGERS LEAD A GROUP OF CIVILIANS TO SAFETY UNDER FIRE FROM VIET CONG.
A villager sits among the ashes of his devastated hamlet. Song Be, Vietnam.
DERAILED TRAINS OCCURRED FREQUENTLY AS GUERRILLAS SABOTAGED THE COUNTRYSIDE.
THIS VIETNAMESE CITIZEN WAS PREVENTED FROM VOTING - HE WAS SEVERELY INJURED BY VIET CONG BOMB EXPLODING NEAR THE POLLING PLACE AT PHU LAM HAMLET.
SOUTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS TAKE A BREAK FOLLOWING HEAVY FIGHTING IN THE TAN SON NHUT AREA NEAR SAIGON AIRPORT.
MEN OF C BATTERY, 12 ARTILLERY EN, THIRD REGIMENT OF THE FIRST AR VN INFANTRY DIVISION FIRE THEIR 105MM M101 HOWITZER ATOP LANDING ZONE GERONIMO, THE THIRD'S ADVANCE COMBAT BASE IN THUA THIEN PROVINCE
AN UNITED STATES SERVICE HELICOPTER OPERATING OFF THE COAST OF VIETNAM.
U.S. ARMY HELICOPTER ALIGHTS ON A DETACHABLE LANDING PLATFORM INSTALLED ATOP A U.S. NAVY ARMOURED TROOP CARRIER OPERATING IN THE MEKONG DELTA.
An Australian M113A1 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) fitted with a British Saladin turret.
CAIRNS - FALSE CAPE, 1943. AERIAL PHOTOS SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AND CAMOUFLAGE OF COAST DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS.
CAIRNS - FALSE CAPE, 1943. AERIAL PHOTOS SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AND CAMOUFLAGE OF COAST DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS.
CAIRNS - FALSE CAPE, 1943. AERIAL PHOTOS SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AND CAMOUFLAGE OF COAST DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS.
CAIRNS - FALSE CAPE, 1943. AERIAL PHOTOS SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AND CAMOUFLAGE OF COAST DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS.
CAIRNS - FALSE CAPE, 1943. AERIAL PHOTOS SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AND CAMOUFLAGE OF COAST DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS.
CAIRNS - FALSE CAPE, 1943. AERIAL PHOTOS SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AND CAMOUFLAGE OF COAST DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS.
CAIRNS - FALSE CAPE, 1943. AERIAL PHOTOS SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AND CAMOUFLAGE OF COAST DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS.
CAIRNS - FALSE CAPE, 1943. AERIAL PHOTOS SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AND CAMOUFLAGE OF COAST DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS.
CAIRNS - FALSE CAPE, 1943. AERIAL PHOTOS SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AND CAMOUFLAGE OF COAST DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS.
CAIRNS - FALSE CAPE, 1943. AERIAL PHOTOS SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AND CAMOUFLAGE OF COAST DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS.
CAIRNS - FALSE CAPE, 1943. AERIAL PHOTOS SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AND CAMOUFLAGE OF COAST DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS.
CLOSE-UP OF A RAAF HAWKER DEMON HIGHLIGHTING THE TWO CREW STATIONS.
SERIES OF PANORAMA PHOTOGRAPHS OF HONG KONG TAKEN BY CAPTAIN D.R. HOLMES FROM LION ROCK BEHIND KAI TAK AIRFIELD DURING A BAAG RECONNAISSANCE MISSION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN 1942-09. HOLMES USED A CA
Major Stuart Paul "Bill" Weir, Officer Commanding the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, shakes hands with President Syngman Rhee of South Korea (second from left) following the arrival of
FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT HAROLD F. CONNELY D.F.C., D.F.M. WHO ENLISTED IN THE RAAF IN 1940. HE SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR IN NO'S 97 AND 207 (BOMBER) SQUADRONS RAF AND WAS TWICE DECORATED. CONNELY'S
KOREA, 1951-09. HILL 317 (MARYANG SAN) CAPTURED BY 3RD BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT, (3RAR), DURING OPERATION COMMANDO.
KOREA, 1951-09. HILL 355 CAPTURED BY 28 BRIGADE DURING OPERATION COMMANDO. IN MARCH 1952 "A" COMPANY, 3RD BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (3RAR), WAS IN POSITION ON THE LEFT.
KOREA, C. 1951. LOOKING TOWARDS THE CHINESE LINES FROM A 3RD BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT, (3RAR), OBSERVATION POST.
USS HOUSTON. (PRESENTED BY THE USS HOUSTON SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION 419/107/13).
The ship's bell from the United States Navy light cruiser, USS Houston. The USS Houston and HMAS Perth were both sunk in a night action in the early hours of 1 March 1942 when they encountered the Ja
POZIERES, FRANCE. 1935. OUTSIDE THE TOWN IS THE SITE OF A FORMER WINDMILL, WHERE THE 1ST BRIGADE AIF MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED.
Portrait of NX76584 Nursing Sister Ellen Savage, GM, of Quirindi, NSW, only surviving woman of the sinking of the Hospital Ship Centaur, taken some months after the incident.
BRISBANE, QLD. 1943-05. SISTER ELLEN SAVAGE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS), BEING INTERVIEWED AT GREENSLOPES ARMY HOSPITAL ABOUT 7 OR 10 DAYS AFTER HER RESCUE FROM THE HOSPITAL SHIP CENTAUR.
NEW GUINEA, 1945. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY TALKING TO SERGEANT PERKINS (EX 2/22ND BATTALION) WITH BRIGADIER R. SANDOVER AND LT COL B.F. DAWSON LOOKING ON. THIS WAS TAKEN AFTER THE RECAPTURE BY 6 BRIG
HMAS SYDNEY IN CONVOY INDIAN OCEAN 1941. (DONATED BY: L. THOMPSON 749/103/28).
HMAS SYDNEY IN CONVOY INDIAN OCEAN 1941. (DONATED BY: L. THOMPSON 749/103/28).
HMAS SYDNEY IN CONVOY INDIAN OCEAN 1941. (DONATED BY: L. THOMPSON 749/103/28).
Indian Ocean. 1941. The SS Aquitania in convoy. (Donor L. Thompson 749/103/28).
LAVERTON, VIC. 1936. NO. 1 AIR OBSERVERS COURSE, 1936-02 TO 1936-07. BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT. SGT. W.H. GOULD, K.L. DALZIEL, W. BOLITHO. FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT. C.H. HARRIS, E.S. BANKS, N. TORRENS-W
GISANAMBA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-11. COLONEL GARLAND, OFFICER IN CHARGE, A COMPANY 2ND NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION, DURING MOPPING UP OPERATIONS AFTER ATTACK ON THE JAPANESE HELD VILLAGE.
W.O. II KEVIN ARTHUR "DASHER" WHEATLEY WHO WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS.
RAF Station Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon, England. 31 May 1940. Copy of the penultimate completed page of the flying log-book of Flight Lieutenant John Napier Bell, a pilot then serving with No. 10 (
Identified are Flying Officer John Napier Bell (right, wearing cap) with his crew members 03431 Corporal William Alfred Bradley (right) and 1724 (later 3929) Arthur Francis Thorley a wireless telegrap
Richmond, NSW. c. 1938. Supermarine Seagull V (Walrus) amphibian aircraft of No. 5 (Fleet Cooperation) Squadron RAAF lined up for inspection on the tarmac in front of the Squadron's hangar at RAAF Bas
At Sea. c. 1939. Supermarine Seagull V (Walrus) amphibian aircraft, serial number A2-7, of No. 9 (Fleet Cooperation) Squadron RAAF embarked on a modified Leander-class cruiser of the RAN shown in flig
Supermarine Seagull V (Walrus) amphibian aircraft, serial number A2-7, of No. 9 (Fleet Cooperation) Squadron RAAF embarked on a modified Leander class cruiser of the RAN being positioned on the catapu
Supermarine Seagull V (Walrus) amphibian aircraft, serial number A2-5, of No. 9 (Fleet Cooperation) Squadron RAAF embarked on a modified Leander class cruiser shown in flight just after being launched
At Sea. c. 1939. Supermarine Seagull V (Walrus) amphibian aircraft, serial number A2-7, of No. 9 (Fleet Cooperation) Squadron RAAF embarked on a modified Leander class cruiser of the RAN shown after r
Aboard HMAS Canberra. c. February 1939. Portrait of Flight Officer John Napier Bell RAAF of No. 9 (Fleet Cooperation) Squadron RAAF embarked on the "County" class cruiser HMAS Canberra of the RAN. Bel
At Sea. c. 1939. Supermarine Seagull V (Walrus) amphibian aircraft, serial no. A2-1, being taxied by Flying Officer John Napier Bell alongside the 'County' Class cruiser HMAS Canberra for retrieval on
AVRO LANCASTER PLAQUE ON DISPLAY IN AIRCRAFT GALLERY.
RICHMOND, NSW., N.D. DE HAVILLAND AUSTRALIA G2 A57-2.
RICHMOND, NSW, 1943-09-29. DE HAVILLAND AUSTRALIA G2.
KATHERINE, 1943-12. 106 ADVANCED DEPOT MEDICAL STORES MAIN STORE, LEFT HAND SIDE LOOKING NORTH.
KATHERINE, NT. 1943-12. PERSONNEL. BACK ROW: LEFT TO RIGHT. CPL M.A. EADES, PTE L.J. COULSTON, DVR J.H. WOLFENDEN, PTE J.V. KELLY, CPL V.W. GRAY. FRONT ROW: STAFF SERGEANT P.O. CANTILLON, CAPT. J.H. L
KATHERINE, 1943-12. INTERIOR MAIN STORE, RIGHT HAND SIDE LOOKING NORTH. STAFF SERGEANT P. CANTILLON IN FOREGROUND.
KATHERINE, 1943-12. 106 ADVANCED DEPOT MEDICAL STORES. LEFT: MAIN STORE; CENTRE: BULK STORE; RIGHT: RECEIPTS & ISSUES STORE.
Bardia, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. 1941. An Italian 47mm anti tank cannon used by the Italian Army in operations in the Western Desert and abandoned after its defeat by Allied forces.
NORTH AFRICA, C. 1943. PANZA BEFEHLWAGGEN CANNONE DA 47/32. - ITALIAN CARRIAGE. COMMONLY KNOWN AS A BEDA.
BALIKPAPAN, 1945-09-08. VICE-ADMIRAL KAMADA SIGNING THE SURRENDER ON BOARD HMAS BURDEKIN.
BALIKPAPAN, 1945-09-08. MAJ-GEN. E.J. MILFORD WITNESSING THE SURRENDER DOCUMENT ON BOARD HMAS BURDEKIN.
BALIKPAPAN, 1945-09-08. VICE-ADMIRAL KAMADA SIGNING THE SURRENDER ON BOARD HMAS BURDEKIN.
WING COMMANDER HENRY GEORGE COOKE, D.F.C. (PORTRAIT) SERVED WITH NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF.
Formal portrait of Mrs Nancy Bird-Walton, formerly Miss Nancy Bird, NSW and Australian Commandant, Women's Air Training Corps (WATC) from 25 July 1942 to 1 November 1944. Prior to this she was preside
Probably WINDSOR, NSW. 1940. MISS NANCY BIRD, AVIATRIX (RIGHT), WITH FLIGHT LIEUTENANT MCKILLOP AND GWEN STARK. MISS BIRD WEARS UNIFORM OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S FLYING CLUB - FORERUNNER OF THE WOMEN
Port side view of MV Krait, a Chinese built diesel engined trawler formerly the property of a Japanese fishing firm in Singapore. During 1942, Krait was commandered and operated by the Services Reconn
GOVERNOR GENERAL LORD CASEY FAMILIARISES HIMSELF WITH SLR DURING VISIT TO GREENHILLS HOLSWORTHY RANGE. MAJOR P. BADCOE IS IN BACKGROUND.
