The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
GUADALCANAL, 1943. SGT A. JUNKERS OF MCCOMBE, MISSISSIPPI AND SGT C.H. CATCHEM OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, STOPPED ON A JUNGLE TRAIL LIGHTING CIGARETTES FOR THEIR NATIVE GUIDES. ONE OF THE GUIDES IS HOLDING AN OLD- FASHIONED CAVALRY SWORD AND WEARING A CRUCIFIX. (OFFICIAL US MARINE CORPS PHOTOGRAPH).
A member of the Volunteer Defence Corps advances to present the Australian flag to representatives of 1st Marine Division, US Marine Corps (USMC) in a ceremony at Caulfield, Melbourne. The flag was gi
Kokoda Trail, Papua, 1942-11. Two members of the 2/4th Field Ambulance (centre) and three native Papuan carriers pause for a rest on a section of the jungle track from Myola to Eora Creek. Known collo
Part of a special ceremony during which the `Order of the Pig's Arse and Six Bars' was conferred upon Captain Art Claffy (far left, sitting in the rear seat of the aircraft) of the United States Marin
Group portrait of members of Course JWS 1/3, Jungle Warfare School, Ulu Tiram. Back row: Sergeant (Sgt) K MacKinnon, QOH; Sgt R Potts, 3 Cdo Bde; Corporal (Cpl) K A Hudson, 2RAR; Sgt D A Tennent, 3 C
SALVAGING AEROPLANES IN NEW GUINEA. LITTLE IS HEARD OF THE GROUND STAFF OF THE RAAF - THE MEN WHO WORK ALL HOURS AND UNDER ALL CONDITIONS, KEEPING OUR PLANES IN THE AIR, AND STILL LESS IS KNOWN OF THE
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-04-05. HIGH RANKING AMERICAN ARMY AND MARINE OFFICERS GATHERED IN THE LOUNGE OF "ILLOURA", ST. KILDA ROAD, THE MESS OF OFFICERS OF THE STAFF OF SIGNAL OFFICER- IN- CHIEF, AUSTRALI
