The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
No2 the dummy strip at Headquarters, Milne Bay Base Sub Area which was cleared in 1942 from a large portion of this coconut plantation. The defeat of the Japanese resulted in the abandoning of its original purpose and in nine acres of the area being used by an Australian Farm Company to supply Australian troops with green vegetables. At the distant end of the strip and on the other side of the Arada River lies the native labour camp.
The Convalescent Depot maintained by “A” Company, 8th Field Ambulance. The site, formerly a casualty clearing station, is in a portion of the WaiganI Plantation and lies about half a mile from the Au
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. KITTYHAWK FIGHTER PLANES OF THE RAAF IN DISPERSAL BAYS ON THE MAIN "STRIP" AT MILNE BAY. THE DROME WAS LITERALLY CARVED OUT OF A THICK COCONUT PLANTATION.
KARKAR ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1944-09-20. A SECTION OF A BADLY OVERGROWN COCONUT PLANTATION WHICH SUFFERED FROM 2 YEARS OF NEGLECT DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. NATIVE LABOUR UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE
The recently completed Mess Hut at Headquarters Baraga Native Labour Camp, Milne Bay used by Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) personnel. Identified personnel pictured outside from th
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. A CAPTURED JAPANESE 8CMS (3") HIGH ANGLE DUAL PURPOSE GUN WHICH WAS SITUATED IN THE CENTRE OF A COCONUT PLANTATION.
MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-20. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (2), WITH WARRANT OFFICER II, K.M. CHAMBERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NATIVE LA