SINGAPORE, N.D. MAJOR P.J. BADCOE (2ND LEFT). OTHER PERSONNEL UNIDENTIFIED.
BF109E OF JG.26 WITH BELLY TANK ATTACHED. NOTATION ON THE REVERSE OF THE ORIGINAL SUGGESTS THAT THIS WAS TAKEN IN NORWAY DURING 1940.
Possibly Germany. A Junkers JU88 aircraft used extensively by the Luftwaffe in fighter, bomber and reconnaissance roles. This aircraft is on the unit strength of Kampfgeschwader 3.
Possibly Middle East. A group of German soldiers waiting to board a Junkers JU52 transport aircraft (rear). This type of aircraft was used extensively by the Luftwaffe to carry passengers and/or freig
MORUYA, NSW. 1942-07-21. A B25 MITCHELL BOMBER AIRCRAFT, N5-126, OF NO. 18 SQUADRON, A JOINT RAAF AND NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES AIR FORCE (NEIAF) UNIT, AFTER THE PORT MAIN-WHEEL HAD COLLAPSED DURING A P
A NO. 42 SQUADRON CATALINA, RK-P, FRAMED BY THE EMPENNAGE OF NO.20 SQUADRON CATALINA A24-301.
GERMAN MILITARY PERSONNEL EXAMINING AN R.A.F. FAIREY BATTLE WHICH WAS SHOT DOWN OVER FRANCE EARLY IN WWII.
WIRRAWAY A20-234 PHOTOGRAPH AFTER A FORCE-LANDING. THIS WAS THE LAST CA-7 PRODUCED BY THE COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION.
ARMING A NO.4 SQUADRON WIRRAWAY WITH UNDERWING BOMBS. NOTE THE DUST COVERS OVER THE TWIN BROWNINGS.
CA-16 A20-685 PHOTOGRAPHED AT WAGGA WAGGA AFTER IT HAD BEEN "TURNED OUT TO PASTURE". THIS AIRCRAFT IS PRESENTLY BEING DISPLAYED IN THE CAMDAN MUSEUM OF AVIATION.
CAPT. HOLTON, A.I.F. ENGINEER, EXAMINES A JAPANESE MOTORCYCLE OUTFIT AT BALIKPAPAN, NETHERLANDS BORNEO, IN THE VICINITY OF THE FORMER DUTCH BARRACKS, AFTER THEY HAD BEEN RECAPTURED FROM THE JAPANESE B
KOREA, 1950. COMPETITORS IN THE INTER-COMPANY GLOUCESTER CUP COMPETITION BCOF, COMMANDED BY LIEUTENANT F.P. SCOTT.
KOREA, 1951. A KOREAN LABOURER GIVES LT F.P. SCOTT A HAIRCUT.
KOREA, 1951. TYPICAL BLEAK CONDITIONS OUTSIDE BATTALION HEADQUARTERS DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT.
Senior personnel from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) were photographed at Battalion Headquarters during operations in the Korean conflict, possibly at the time of the Battle o
KOREA, 1951. ON THE OCCASION OF THE MINISTER FOR ARMY, THE HON. SIR JOSIAH FRANCIS'S VISIT TO THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES. (SIR FRANCIS IS THE FIGURE IN THE CENTRE).
HIRO, JAPAN, 1949. A SCENE AT THE 3RD ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT SPORTS DAY. THE ANNOUNCER IS LT I.R.W. BRUMFIELD.
KOREA. 25 APRIL 1952. BRIGADIER GENERAL NAMIK ARGOK AT ANZAC DAY SERVICE.
KOREA, 1952. 3RD BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (3RAR), MORTAR PLATOON IN ACTION NEAR PT. 355.
BRIBIE ISLAND, QLD, 1943. FORT BRIBIE PRIOR TO WORK OF THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN CAMOUFLAGE UNIT.
BRIBIE ISLAND, QLD, 1943-05. AERIAL VIEW TAKEN FOR THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN CAMOUFLAGE UNIT SHOWING INADEQUACIES OF DISGUISE ON COASTLINE.
BRIBIE ISLAND, QLD - BEFORE 1943-10-01. AN OBSERVATION POST BEFORE CAMOUFLAGE BY THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN CAMOUFLAGE UNIT.
BRIBIE ISLAND, QLD, AFTER 1943-10-31. OBSERVATION POST AFTER CAMOUFLAGE BY THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN CAMOUFLAGE UNIT.
BRIBIE ISLAND, QLD, 1943. AERIAL VIEW OF FORT BRIBIE.
BRIBIE ISLAND, QLD, 1943-10-31. GUN EMPLACEMENT CAMOUFLAGED BY THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN CAMOUFLAGE UNIT.
BRIBIE ISLAND, QLD, 1943-10-31. OBSERVATION POST HEAVILY DISGUISED BY THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN CAMOUFLAGE UNIT.
BRIBIE ISLAND, 1943-05. AERIAL VIEW OF FORT BRIBIE.
BRIBIE ISLAND, 1943-05-15. AERIAL VIEW OF COASTLINE AND FORT AREA.
BRIBIE ISLAND, 1943 OBSERVATION POST AT FORT BRIBIE BEFORE DISGUISE BY THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN CAMOUFLAGE UNIT.
CANBERRA, ACT. C. 1954. MEETING OF OFFICIAL WAR HISTORIANS AT ACTON OFFICES THERE TO ATTEND A MEETING OF WRITERS. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: MR DOUGLAS GILLISON, MR LIONEL WIGMORE, MR. GEORGE HERMON GIL
CANBERRA, ACT. C. 1954. MEETING OF OFFICIAL WAR HISTORIANS AT ACTON OFFICES THERE TO ATTEND A MEETING OF WRITERS. AROUND TABLE, LEFT TO RIGHT: MR GAVIN LONG, MR CHESTER WILMOT, DR ALLAN S. WALKER, MR
PTE VALENTINE GEORGE GUY, NX37364 WHO SERVED WITH THE 8 DIVISION. HE WAS CAPTURED AND DIED AS A P.O.W.
C. 1944. WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES IN WARTIME AUSTRALIA COVERED NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF INDUSTRIAL LIFE. A WOMAN WORKER IS ENGAGED IN OXY-ACETYLENE CUTTING LOCATION HOLES ON A MINE BODY IN A ROTATING JIG, POS
C.1944. WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES IN WARTIME AUSTRALIA COVERED NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF INDUSTRIAL LIFE. A WOMAN CRANE DRIVER AT AN INLAND COMMONWEALTH ORDNANCE FACTORY OPERATES A CRANE SIXTY FEET ABOVE THE FA
C. 1944. WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES IN WARTIME AUSTRALIA COVERED NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITY. A WOMAN MACHINIST IN A FACTORY USES AN INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINE TO PRODUCE BOOTS FOR
C.1944. WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES IN WARTIME AUSTRALIA COVERED NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMUNITY LIFE. A WOMAN CARRIES A BLOCK OF ICE ON HER SHOULDER FROM THE ICE TRUCK PARKED BEHIND HER AS PAR
Women’s activities in wartime Australia covered nearly every aspect of industrial activity. Australia’s first woman oxy-acetylene cutter, Miss Nell White, working on a 2 inch naval gun bearing at the
C. 1944. WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES IN WARTIME AUSTRALIA COVERED NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. OVER A LONG PERIOD A NUMBER OF WOMEN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES AND STUDENTS VOLUNTARILY PERFORMED WORK F
A model of HMAT Zealandia which operated as a troopship during the Second World War. In November 1941, Zealandia was escorted to the Sunda Strait area by HMAS Sydney who then handed over her charge to
HMAS SYDNEY (III) IN THE ROLE OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER. C. FIFTIES.
ALAMEIN, 1942-07. A CAPTURED RUSSIAN 76.2 MM GUN (7.62 CM FK36 (r)) MOUNTED ON A SD KFZ6 HALF TRACKED CARRIER PROBABLY BELONGING TO THE 605TH PANZERSAEGER ABTEILUNG (ANTI TANK BATTALION). THE PHOTOGRA
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, ELIZABETH II. (PORTRAIT ONCE DISPLAYED IN THE MEMORIAL'S HALL OF VALOUR).
Studio portrait of 411381 Aircraftman (later Flight Sergeant [Flt Sgt] and Pilot Officer) James Darcy William Renno RAAF. Later awarded a DFM, he was a wireless operator with No 100 Squadron RAF. He w
BARBED WIRE EMPLACEMENTS ON MANLY BEACH. QUEENSCLIFF IS BACK TO THE LEFT.
SYDNEY, NSW. 1939. A POWERFUL AIR RAID SIREN ERECTED ON TOP OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL BUILDING. IT WAS CLAIMED THAT THE SIREN COULD BE HEARD EIGHT MILES AWAY.
SYDNEY, C. 1942. AN AIR RAID SHELTER AT BELLEVUE HILL.
SYDNEY, NSW, 1942. NATIONAL EMERGENCY WORKERS BEING REVIEWED AT THE SYDNEY SPORTS GROUND.
SYDNEY, 1942. A TRAM SHOWING LIGHT FITTED FOR DRIVING IN THE "BROWN-OUT".
SYDNEY, 1942-01. THE FIRST N.E.S. MOBILE UNIT FOR USE IN AIR RAIDS AT A TRAINING SESSION AT CHATSWOOD. MRS J.T. ROBINSON OF WILLOUGHBY AND MR R.H. EVANS ATTEND TO A CASUALTY, ROY MILLER OF CHATSWOOD.
LITHGOW, EARLY FORTIES. AERIAL VIEW OF SMALL ARMS FACTORY.
LITHGOW, EARLY FORTIES. VIEW OF MACHINERY AT THE SMALL ARMS FACTORY.
SYDNEY, C. 1942. A FLOAT WITH MATERIAL MADE AT THE LITHGOW SMALL ARMS FACTORY WHICH WAS PART OF A WARTIME PROCESSION IN AID OF WAR LOANS.
SYDNEY, C. 1942. ONE OF THE FLOATS IN A PARADE TO RAISE WAR LOANS.
SYDNEY, 1942. A LIGHT FITTED TO BICYCLE FOR RIDING IN "BROWN OUT".
SYDNEY, NSW. EARLY FORTIES. THE G.P.O. IN MARTIN PLACE.
SYDNEY, C. 1942. THE G.P.O. AFTER ITS CLOCK TOWER HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR SAFE KEEPING.
SYDNEY, NSW. EARLY FORTIES. MARTIN PLACE WITH G.P.O. TOWER IN BACKGROUND.
SYDNEY, 1941-07. HMT QUEEN ELIZABETH (LEFT) AND HMT QUEEN MARY (RT) PASSING AT THE ENTRANCE TO SYDNEY HEADS.
SYDNEY, 1941-07. HMT QUEEN ELIZABETH (RT) AND HMT QUEEN MARY (LEFT) CROSSING PATHS AT THE ENTRANCE TO SYDNEY HEADS.
SYDNEY, C. 1941. WORKERS FORTIFYING A BEACH IN SYDNEY HARBOUR WITH BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS.
SYDNEY, C. 1941. ONE OF THE BEACHES WITHIN THE HARBOUR FORTIFIED WITH BARBED WIRE.
HEADLINES REPORTING THE JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR OUTBREAK AT COWRA.
OUTDOOR PORTRAIT OF 414333 FLIGHT SERGEANT WILLIAM JOHN ARMOUR, RAAF. ARMOUR LATER BECAME A PILOT OFFICER AND WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (DFC). WHILE ON A MISSION IN A HALIFAX BOMBER W
In Australian waters. Two Bristol Sycamore type 171 helicopters hover above the aircraft carrier HMAS Vengeance. The Colossus class carrier HMS Vengeance was completed on 15 January 1945 and joined t
MUNICH, 1933. ADOLF HITLER DISCUSSING POLITICS WITH MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY.
GERMANY, 1933. A MASS RALLY BY THE GERMAN WORKERSFRONT.
GERMANY, C. 1933. HITLER SIGNS AN AUTOGRAPH FOR A YOUNG FAN.
POTSDAM, 1933. HITLER AND PAPEN ON THEIR WAY TO THE GARRISON CHURCH.
BERLIN, C. 1933. DR GOEBBELS ADDRESSING A CROWD.
GERMANY, C. 1933. ADOLF HITLER ABOUT TO ADDRESS A CROWD.
NUREMBERG, 1933. A PARADE OF HITLER'S S.A. PARTY.
GERMANY, W.W. II PERIOD. GENERAL VON BREISEN DISCUSSING MANOEUVRES WITH SENIOR STAFF.
DARWIN, 1942-02-19. AN AERIAL VIEW OF DARWIN TAKEN BY THE JAPANESE TASK FORCE DURING THE FIRST RAID. (GILLESPIE COLLECTION).
DARWIN, 1942-02-19. THE WHARF AFTER THE FIRST RAID. (GILLESPIE COLLECTION).
DARWIN, 1942-02-19. HMAS NEPTUNE ON ITS SIDE AFTER THE FIRST RAID. (GILLESPIE COLLECTION).
DARWIN, 1942-02-19. A CRASHED KITTYHAWK AFTER THE FIRST RAID. (GILLESPIE COLLECTION).
11168 Leading Aircraftman Percy Leslie Westcott with Gunner, his canine air-raid early warning system. After suffering a broken leg in Darwin's first air raid, Gunner, a kelpie pup, developed an uncan
SYDNEY, 1940. EMBARKATION OF 6 DIVISION TROOPS FOR THE MIDDLE EAST. (PHOTOGRAPH OBTAINED BRITISH OFFICIAL SOURCES).
REAR-ADMIRAL H.M. BURRELL, COMMANDER OF HMAS NORMAN 1941-43.
SYDNEY, NSW. 1940. FIELD DAY AT ST. IVES SHOW GROUND FOR THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S FLYING CLUB AND WOMEN'S AIR TRAINING CORPS (WATC). THE WATC WAS THE FORERUNNER OF THE WAAAF. (DONOR MRS NANCY BIRD-WALTO
WINDSOR, NSW. 1940. MRS NANCY BIRD-WALTON WITH LADY WAKEHURST, WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR OF NSW, IN FRONT OF SQUADRON LEADER F.C. MACKILLOP AND GWEN STARK ON AN INSPECTION OF AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S FLYING CLUB
MRS NANCY BIRD-WALTON (RIGHT), COMMANDANT OF THE WOMEN'S AIR TRAINING CORPS (WATC), WITH SQUADRON LEADER F.C. MACKILLOP AND GWEN STARK. (DONOR MRS NANCY BIRD-WALTON).
WINDSOR, 1940. LADY WAKEHURST, WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR OF NSW, SQUADRON LEADER F.C. MACKILLOP AND GWEN STARK MAKING AN INSPECTION OF THE WOMEN'S AIR TRAINING CORPS (WATC). (DONOR MRS NANCY BIRD-WALTON).
WINDSOR, NSW. 1940. MISS NANCY BIRD (LEFT), WEARING THE UNIFORM OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S FLYING CLUB, WITH SQUADRON LEADER F.C. MACKILLOP, GWEN STARK AND LADY WAKEHURST, WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR OF NSW.
SYDNEY, NSW. C. 1940-1941. PRESENTATION OF DRUMS BY SQUADRON LEADER F.C. MACKILLOP TO THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S FLYING CLUB AND WOMEN'S AIR TRAINING CORPS (WATC) AT ST IVES SHOW GROUND. (DONOR MRS NANCY
LEBANON, 1941-07-11. ON MAIN COASTAL ROAD, THE DEMOLISHED BRIDGE ON THE LITANI RIVER, AND IN THE BACKGROUND THE SEMI PERMANENT TIMBER AND STEEL BRIDGE BUILT TO REPLACE THE TEMPORARY BRIDGE OF THE 2/6T
TOBRUK, LIBYA, 1953. GROUP PORTRAIT OF FIVE VICTORIA CROSS WINNERS, MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND CORONATION CONTINGENT IN FRONT OF CORPORAL JACK EDMONDSON'S GRAVE IN THE TOBRUK WAR CEMETE
TOBRUK, LIBYA, 1953-04-25. A GUARD OF HONOUR OF MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND CORONATION CONTINGENT TAKING PART IN THE ANZAC DAY CEREMONY AT THE TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY. (LENT BY R. RATTEY).
TOBRUK, LIBYA, 1953-04-25. WREATHS BEING LAID AT THE BASE OF THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY DURING THE ANZAC DAY CEREMONY. IN THE PHOTOGRAPH ARE FIVE VICTORIA CROSS WINNERS, MEMBERS OF THE AUSTR
TWO VICTORIA CROSS WINNERS; FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: PTE R. KELLIHER, VC AND SGT R.R. RATTEY, VC.(LENT BY R.R. RATTEY).
Middle East, 1941. Two official war artists: sculptor Lieutenant (Lt) Lyndon R. Dadswell (left) and painter SX7174 Ivor Henry Thomas Hele. Lt Dadswell, a sculptor, was appointed an Official War Artist
NEW GUINEA, 1943. OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST IVOR HELE - PASSENGER IN FRONT SEAT OF JEEP.
A CATALINA BEING HAULED UP THE SLIPWAY AFTER A TEST FLIGHT BEFORE BEING PASSED AS OPERATIONALLY SERVICEABLE FOR ITS AMERICAN NAVY CREW.
LOADING AN AMERICAN LIGHTER FROM RAAF PBY CATALINA AT JINAMOC ISLAND (RAAF AND U.S. NAVAL PERSONNEL)
76 SQUADRON GROUND PERSONNEL IN FRONT OF A P-40E KITTYHAWK WITH NOSE ART. LEFT TO RIGHT: KENNY BAIRD, WALLY BELL, AND 44378 LAC DOUG BRAUND (FOREGROUND). BRAUND WAS A FLIGHT RIGGER SERVING WITH 76 SQU
NORTH QUEENSLAND. C. 1942. P-40E KITTYHAWK A29-85 (Y-WURRY) OF NO. 76 SQUADRON RAAF. THE PERSONAL P40 AIRCRAFT OF SQUADRON LEADER TRUSCOTT, DAMAGED NEAR TOWNSVILLE. (D. BRAUND COLLECTION)
FIRST 76 SQUADRON P-40E KITTYHAWK TO BE PAINTED WITH THE DISTINCTIVE SHARKMOUTH MARKING. (D. BRAUND COLLECTION)
MILNE BAY, 1942-08-27. AN AMERICAN LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT (B-24/LB-30) WHICH MADE A FORCED LANDING AT MILNE BAY IS SET ON FIRE BY JAPANESE DIVE BOMBERS. (D. BRAUND COLLECTION)
THIS 76 SQUADRON P-40E KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT (CODED Q2) WAS BEING PILOTED BY FRANKIE GROVNER WHEN IT WAS SHOT DOWN OVER MILNE BAY. (D. BRAUND COLLECTION).
POTSHOT, WA, 1943. TEMPORARY GRAVE SITE OF SQUADRON LEADER BLUEY TRUSCOTT, DFC. POTSHOT WAS LATER RENAMED LEARMONTH. (D. BRAUND COLLECTION)
NORTH QUEENSLAND. C. 1942. CLOSE UP OF DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY SQUADRON LEADER BLUEY TRUSCOTT'S P-40E FIGHTER AIRCRAFT DURING GUNNERY PRACTICE NEAR TOWNSVILLE. (D. BRAUND COLLECTION)
MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA, 1942. THE P-40E KITTYHAWK (Q2) AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY FLYING OFFICER FRANK GROSVENOR, NO 76 SQUADRON RAAF, CRASHED IN THE JUNGLE AFTER HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER MILNE BAY. FLYING OFFICER
THE PLAQUE ON THE MEMORIAL COMMEMORATING AUSTRALIAN SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN WHO SERVED AND DIED IN AMBON 1942 TO 1945 (AIS)
A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE AT AMBON WAR CEMETERY. THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE FINAL RESTING SPOT FOR THE FAMOUS WARTIME PHOTOGRAPHER DAMIEN PARER. KILLED AT PELELIU IN 1944 HIS REMAINS WERE TRANSFERRED IN 1945
THE MEMORIAL IN AMBON COMMEMORATING AUSTRALIAN SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN WHO SERVED AND DIED IN AMBON IN 1942 TO 1945 PHOTOGRAPHED ON ANZAC DAY 1979. (AIS)
THE PLAQUE ON THE ENTRANCE TO AMBON WAR CEMETERY, 1979. (AIS)
A MEMORIAL SERVICE ON ANZAC DAY 1979 AT THE MEMORIAL IN AMBON COMMEMORATING AUSTRALIAN SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN WHO SERVED AND DIED IN AMBON IN 1942 TO 1945. SEVERAL GULL FORCE VETERANS WHO ATTEND
AUSTRALIA'S FORMER AMBASSADOR TO INDONESIA, MR DICK WOOLCOTT, AT A MEMORIAL IN AMBON COMMEMORATING AUSTRALIAN SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN WHO SERVED AND DIED IN AMBON 1942 TO 1945. THE MEMORIAL IS AD
GULL FORCE VETERANS AT THE MEMORIAL IN AMBON COMMEMORATING AUSTRALIAN SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN WHO SERVED AND DIED IN AMBON 1942 TO 1945. PHOTOGRAPHED ANZAC DAY 1979. (AIS)
GULL FORCE VETERANS SIGNING THE VISITOR'S BOOK AT THE AMBON WAR CEMETERY ON ANZAC DAY, 1979. (AIS)
LOOKING INTO THE GROUNDS OF THE AMBON WAR CEMETERY FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE, ANZAC DAY 1979. (AIS)
AUSTRALIA'S FORMER AMBASSADOR TO INDONESIA, MR DICK WOOLCOTT, INSPECTING THE AMBON WAR CEMETERY IN 1977-10. (AIS)
MALAYA, C1954. BATTERY CAPTAIN PETER BADCOE, 1 FIELD REGIMENT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, WHO WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR AN ACTION IN VIETNAM.
SQUADRON LEADER BRYAN ROFE, M.B.E., IN HOSPITAL AT PERTH, W.A. ON RETURN FROM TIMOR, 1942-04.
BRITISH, AMERICAN, AND AUSTRALIAN METEOROLOGISTS AT A MEETING IN MELBOURNE, 1944. LEFT TO RIGHT - SQUADRON LEADER WRIGHT, R.A.F., CAPTAIN BLACKBURN (U.S.A.A.F.), FLYING OFFICER CASSIDY (RAAF), CAPTAIN
EXTERIOR OF RAAF METEOROLOGICAL SECTION, DARWIN, APRIL 19.
EXTERIOR, RADIOSONDE INSTALLATION, RAAF METEOROLOGICAL SECTION, DARWIN, 1945-04.
Airborne somewhere in Australia. A CAC Wirraway aircraft photographed during a training flight during the Second World War. Large numbers of this aircraft were built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corpo
BRISTOL 'BULLDOG' POWERED BY BRISTOL 'JUPITER' ENGINE. TOP SPEED 288 KM P.H. THIS WAS THE TYPE OF AIRCRAFT USED MAINLY FOR METEOROLOGICAL FLIGHTS FROM LAVERTON (VICTORIA) DURING WORLD WAR II.
DARWIN, NT. 1945-04. INTERIOR OF THE RECEIVING ROOM, RADIOSONDE INSTALLATION, RAAF METEOROLOGICAL SECTION.
MEETING AT MELBOURNE WEATHER BUREAU 1946-07-01 WHEN THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE WAS TRANSFERRED BACK FROM THE RAAF TO THE COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. LEFT TO RIGHT: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT J.R.
INTERIOR, RAAF METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE, DARWIN, 1945-04. RADIOSONDE BALLOON PREPARED FOR ASCENT.
RAAF Seagull V aircraft, serial A2-18, on HMAS Sydney (II). This aircraft was used by the ship at various times from 29 September 1938 through 1940. As the aircraft is not camouflaged, the photograph
SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT DRAWING ALONGSIDE HMAS SYDNEY(II). CREW MEMBER HAS CLIMBED ONTO ENGINE COWLING READY TO ATTACH LINE SO THAT THE AIRCRAFT CAN BE LIFTED ABOARD BY THE SHIP'S CRANE.
WOOMERA, 1956-04. AIR TRIALS UNIT. GLOSTER METEOR AIRCRAFT VT 168 IN FLIGHT, FLOWN BY A RAAF PILOT AS TARGET FOR MISSILE CARRYING METEOR NF11 (SERIAL NO. WM373).
GLOSTER METEOR (SERIAL NO. A77-881) OF 78 WING.
SYDNEY, C. 1941. A SMALL GROUP OF VOLUNTEER WORKERS FROM KINGSFORD WHO BANDED TOGETHER AND RAISED MONEY FROM RAFFLES AND STALLS TO SEND FOOD PARCELS TO THE MEN AT THE FRONT. ON THE RIGHT, SEATED IS JO
SYDNEY, C. 1941. A SMALL GROUP OF VOLUNTEER WORKERS FROM KINGSFORD WHO BANDED TOGETHER AND RAISED MONEY FROM RAFFLES AND STALLS TO SEND FOOD PARCELS TO THE MEN AT THE FRONT. ON THE RT, SEATED IS JOYCE
WOOLLAHRA, SYDNEY, N.S.W. 1942-06. HOME-MADE AIR RAID SHELTER IN BACKYARD OF A RESIDENCE AT 6A WOODS AVENUE DUG BY G.P. MCKEOWN, (PICTURED) THEN A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD, WHO WAS LATER TO SERVE IN THE A.I.F
MERAUKE, DUTCH NEW GUINEA, 1943-10. THE CREW OF THE SURVEY SHIP HMAS VIGILANT IN FRONT OF THEIR SHIP ON THE MERAUKE WHARF. BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT - ABLE SEAMAN (AB) "SNOW" BRANDLER (OR BRAENDLER), AB
CANBERRA, ACT. 1939-10. AIRMEN AT THE RAAF BASE ENJOYING A MEAL IN THEIR MESS TENT AT NO. 8 SQUADRON RAAF. (DONOR B. THORNTON)
CANBERRA, ACT. 1939-10. AT THE RAAF BASE FOUR DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT REQUISITIONED FROM AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAYS (ANA) TO FORM NO. 8 SQUADRON RAAF. (DONOR B. THORNTON)
CANBERRA, ACT. 1939-10. AIRMEN'S ABLUTION FACILITIES AT THE RAAF BASE AT NO. 8 SQUADRON RAAF. (DONOR B. THORNTON)
CANBERRA, ACT, RAAF BASE, 1939-10. THREE EX AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAYS MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON)
CANBERRA, ACT, RAAF BASE, 1939-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE AIRFIELD SHOWING THE TENT ACCOMMODATION AND THE SOLITARY HANGAR. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON)
CANBERRA, ACT, RAAF BASE, 1939-10. TWO EX AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAY'S MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON).
QUEANBEYAN, NSW, 1939-10. AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF QUEANBEYAN TAKEN FROM A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA OF NO. 8 SQUADRON RAAF. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON)
Four RAAF volunteers for service overseas in the United Kingdom receiving their pre-embarkation inoculations. Left to right; 3601 Aircraftman (AC) Basil Adrian Thornton (later Sergeant); 207755 AC (la
CANBERRA, RAAF BASE, ACT. 1939-10. TWO PETS BELONGING TO MEMBERS OF NO. 8 SQUADRON RAAF. THE DOG WAS OWNED BY ONE OF THE OFFICERS AND THE COCKATOO WAS OWNED BY AIRCRAFTMAN ALEX ROBERTS. THE COCKATOO A
CANBERRA, ACT, RAAF BASE, 1939-10. A STINSON RELIANT AIRCRAFT. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON)
CANBERRA, ACT, RAAF BASE, 1939-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE TARMAC AND HANGAR. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON).
MOUNT BATTEN, ENGLAND. TWO MEMBERS OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, LAC ALLEN PETHERWICK (LEFT) AND LAC BASIL THORNTON, ON THE WING OF A SUNDERLAND. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON.)
MOUNT BATTEN, ENGLAND. LAC BASIL THORNTON HOLDING A 7.7MM MACHINE GUN HE HAD RECOVERED FROM A CRASHED GERMAN HEINKEL AIRCRAFT. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON.)
MOUNT BATTEN, ENGLAND. 1942-07-15. LAC BASIL THORNTON BESIDE AN UNEXPLODED GERMAN BOMB WHICH HE HELPED RECOVER FROM UNDER THE SERGEANT'S MESS. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON).
CANBERRA, ACT. 1939-10. AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SUBURBS OF KINGSTON AND MANUKA. LEFT FOREGROUND IS THE MANUKA FOOTBALL OVAL (AND CRICKET GROUND), CENTRE LEFT IS BLACK MOUNTAIN, RIGHT FOREGROUND IS
AUXILIARY PATROL VESSEL HMAS VIGILANT IN DARWIN HARBOUR IN 1941. VIGILANT WAS RENAMED SLEUTH ON 17TH APRIL 1944 AND AGAIN RENAMED HAWK ON 13TH MARCH 1945. SOLD ON 14TH OCTOBER 1946 FOR 2800 POUNDS. (P
AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR FREDERICK SCHERGER KBE CB DSO AFC.
A SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT GOING DOWN AFTER BEING HIT BY A GERMAN HEINKEL III IN A DOG FIGHT.
NOSE VIEW OF NO. 460 SQUADRON RAAF AVRO LANCASTER BOMBER "G FOR GEORGE" SHOWING "MISSIONS". (DONOR H. W. ANDREWS)
BINBROOK, ENGLAND. 1943-05. HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI AND HER MAJESTY VISIT NO. 460 SQUADRON RAAF AT BINBROOK. (DONATED BY H. W. ANDREWS)
Ground crew of 460 Squadron RAAF relaxing at the base. Identified is 28055 Corporal Harold Wake Andrews reclining at right. Others identified are Cpl Lester John (Les) Mewburn (standing far left) and
CONTROL PANEL FROM AVRO LANCASTER "G FOR GEORGE". (DONATED BY H. W. ANDREWS)
MELBOURNE, VIC. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF NO. 1 ENGINEERING SCHOOL RAAF AT THE MELBOURNE SHOWGROUNDS. (DONOR H. W. ANDREWS).
FOUR GROUND CREW MEMBERS OF NO.460 SQUADRON, RAAF, PHOTOGRAPHED IN ENGLAND IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE SQUADRON'S LANCASTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT.
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE GLADSTONE. COMMISSIONED ON 22ND MARCH 1943 GLADSTONE SPENT HER WAR SERVICE ON CONVOY ESCORT, ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROLS, SHELLING ENEMY TERRITORY AND TROOP CARRYING. AF
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS LATROBE. COMMISSIONED ON 6TH NOVEMBER 1942 LATROBE SPENT HER WAR SERVICE CARRYING OUT MINESWEEPING, CONVOY, PRISONER OF WAR EVACUATION AND TROOP CARRYING DUTIE
SENIOR AUSTRALIAN ARMY OFFICERS IN KOREA 1953. LEFT TO RIGHT: LIEUTENANT COLONEL A.I. MACDONALD, CO 3RAR; LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR SYDNEY ROWELL, CGS; BRIGADIER J.G.N. WILTON, COMMANDER, 28TH BRITISH CO
PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM A LANDING CRAFT AS IT APPROACHES THE SHORE DURING THE ALLIED INVASION OF BALIKPAPAN IN 1945-07.
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN ON TROOPSHIP HIGHLAND CHIEFTAIN RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA FROM THE NEI AREA.
CREW MEMBERS RELAX ON BOARD HMAS PARKES IN NEI WATERS DURING 1945-09. THE DUTCH TROOPSHIP VAN DEN BOSCH IS IN THE BACKGROUND.
WRECKED BUILDINGS AND HOMES ON AMBON ISLAND IN NOVEMBER 1945 AFTER THE ALLIED LIBERATION. THE NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION IS REBUILDING AND REHABILITATING ON THIS ISLAND AS THEY ARE ELSEWH
DUTCH CRUISER DE RUYTER. SUNK IN BATTLE NEAR JAVA IN FEBRUARY 1942.
Probably in Netherland East Indies waters. At anchor. The Dutch cruiser Tromp was a unit of the Dutch naval forces commanded from Batavia in the Netherlands East Indies during 1942. She took part in n
The battleship HMS Barham of the Royal Navy in port. Built in 1915 with a displacement of 31,000 tons, Barham was part of the Eastern Mediterranean Fleet in mid 1940 and in September 1940 was included
Clyde River, Scotland. The battleship HMS Vanguard of the Royal Navy. Vanguard was the last battleship built for the Royal Navy and had a displacement of 52,243 tonnes. She was ordered in 1941 but did
At Sea. The battle cruiser HMS Repulse built in 1916 of 26,500 tons displacement and reconstructed in the period 1936-1939 to 32,000 tons. Repulse had taken part in the Battle of Heligoland in 1917 an
Possibly Alexandria, Egypt. In Port. The battleship HMS Warspite which saw extensive service in the Mediterranean from mid 1940 to mid 1941 during which time flew the flag of Admiral Cunningham, Comma
Sydney, NSW. 1920. The battle cruiser HMS Renown in Sydney Harbour in 1920. During the 1920s, Australia played host to several flag showing visits from Britain and overseas navies. The Prince of Wales
Hobart, Tas. 1920. The battle cruiser HMS Renown tied up at Ocean Pier. During the 1920s, Australia played host to several flag showing visits from Britain and overseas navies. The Prince of Wales arr
In Harbour. The battle cruiser HMS Renown in company with other warships during the Second World War. In the right background is a Queen Elizabeth class battleship. Renown was commissioned in 1916 and
LEANDER CLASS CRUISER HMS ACHILLES. THIS SHIP WAS LOANED TO THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY FOR A PERIOD AND SUBSEQUENTLY PASSED TO THE INDIAN NAVY WHERE IT WAS RENAMED INS DELHI.
AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS VENGEANCE. VENGEANCE WAS LOANED TO THE RAN FROM 13TH NOVEMBER 1952 UNTIL JUNE 1955 DURING WHICH TIME IT WAS REDUCED TO A TRAINING ROLE. AFTER LEAVING THE RAN IN 1955 IT WAS REBUIL
BATTLE CLASS DESTROYER HMAS ANZAC. COMMISSIONED ON 14TH MARCH 1951 ANZAC SAILED ON 30TH JULY 1951 FOR SERVICE IN THE KOREAN WAR RETURNING TO SYDNEY ON 24TH OCTOBER 1951 ESCORTING HMS GLORY. AFTER REFI
BATTLE CLASS DESTROYER HMAS TOBRUK. COMPLETED ON 8TH MAY 1950 TOBRUK JOINED THE FLEET IN JANUARY 1951 AND ON 31ST AUGUST 1951 SAILED FOR KOREAN WATERS AS ESCORT FOR HMAS SYDNEY. AFTER COMPLETING WAR D
Q CLASS DESTROYER QUICKMATCH. FIVE Q CLASS DESTROYERS ON LOAN FROM BRITAIN FROM 1942 TO 1946 WERE TRANSFERRED OUTRIGHT TO THE RAN IN JUNE 1950. AFTER SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR 2 QUICKMATCH WAS PAID OFF
MODIFIED LEANDER CLASS CRUISER HMAS HOBART WAS ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED INTO THE RN AS HMS APOLLO AND RENAMED ON TRANSFER TO THE RAN IN 1938. HOBART WAS THE ONLY SHIP OF THIS CLASS (THE OTHERS BEING HM
HMAS WATERHEN WAS ONE OF FOUR V&W CLASS DESTROYERS TRANSFERRED TO THE RAN IN OCTOBER 1933. SHE WAS SUNK ON 30TH JUNE 1941 WHILST TRANSPORTING TROOPS ON THE "TOBRUK FERRY".
Q CLASS DESTROYER QUIBERON. FIVE Q CLASS DESTROYERS ON LOAN FROM BRITAIN FROM 1942 TO 1946 WERE TRANSFERRED OUTRIGHT TO THE RAN IN JUNE 1950. AFTER SERVING IN MANY THEATRES DURING WORLD WAR 2 QUIBERON
V&W Class Destroyer Vampire. Four V&W Destroyers joined the RAN in October 1933 after serving with the RN in the late stages of World War 1. After early action in World War 2 in the Mediterranean area
KENT CLASS HEAVY CRUISER AUSTRALIA LAUNCHED ON 17TH MARCH 1927 AND COMMISSIONED ON 24TH APRIL 1928. IN APRIL 1938 AUSTRALIA PAID OFF FOR AN EXTENSIVE REFIT BEING RECOMMISSIONED ON 28TH AUGUST 1939. AF
SCOTT CLASS DESTROYER LEADER STUART. AFTER SERVICE WITH THE RN FROM 1918 TO 1932 STUART TRANSFERRED TO THE RAN IN OCTOBER 1933 ALONG WITH FOUR V&W CLASS DESTROYERS. WITH THE DECLARATION OF WAR STUART,
HAWKER SEA FURY AIRCRAFT DAMAGED ON LANDING ON HMAS SYDNEY.
CLEARING THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMAS SYDNEY AFTER A FAIREY FIREFLY AIRCRAFT LANDING ACCIDENT.
FAIREY FIREFLY AIRCRAFT DAMAGED WHILST LANDING ON HMAS SYDNEY.
THE MAJESTIC CLASS LIGHT FLEET AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMAS SYDNEY. THIS SHIP WAS LAUNCHED ON 1944-09-30 AS HMS TERRIBLE AND WAS UNFINISHED AT THE END OF THE WAR WHEREUPON WORK ON HER CEASED. THE AUSTRALIAN
HAWKER SEA FURY AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF FROM THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMAS SYDNEY.
AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE MAJESTIC CLASS LIGHT FLEET AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMAS SYDNEY. THIS SHIP WAS LAUNCHED ON 1944-09-30 AS HMS TERRIBLE AND WAS UNFINISHED AT THE END OF THE WAR WHEREUPON WORK ON HER CEASE
AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMAS SYDNEY WITH FAIREY FIREFLY AND HAWKER SEA FURY AIRCRAFT FLYING PAST.
C. 1932. GERMAN DEUTSCHLAND CLASS BATTLESHIP BUILT 1901/3. MOST LIKELY SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN OR SCHLESSIEN. BOTH SHIPS CONVERTED TO SEA CADET TRAINING DURING THE 1930'S. THE FIRST SHIP WAS SUNK IN 1945 A
Melbourne, Vic. c. early 1950. The United States Navy cruiser USS Bremerton tied up at Station Pier during a visit to Australia. A number of people can be seen on the ship when it was open for inspect
Melbourne, Vic. c. early 1950. The United States Navy cruiser USS Bremerton tied up at Station Pier during a visit to Australia. A number of people can be seen walking along the pier prior to boarding
SYDNEY NSW AUGUST 1945. VICTORY CELEBRATION IN MARTIN PLACE.
SYDNEY, NSW, AUGUST 1945. VICTORY CELEBRATION IN MARTIN PLACE.
SYDNEY, NSW, AUGUST 1945. VICTORY CELEBRATION IN CITY STREET.
SYDNEY, NSW, AUGUST 1945. VICTORY CELEBRATION IN CITY STREET.
SYDNEY, NSW, AUGUST 1945. VICTORY MARCH IN MARTIN PLACE.
ROLLER SKATING AT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FACILITY AT MACKAY, QUEENSLAND.
AMERICAN SERVICE PERSONNEL DANCING AT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS BUILDING AT MACKAY, QUEENSLAND.
INFORMATION DESK AT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FACILITY AT MACKAY, QUEENSLAND.
AMERICAN SERVICE PERSONNEL AND FRIENDS ENJOYING A RIDE ON A SUGAR CANE TRAIN ORGANISED BY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AT MACKAY, QUEENSLAND.
WIVES OF AMERICAN SERVICE PERSONNEL ATTENDING A THANKSGIVING PARTY AT MACKAY, QUEENSLAND.
A BRISTOL BEAUFORT ANTI-SUBMARINE BOMBER AIRCRAFT.
TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYER HMAS WARRAMUNGA. COMMISSIONED ON 23RD NOVEMBER 1942 WARRAMUNGA SPENT HER WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE IN AUSTRALIAN AND PACIFIC WATERS AND LATER CARRIED OUT TWO TOURS OF DUTY DURING THE
MEMBERS OF H8 MESS (WORKSHOPS DIVISION) ON BOARD HMAS SYDNEY DURING DECEMBER 1951. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE LAF(A) L. MOORE FIFTH FROM THE LEFT AND TO HIS RIGHT (THIRD FROM THE BACK) IS LAF(A) J. BRAY
MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WITH A HAWKER SEA FURY AIRCRAFT ON THE DECK OF HMAS SYDNEY WHILE A USN HELICOPTER PASSES OVERHEAD DURING THE KOREAN WAR. THE HELICOPTER WORKED CLOSELY WITH SYDNEY INCLUDING THE R
Portrait of 400213 Squadron Leader Keith William Truscott DFC. Before joining the RAAF, Truscott was a prominent football player in Melbourne, Victoria and as such became a public idol. Despite having
MEMBER OF AN ALLIED BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT DEFUSING A GERMAN DELAYED ACTION BOMB.
GERMAN U BOAT UNDER ATTACK BY A SUNDERLAND OF NO 10 SQUADRON RAAF IN JUNE 1942.
The German 500-ton U-boat U 243 being attacked by two Sunderland aircraft of No 10 Squadron some 170 nautical miles west of St Nazaire, France. The aircraft were H, piloted by Flying Officer W B Till
SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT DD852/J OF NO 10 SQUADRON RAAF ON THE ROCKS AT JENNYCLIFF BAY, PLYMOUTH SOUND, ENGLAND FOLLOWING A GALE ON THE MORNING OF 2ND SEPTEMBER 1944.
FOCKE WULF CONDOR. DESIGNED PRE- WAR AS A PASSENGER AIRCRAFT THE CONDOR WAS MODIFIED TO OPERATE DURING THE WAR AS AN ANTI-SHIPPING COMBAT AIRCRAFT, A ROLE IN WHICH IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL EARLY BUT SOM
ON 22ND OCTOBER 1941 SUNDERLAND W3986/U OF NO 10 SQUADRON RAAF, FLOWN BY FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R.B. BURRAGE, LOCATED THE CREW OF A DITCHED WHITLEY AIRCRAFT. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE SIX WHITLEY CREW IN T
ON 22ND OCTOBER 1941 SUNDERLAND W3986/U OF NO 10 SQUADRON RAAF, FLOWN BY FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R.B. BURRAGE, LOCATED THE CREW OF A DITCHED WHITLEY AIRCRAFT. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE SIX WHITLEY CREW BOAR
A 15 inch German naval gun, known as the Chuignes gun, captured in August 1918 by No 3 Battalion, at Chuignes, France. German troops destroyed the Chuignes gun, which, on 23 August was secured by Aust
A 15 inch German naval gun, known as the Chuignes gun, captured in August 1918 by No 3 Battalion, at Chuignes, France. German troops destroyed the Chuignes gun, which, on 23 August was secured by Aust
C. 1944. DURING WORLD WAR 2 PRACTICALLY ALL RIVETING ON BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT FUSELAGES WAS CARRIED OUT BY WOMEN. (COPY IN ALBUM PRESENTED TO DR EDITH SUMMERSKILL P.239)
LIEUTENANT GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY WEARING AN AUSTRALIAN SLOUCH HAT WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO HIM ON 1942-08-14 AT 24TH BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, NEAR EL ALAMEIN. THE UNIT BADGES WER
A SUPERMARINE SOUTHAMPTON ON THE TARMAC AT POINT COOK, RAAF, IN 1939.
NORTH AMERICAN NA-16 DELIVERED TO THE COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION FOR TEST AND EVALUATION. THE AUSTRALIAN BUILT WIRRAWAY (NA-33) WAS DEVELOPED FROM THIS TYPE.
WESTLAND WAPITI AIRCRAFT OF NO 1 FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938.
TRACTOR USED TO PULL SEAPLANES UP THE RAMP AND ON TO THE TARMAC AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938. THE DRIVER IS "MATEY" HOLST WITH JOCK TENENT DIRECTLY BEHIND HIM.
RAAF FIRE TENDER, PAINTED RED, AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938.
UNLOADING BOMBS AND AMMUNITION ON TO THE WHARF AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938.
BOXES OF AMMUNITION UNLOADED IN SLINGS ON TO THE WHARF AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938.
BOMBS BEING UNLOADED ONTO THE WHARF AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938. (ORIGINAL NEGATIVE HELD IN AWM COLLECTION.
AIRCRAFTMAN B. A. THORNTON IN A SIMULATED GUNNERS TURRET ON THE GUNNERY RANGE AT RAAF POINT COOK IN 1938. THE WEAPON IS A LEWIS LIGHT MACHINE GUN WHICH IS ATTACHED TO A SCARF RING AIRCRAFT MOUNT.
AIRCRAFTMAN B. A. THORNTON OPERATING A VICKERS .303 REMOTE CONTROLLED MEDIUM MACHINE GUN ON THE GUNNERY RANGE AT RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA IN 1938
WESTLAND WAPITI AIRCRAFT OF NO 1 FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL AT RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA IN 1938.
MAINTENANCE BEING PERFORMED ON A WESTLAND WAPITI AIRCRAFT OF NO 1 FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL AT RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA, IN 1938.
A VICKERS .303 MACHINE GUN AND A WING MOUNTED CAMERA GUN ON A WESTLAND WAPITI AIRCRAFT OF NO 1 FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA IN 1938.
AN AERIAL VIEW OF RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA, IN 1938 SHOWING THE LIVING QUARTERS WITH THE AIRFIELD, HANGARS AND WHARF IN THE BACKGROUND.
AN AERIAL VIEW OF RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA, IN 1938 SHOWING TARMAC, MAINTENANCE HANGARS AND SEAPLANE BEACHING AREA.
A HAWKER DEMON AIRCRAFT ABOVE GUNNERY RANGE INDICATORS AT RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA, IN 1938. THE RANGE SAFETY OFFICER USED THE INDICATORS TO CONTROL USE OF THE RANGE. THE ARROW SHOWED THE DIRECTION O
Point Cook, Vic. 1938. A RAAF armourer, Sergeant Major Class 2 (Warrant Officer Class 2), adjusting a bomb sight on a Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft. In the pre-war period, the rank was referre
FLYING OFFICER E. V. BEAUMONT AT THE CONTROLS OF A SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT IN 1938.
FOUR 8 1/2 POUND PRACTICE BOMBS MOUNTED ON THE BOMB RACK OF AN AVRO ANSON AIRCRAFT.
AIRCRAFT TENTS ERECTED AT RAAF LAVERTON, VICTORIA, IN 1938.
THREE TRAINEE ARMOURERS UNDERGOING A BASIC FITTING COURSE AT RAAF LAVERTON, VICTORIA, IN 1938. B. A. THORNTON IS IN THE CENTRE WITH THE OTHER TWO PERSONS UNIDENTIFIED.
AN AERIAL VIEW OF RAAF RICHMOND, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN 1938.
HAWKER DEMON AIRCRAFT OF NO 3 SQUADRON AT RAAF RICHMOND, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN 1939. WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED IN SEPTEMBER 1939, NO 3 SQUADRON BROUGHT SOME OF ITS AIRCRAFT TO OPERATIONAL READINESS AS A CON
HAWKER DEMON AIRCRAFT OF NO 3 SQUADRON AT RAAF RICHMOND, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN 1939. WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED IN SEPTEMBER 1939, NO 3 SQUADRON BROUGHT SOME OF ITS AIRCRAFT TO OPERATIONAL READINESS AS A CON
AN AMATOL FILLED 116 POUND GENERAL PURPOSE BOMB FITTED TO A HAWKER DEMON AIRCRAFT OF NO 3 SQUADRON AT RAAF RICHMOND, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN 1939.
A HAWKER DEMON AIRCRAFT OF NO 3 SQUADRON AT RAAF RICHMOND, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN 1939.
THREE GROUND STAFF MEMBERS OF C FLIGHT, NO 3 SQUADRON AT RAAF RICHMOND, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN 1939. L-R CORPORAL VINCENT MONTEROLA, SERGEANT C. (CHOOK) FOWLER, SERGEANT LOU GODDAM.
COUNT FELIX VON LUCKNER AND THE COUNTESS VON LUCKNER WALKING DOWN SPENCER STREET, MELBOURNE, HAVING JUST ARRIVED BY TRAIN AT SPENCER STREET STATION IN JULY 1938. COUNT VON LUCKNER, WHOSE WORLD WAR 1 E
CANBERRA, ACT. OCTOBER 1939. THE AMIENS GUN IN THE SAME CONFIGURATION AS IT WAS WHEN CAPTURED ON 8TH AUGUST 1918 BY MEMBERS OF THE AIF IN FRONT OF HARBONNIERES, NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. THIS 28cm RAIL
CANBERRA, ACT. OCTOBER 1939. THE AMIENS GUN IN THE SAME CONFIGURATION AS IT WAS WHEN CAPTURED ON 8TH AUGUST 1918 BY MEMBERS OF THE AIF IN FRONT OF HARBONNIERES, NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. THIS 28cm RAIL
MIDDLE EAST 1941. CORPORAL R. BOAK OF FIELD POST OFFICE 34, AIF, PREPARING TO CARRY OUT A DELIVERY RUN.
MIDDLE EAST, 1941. SERGEANT E. DORMAN BEING GIVEN A HAIRCUT BY CORPORAL A. WOODROOF. BOTH SOLDIERS WERE MEMBERS OF FIELD POST OFFICE 34, AIF.
MIDDLE EAST, 1940. PRIVATE W. FRANKLIN OF FIELD POST OFFICE 34, AIF.
MIDDLE EAST, 1941. SERGEANT E. DORMAN AND PRIVATE R. WEEDON OF FIELD POST OFFICE 34, AIF.
GERMAN POWS CAPTURED BY ALLIED FORCES IN 1942 AT EL ALAMEIN.
GERMAN ARTILLERY CAPTURED BY ALLIED FORCES IN 1942 AT EL ALAMEIN.
MIDDLE EAST, 1941. PRIVATE S. F. HAYES, CORPORAL E. REES AND PRIVATE C. C. COOK OF FIELD POST OFFICE 34, AIF.
MIDDLE EAST, 1940. CORPORAL E. DORMAN OF FIELD POST OFFICE 34, AIF.
MIDDLE EAST, 1940. SERGEANT B. G. DEERE OF FIELD POST OFFICE 34, AIF.
MIDDLE EAST, 1940. CORPORAL E. DORMAN AND PRIVATE HALCROW OF FIELD POST OFFICE 34, AIF, AT THE 20TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE SUPPLY POINT 120 MILES WEST OF BENGHAZI.
JULIS, PALESTINE, 1941. MEMBERS OF FIELD POST OFFICE 34, AIF, AFTER THE FALL OF TOBRUK.
MIDDLE EAST, 1941. PRIVATE N. FRANKLIN OF FIELD POST OFFICE 34, AIF.
MIDDLE EAST, 1941. MEMBERS OF FIELD POST OFFICE 34, AIF.
EL ALAMEIN, 1942. FIELD POST OFFICE 34, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, AIF.
PORTRAIT OF PRIVATE WILLIAM C. SHREEVE, AIF, CAPTURED IN THE MIDDLE EAST DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND INTERNED IN GORLITZ, POLAND IN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP STALAG VIIIa.
GROUP CAPTAIN CLIVE R. (KILLER) CALDWELL, DSO, DFC AND BAR, POLISH CROSS OF VALOUR, LEADING RAAF FIGHTER ACE OF WORLD WAR 2 WITH 28.5 AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN WHEN HE WAS A WING C
N CLASS DESTROYER HMAS NESTOR UNDER AERIAL ATTACK WHILST ON CONVOY DUTY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ON 1942-06-15. NESTOR, BADLY DAMAGED IN THE ATTACK, WAS TAKEN IN TOW BY RN DESTROYER HMS JAVELIN BUT DESPIT
N CLASS DESTROYER HMAS NESTOR UNDER AERIAL ATTACK WHILST ON CONVOY DUTY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ON 1942-06-15. NESTOR, BADLY DAMAGED IN THE ATTACK WAS TAKEN IN TOW BY RN DESTROYER HMS JAVELIN BUT DESPITE
OUTDOOR TEMPORARY COOKHOUSE SHARED BY NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN AT STURT PLAINS, NORTHERN TERRITORY. THE COOKHOUSE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1941 WHEN THE COMBINED FORCE
SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN DISMANTLING AND MOVING THEIR TEMPORARY COMBINED CAMP FROM STURT PLAINS, NORTHERN TERRITORY. THE COMBINED PERSONNEL UPDATED THE OVER
A TROOP AND FREIGHT TRAIN TRAVELLING BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS AND ADELAIDE IN 1941.
A ROCK KNOWN AS 'CHURCHILL' CLOSE TO THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS AND DARWIN. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN IN 1941 BY A MEMBER OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS SECTION.
TEMPORARY CAMP NEAR NEWCASTLE WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, SHARED BY NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN. THE COMBINED PERSONNEL WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FR
NEAR BARROW CREEK, NORTHERN TERRITORY. 1941. HILLS AND ADJACENT TERRAIN WHERE NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS
WASHING DAY NEAR NEWCASTLE WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, FOR A GROUP OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL IN 1941. LEFT TO RIGHT, SIG B. MORRISON, CPL. MACENIE, SIG UNIDENTIFIED, SIG MCCARR
NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WORKING ON THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE IN 1941 AT STURT PLAINS, NORTHERN TERRITORY.
1941. NO. 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN NEAR ALICE SPRINGS WHILST WORKING ON THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: SIGNALLERS COOK, MCCARRON, PINK, MORRI
CPL MACENIE, ONE OF THE GROUP OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL WHO WORKED ON UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS AND DARWIN IN 1941. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN AT
A TEMPORARY CAMP AT STURT PLAINS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, IN 1941. THE CAMP WAS USED BY A COMBINED GROUP OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WHILST UPDATING THE OVERLAND TEL
NT. 1941. ROCK FORMATION KNOWN AS DEVILS MARBLES. THE MEN CLIMBING AROUND THE ROCKS WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE, BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS AND DARWIN, AND WERE NO. 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF,
L.CPL M.C.PAECH AT PART OF A ROCK FORMATION IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY KNOWN AS DEVILS MARBLES. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN IN 1941 DURING UPDATING OF THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE, BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS AN
ONE OF THE VEHICLES USED BY A COMBINED GROUP OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WHEN THEY WERE UPDATING IN 1941 THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS AND DA
Two unidentified Aboriginal people and their dog. The two were encountered by No. 4 Military district, AMF, signals personnel and Postmaster-General's Department linesman, who were updating the overla
1941. A MAGNETIC ANTHILL NEAR BATCHELOR, NORTHERN TERRITORY. A COMBINED PARTY OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN ALICE
NEWCASTLE WATERS HOTEL IN 1941 WITH SOME MEMBERS OF A COMBINED PARTY OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN. THE COMBINED PARTY WAS ENGAGED IN UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRA
AN ANTHILL NEAR NEWCASTLE WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN IN 1941 WHEN A COMBINED GROUP OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLA
THE MAIN STREET IN TENNANT CREEK, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. A GROUP OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS
A GENERAL VIEW OF ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. WHEN THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN A COMBINED PARTY OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAN
THE GAP, ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AS IT APPEARED IN 1941, WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SPRIN
THE ROAD HEADING NORTH, IN 1941, FROM ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY.
THE GAP, ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY AS IT APPEARED IN 1941, WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SPRING
AN ANTHILL IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941 WHEN NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG, LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SPRINGS TO DARWIN, LANCE CORPORA
A WILD TURKEY CAUGHT IN 1941 NEAR DALY WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY. AT THE TIME, SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALIC
CROSSING AT DALY WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. THE VEHICLES IN THE WATER AND ON THE BANK WERE BEING USED BY A COMBINED PARTY OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN DUR
BUTCHER'S 'SHOP' (OUTDOORS UNDER A TREE) AT DALY WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, PROCESSING GOATS IN 1941. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESME
HORSES AT RENNER SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SP
SECTION OF THE ADELAIDE RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY.
NT. 1941. MAGNETIC ANTHILLS. A COMBINED PARTY OF SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SPRINGS TO DARWIN.
RIVER CROSSING AT DALY WATERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN WHEN SIGNALS PERSONNEL FROM NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE
AN ANTHILL IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941 WHEN NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE FROM ALICE SPRINGS TO DARWIN. LANCE CORPORAL
THE GRAVE OF LINDSAY CRAWFORD WHO DIED FROM EXPOSURE IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1901. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN IN 1941 WHEN NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDAT
SCENE NEAR COOMALIE CREEK IN THE ADELAIDE RIVER AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, IN 1942.
SCENE SHOWING UNDERGROWTH AND TERRAIN NEAR COOMALIE CREEK IN THE ADELAIDE RIVER AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, IN 1942.
SCENE SHOWING DONKEYS ON THE MOVE NEAR COOMALIE CREEK IN THE ADELAIDE RIVER AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, IN 1942.
SCENE SHOWING DONKEYS NEAR COOMALIE CREEK IN THE ADELAIDE RIVER AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, IN 1942.
SCENE SHOWING THE TERRAIN NEAR COOMALIE CREEK IN THE ADELAIDE RIVER AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, IN 1942.
LONG GRASS BEFORE FLATTENING BY MONSOONAL RAIN NEAR COOMALIE CREEK IN THE ADELAIDE RIVER AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, IN 1942.
CRATER AT RUM JUNGLE NEAR COOMALIE CREEK IN THE ADELAIDE RIVER AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, IN 1942.
GENERAL SCENE AT THE 1941 CHRISTMAS DONKEY RACE MEETING NEAR ADELAIDE RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY.
A START AT THE 1941 CHRISTMAS DONKEY RACE MEETING NEAR ADELAIDE RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY.
JUST AFTER A START AT THE 1941 CHRISTMAS DONKEY RACE MEETING NEAR ADELAIDE RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY.
CONFUSION DURING A RACE AT THE 1941 CHRISTMAS DONKEY RACE MEETING NEAR ADELAIDE RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY.
A RACE IN 'PROGRESS' DURING THE 1941 CHRISTMAS DONKEY RACE MEETING NEAR ADELAIDE RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY.
DIFFICULTIES DURING A HURDLE RACE AT THE 1941 CHRISTMAS DONKEY RACE MEETING NEAR ADELAIDE RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY.
HURDLED AT LAST. SCENE AT THE 1941 CHRISTMAS DONKEY RACE MEETING NEAR ADELAIDE RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY.
ARTILLERY AT LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO IN 1945.
BATTLE DAMAGE TO VICTORIA, CAPITAL OF LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO, IN 1945.
DAMAGED BUILDINGS IN VICTORIA, CAPITAL OF LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO, IN 1945.
BATTLE DAMAGE TO VICTORIA, CAPITAL OF LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO, IN 1945.
ALLIED LANDING CRAFT AT LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO IN 1945.
ALLIED LANDING CRAFT AT LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO IN 1945.
DAMAGED JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ON LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO, AFTER THE ALLIED LANDING IN JUNE 1945.
A MOSQUITO AIRCRAFT OF NO 1 SQUADRON RAAF ON THE AIRSTRIP AT LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO, AFTER THE ALLIED LANDING IN JUNE 1945.
AN RAAF MUSTANG OF NO 84 SQUADRON ON THE AIRSTRIP AT LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO AFTER THE ALLIED LANDING IN JUNE 1945.
RAAF BEAUFREIGHTER (MODIFIED BEAUFORT BOMBER), CATALINA AND TWO AUSTERS ON LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO AFTER THE ALLIED LANDING IN JUNE 1945.
THE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT WHICH CARRIED A SURRENDER PARTY TO LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO, FOLLOWING THE ALLIED VICTORY IN 1945.
Brunei, North Borneo. c. 30 June 1945. A European style bungalow on the banks of the Brunei River. In the grounds of the bungalow is tented accommodation for military personnel of the 9th Australian D
9TH DIVISION SIGNALS, AIF, QUARTERMASTER'S STORE ON LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO IN 1945. STAFF SERGEANT J. WATTS AND SERGEANT M.C. PAECH ARE THE PERSONNEL IN THE PHOTOGRAPH.
AN OIL WELL FIRE EXTINGUISHER CONSTRUCTED TO PUT OUT FIRES IN OIL WELLS DESTROYED BY THE JAPANESE BEFORE ALLIED LANDINGS IN NORTH BORNEO IN 1945.
OIL WELLS BURNING IN NORTH BORNEO AFTER JAPANESE ACTION TO DESTROY THE WELLS BEFORE ALLIED LANDINGS IN 1945.
MALAYAN CIVILIANS IN 1945 NEAR BRUNEI, NORTH BORNEO.
MALAYAN CIVILIANS IN 1945 NEAR BRUNEI, NORTH BORNEO.
A RICE PADDY NEAR BRUNEI, NORTH BORNEO IN 1945.
PREPARING A RICE PADDY FOR SEEDING IN 1945 NEAR BRUNEI, NORTH BORNEO.
PLANTING RICE SEED IN 1945 NEAR BRUNEI, NORTH BORNEO.
RICE GROWING DURING 1945 IN A PADDY NEAR BRUNEI, NORTH BORNEO.
THE WINNER. SCENE AT THE 1941 CHRISTMAS DONKEY RACE MEETING NEAR ADELAIDE RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY.
El Amiriya, Egypt. 1941-03. Informal group portrait of five gunners of the 2/1st Anti Tank Regiment and Polish soldiers, smoking and with beer bottles. The Australians had met the Polish soldiers at A
Palmyra, North Syria. 1941-07. Informal group portrait of three members of the 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment holding a French flag soon after the capture of Fort Wegand from the French Foreign Legion. Left
Lebanon Mountains, North Syria. 1941-12. Gun crew with the 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment and a two pounder anti tank gun on their way to take up defensive positions against predicted movements by the Germa
Jerusalem, Palestine. 1941-07. Group portrait of a group of New Zealand and Australian soldiers, including members of the 2/1st Anti Tank Regiment, on leave in front of the Mosque of Omar. Identified
North Africa. 1941-03. Informal group portrait of five gunners of the 2/1st Anti Tank Regiment a few days before embarking for Greece. Note the anti tank guns in the background. Left to right, Back ro
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS BATHURST. COMPLETED ON 5TH DECEMBER 1940 BATHURST SPENT MOST OF HER WAR SERVICE WITH BRITISH FLEETS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, RED SEA, PERSIAN GULF AND INDIAN OCEA
Bathurst class minesweeper/corvette HMAS Wallaroo. Commissioned on 15th July 1942 Wallaroo carried out anti-submarine patrols, escort duties and minesweeping off the south and west Australian coasts.
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER CORVETTE HMAS CAIRNS. CAIRNS WAS BUILT BY WALKERS LTD OF MARYBOROUGH, QUEENSLAND, AND LAUNCHED ON 1941-10-07. DURING WORLD WAR 2 SHE SAW SERVICE IN MOST THEATRES OF WAR EVEN
MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-24. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE CITY WAS OCCUPIED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, MANY ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AND CIVILIAN INTERNEES WERE FREED. M
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS FREMANTLE. COMPLETED ON 12TH APRIL 1943 FREMANTLE SERVED IN THE NORTHERN AUSTRALIA - NEW GUINEA AREA AND ADJACENT WATERS FROM 1943 TO 1945. ON 30TH AUGUST 1945
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS BOWEN. COMMISSIONED ON 9TH NOVEMBER 1942 BOWEN SPENT HER WAR SERVICE IN NEW GUINEA WATERS. AFTER SOME POST WAR WORK IN MID-PACIFIC WATERS SHE RETURNED TO AUSTR
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS HORSHAM. COMMISSIONED ON 18TH NOVEMBER 1942 HORSHAM SERVED IN SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA WATERS. AFTER THE WAR SHE PAID OFF AND IN AUGUST 1958 WAS S
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS KATOOMBA. COMPLETED IN DECEMBER 1941 KATOOMBA SAW ACTION IN THE DARWIN AREA AND WAS HOLED IN A COLLISION WITH THE AMERICAN OILER PECOS IN JANUARY 1942. AFTER R
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS PARKES. COMPLETED ON 15TH MAY 1944 PARKES SERVED IN THE NORTHERN AUSTRALIA - NEW GUINEA AREA AND ADJACENT WATERS. AFTER THE WAR SHE SPENT SOME TIME IN NEI WATE
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS LAUNCESTON. LAUNCESTON WAS COMPLETED ON 28 APRIL 1942 AND AFTER INITIAL SERVICE IN AUSTRALIAN COASTAL WATERS, JOINED THE BRITISH EASTERN FLEET FOR SERVICE IN T
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS JUNEE. JUNEE WAS COMPLETED ON 26 APRIL 1944 AND SERVED IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA. IN THE POST WAR PERIOD SHE WAS STATIONED AT FREMANTLE WHERE SHE SERVED IN
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS KALGOORLIE. COMPLETED ON 7 APRIL 1942 KALGOORLIE SPENT HER WAR SERVICE IN AUSTRALIAN, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEANS AREAS INCLUDING A PERIOD WITH THE BRI
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS SHEPPARTON. SHEPPARTON WAS COMMISSIONED ON 1 FEBRUARY 1943 AND SPENT HER WARTIME SERVICE IN AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA WATERS. AFTER SOME POST WAR SURVEY WORK S
Doncaster, Vic. c. 1944. Two young women on school holidays pick peaches from a tree and prepare to put them in a fruit box modified for carrying. (This image appears on page 275 of the album presente
Charles Adams class destroyer HMAS Perth II D38.
Charles Adams class destroyer HMAS Perth II D38.
The 2/29 Battalion, AIF, advancing in review order during an Australia Day Parade held on Selarang Barrack Square, Changi, Singapore. See also 043916, 043917 and 043921.
Order of the Day, dated 15 August 1945, issued from the Commander in Chief's advanced headquarters in Borneo advising the Australian Military Forces of the surrender of the Japanese.
The grave in the Middle East of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC, 2/17 Infantry Battalion AIF, who died on 14 April 1941 from wounds received the previous day during an attack against a German
Melbourne, Vic. Women employees at the Smith & Searle's factory operate machines to make parts for various munitions projects and for fruit canning machinery. The factory was owned, managed and operat
Queensland. Members of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) sit around a plotting table at an Operational Base plotting the movement of aircraft. Their uniform has been modified for the
Women members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) working in a blood bank. (Copy in album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill p.139)
Left forward view of the Australian Pilot Model Truck, 3 ton, water 400 gallon.
Right side view of the Australian Pilot Model Truck 3 ton, 400 Gallon.
Portrait of NX12595 Lieutenant Colonel (LtCol) Charles Groves Wright Anderson VC MC, 2/19th Infantry Battalion.
Registration of Aliens, Torrens Drill Hall, Adelaide SA.
Avro Anson bomber, probably of 3 Squadron RAAF.
Japanese records from POW Camp 2, Nagasaki, of QX17307 Bombardier Hugh Vincent Clarke, 2/10 Field Regiment. He was presented with these records by a Japanese priest in Nagasaki in August 1983.
Japanese records from POW Camp 2, Nagasaki, of QX17307 Bombardier Hugh Vincent Clarke, 2/10 Field Regiment.
List of the Australian prisoner of war (POW) survivors, and of casualties by nationality, of the sinking of the Tamahako Maru by the United States submarine Tang on 24 June 1944.
List of the Australian prisoner of war (POW) survivors of the sinking of the Tamahako Maru by the United States submarine Tang on 24 June 1944.
Map of Nagasaki showing position of prisoner of war (POW) camps 2 (C) and 14 (B) in relation to the epicentre of the bomb (A).
Map of central Nagasaki showing position of prisoner of war (POW) camp 14 in relation to the epicentre of bomb.
Kawanami Brothers shipbuilding complex on Koyagi Island. About 60 000 workers were employed there, including approximately 1500 prisoners of war.
The first ship built at the Kawanami Brothers shipyard, Koyagi Island, Nagasaki in 1937. During the Second World War prisoners of war of the Japanese worked at the shipyards.
Kawanami Brothers dockyard viewed from the bay. There were five large docks each of which turned out a ship every three months before American bombing cut off the supply of steel and other materials.
Kawanami Brothers dockyard viewed from the bay. There were five large docks each of which turned out a ship every three months before American bombing cut off the supply of steel and other materials.
Kawanami Brothers dockyard viewed from the bay. There were five large docks each of which turned out a ship every three months before American bombing cut off the supply of steel and other materials.
Commencing construction of a new ship at Kawanami Brothers dockyard, Nagasaki. During the Second World War prisoners of war of the Japanese worked at the shipyards.
Each room at this Nagasaki prisoner of war camp accommodated 24 men sleeping on double decker platforms. Each room was a prison within a prison as movement within the camp was strictly controlled.
Studio portrait of NX56216 Sergeant Herbert James 'Bandy' Donaldson, 2/19 Battalion. Son of a pioneer farming and grazing family in Temora, NSW, Sergeant Donaldson served as a commando behind Japanese
Studio portrait of QX17307 Bombardier Hugh Vincent Clarke, 2/10 Field Regiment. A cadet surveyor, he enlisted at the age of 20. This photograph was taken in Brisbane in late 1940 prior to the departur
Studio portrait of QX14900 Lance Bombardier Langlands Fulton (Lang) Fraser, 2/10 Field Regiment. Lang Fraser enlisted in Brisbane at the age of 18. He was taken prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese
A special Christmas Protestant service and a Catholic Mass were held on Christmas Day 1944 in Camp 2, Nagasaki. The Japanese decorated the camp and allowed prisoners to celebrate the day in the tradit
A special Christmas Protestant service and a Catholic Mass were held on Christmas Day 1944 in Camp 2, Nagasaki. The Japanese decorated the camp and allowed prisoners to celebrate the day in the tradit
A Christmas Day church service in the bathhouse at Camp 2, Nagasaki, 1944. Both Protestant and Catholic church services were held at lengthy intervals and the Catholic priest was a Padre of 2/40 Infa
A Christmas Day church service in the bathhouse at Camp 2, Nagasaki, 1944. Both Protestant and Catholic church services were held at lengthy intervals and the Catholic priest was a Padre of 2/40 Infa
Former camp guard and interpreter Mitsuo Machida stands at the closed entrance of the tunnel between Camp 2, Nagasaki, and the Kawanami Brothers dockyard through which prisoners of war used to march t
An unidentified prisoner of war (POW) operating a blow-torch, Camp 2, Nagasaki. He was employed as a gas-cutter and such tradesmen frequently made serious cuts in hidden places in the ship as a contri
Unidentified prisoners of war (POW), probably Dutch, working in the dockyard machine shop, Camp 2, Nagasaki.
An unidentified prisoner of war (POW) driller at work in the dockyard, Camp 2, Nagasaki.
A special Christmas Protestant service and a Catholic Mass were held on Christmas Day 1944 in Camp 2, Nagasaki. The Japanese decorated the camp and allowed prisoners to celebrate the day in the tradit
Former Camp 2, Nagasaki, guards with Hugh Clarke. QX17307 Bombardier Hugh Victor Clarke, 2/10 Field Regiment, was a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese. Left to right: Y Kato, Mitsuo Machida, Hugh
Site of former prisoner of war (POW) camp 14, Nagasaki.
Site of former prisoner of war (POW) camp 14, Nagasaki.
Studio portrait of TX3994 Sergeant Peter McGrath-Kerr, 2/40 Infantry Battalion. He survived the fighting in Timor in 1942 and was later taken a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese. He also survived
Portrait of Sergeant (later Lieutenant) A (Bert) Miller, 2/40 Infantry Battalion. He was later taken a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese and survived the sinking of the Tamahoko Maru in June 1944.
Portrait of 34225 Corporal Richard Bowie (Dick) Downie, No 1 Squadron RAAF. He was later taken prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese and survived the sinking of the Tamahoko Maru in June 1944 and was
Portrait of NX42379 Driver Charles Nylander Ericksson, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company. Driver Ericksson was taken prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese.
Portrait of VX53494 Private Bernard Daniel O'Keefe, 2/40 Infantry Battalion. Pte O'Keefe was taken a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese.
Hiroshima after the atomic bomb dropped on 6 August 1945. The wrecked public building in the foreground which was near the epicentre has been preserved in its ruined condition as a memorial to Hirosh
A model of the atomic bomb 'Fat Man' dropped on Nagasaki, 9 August 1945.
The atomic cloud over Nagasaki as photographed from Koyagi Island, the site of prisoner of war (POW) Camp 2, eight kilometres from the epicentre. This shows how it was seen by NX42085 Private Robert V
This clock, now in the Atomic Bomb Materials Centre, Nagasaki, recorded the instant of the bomb blast at 11.02 am on 9 August 1945.
Dr Tatsuichiro Akizuki, a victim of the Nagasaki bomb, performed heroic work in caring for his fellow victims. This photograph taken when Dr Akizuki was principle of St Francis Hospital.
Atomic bomb victims Masaji Sugimoto (left) and Tsuyo Kataoka (right).
Prisoner of war (POW) camp 14, Nagasaki, after the date of the atomic bomb blast on 9 August 1945.
Nagasaki Medical College after the atomic bomb blast on 9 August 1945.
Urakami Catholic cathedral, Nagasaki, before the atomic bomb blast on 9 August 1945.
Urakami Catholic Cathedral, Nagasaki, after the atomic bomb blast, on 9 August 1945. The Cathedral has since been rebuilt and every August is the centre of religious commemoration ceremonies.
Urakami Catholic Cathedral, Nagasaki, after the atomic bomb blast, on 9 August 1945. The Cathedral has since been rebuilt and every August is the centre of religious commemoration ceremonies.
The epicentre of the atomic bomb blast, Nagasaki, 9 August 1945.
Former Nagasaki prisoners of war (POWs) returning to Australia aboard HMS Formidable. Those denoted with (X) were survivors of the atomic bomb at Camp 14, Nagasaki. Back row, left to right: QX14889 La
Prisoners of war (POW) of the Japanese, QX14900 Lance Bombardier Langlands Fulton (Lang) Fraser, 2/10 Field Regiment (left) and QX17307 Bombardier Hugh Vincent Clarke, 2/10 Field Regiment (right) at N
Nagasaki in 1983. Dockyards again dominate the foreshores.
Masaji Sugimoto's hands showing scars caused by the Nagasaki atomic bomb blast.
The Statue of Peace, Nagasaki, near the epicentre of the atomic bomb blast.
Boomerang aircraft Model CA-14. This aircraft, the only CA-14 built, was fitted with a GM turbocharger in an attempt to improve performance, particularly at height. Following further modifications, in
The remains of the Mitsubishi steel factory in the ruins of Nakasaki after the atomic bomb blast on 9th August 1945.
The remains of the Mitsubishi arms factory in Ohashi, Nakasaki after the atomic bomb blast on 9th August 1945.
After the Japanese surrender this type of leaflet was dropped onto some prisoner of war (POW) camps by United States aircraft.
Left rear view of an Indian Army version Chevrolet 15 cwt lorry (troop carrier) with 113.5 inch wheelbase. The rear canopy is not fitted.
Padre Palmer conducting a military funeral, probably at Sandgate War Cemetery, Newcastle NSW.
Military Funeral probably at Sandgate War cemetery, Newcastle NSW. Front group (L to R): Bill Dahlberg; Bob Shalders; Sergeant J. Brown; D. Crisp; L. Mundal; B. Myers; K. Vickery. Rear group (L to R)
Military Funeral, probably at Sandgate War Cemetery, Newcastle NSW.
A formation of Lockheed Hudson aircraft of No 8 Squadron RAAF operating from its base in Kota Bharu in Malaya.
A 'tin can turret' fitted to a Lockheed Hudson aircraft of No 8 Squadron RAAF operating from Kota Bharu, Malaya.
Group portrait of No 8 Squadron, RAAF, taken in front of one of the squadron's Lockheed Hudson aircraft at RAAF base Fairbairn, ACT, Australia.
Group portrait of the Australian Coronation Contingent.
Unidentified members of the Australian Coronation Contingent in London.
Survivors of the sinking of the HMAS Armidale clinging to a liferaft. The Armidale was sunk by Japanese air action on 1 December 1942. 149 men were on board the Armidale at the time of the sinking, an
A group portrait of allied and Japanese medical staff outside a disused police barracks at Tavoy, Burma, where 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station ran a small hospital. They shared their quarters with thr
Two P51 Mustang aircraft still wearing their Second World War squadron codes (SV - L) on the aircraft in the background, and aircraft letter H (A68-74?) on the aircraft in the foreground, from No 76
Australian prisoners of war (POWs) at Stalag VIIIB (later Stalag 344). The Stalag was near Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice) in Silesia.
A floral representation of a Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) badge planted in Melbourne.
A London building after being hit in a rocket attack.
Cologne, Germany, showing the cathedral and destroyed bridges over the Rhine river.
A Handley Page Halifax bomber (DT-A), 192 Squadron RAF, operating out of Foulsham, England.
Group portrait of ground crew in standard uniform, standing in front of a Fairey Battle aircraft.
Studio portrait of 420343 Pilot Officer (PO) Allan William John Hunt, RAAF, taken on the day he received his wings and commission, at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Pilot Hunt was attached to 32 Op
Studio portrait of R/129632 Sergeant (Sgt) Howard Shurvin Piercy (Wireless/Air Gunner), RCAF,aged 22 years. Sgt Piercy was attached to 32 Operational Training Unit based at RCAF Base Patricia Bay, Bri
Studio portrait of J/22085 Pilot Officer (PO) Grant Leroy Hall, RCAF, aged 21 years. PO Hall was attached to 32 Operational Training Unit based at RCAF Base Patricia Bay, British Colombia, and was kil
Informal group portrait of 414416 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Reginald Keith Manttan, RAAF (wireless operator) (position unknown), and four unidentified colleagues. Flt Sgt Manttan was killed in a flyin
MALAYA, 1941. SISTERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS), 2/4TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, 8 DIVISION. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: ?DORA S. GARDAM, UNKNOWN, E. MAVIS HANNAH (SURVIVED THE SINKI
Sisters of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station, 8th Division. Identified, left to right, back row: Bessie Wilmott; Wilhelmina Raymont; unidentified; ?Elaine Bal
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. A LIFEBOAT FROM FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE', TRANSFERRING FROM SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON, RAAF, SIXTEEN SURVIVORS OF TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT WHICH CRASHED INTO
ANGLE AIRFIELD NEAR PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, AFTER LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED IN THE BAY OF BISCAY TO RESCUE SIXTEEN SURVIVORS OF TWO AIRCRAF
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. THE 7 FEET BY 4 FEET HOLE IN THE SIDE OF A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT E (T9114) OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF WAS CAUSED BY TAKING OFF IN ROUGH SEAS AFTER RESCUING SURVIVORS FROM TWO OT
ANGLE AIRFIELD, NEAR PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-29. THE SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT E (T9114) OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF CAPTAINED BY 400841 PILOT OFFICER G. O. SINGLETON, ST KILDA, VIC, RESTS ON THE AERO
PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-29. THE 7 FEET BY 4 FEET HOLE IN THE SIDE OF A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT E (T9114) OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF WAS CAUSED BY TAKING OFF IN ROUGH SEAS AFTER RESCUING SURVIVORS FROM
Pembroke Dock, Wales. 1943-05-29. After a large hole developed in the hull of his Short Sunderland flying boat after takeoff in the Bay of Biscay, the pilot, 400841 Flying Officer G.O. Singleton of No
