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MADANG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-04-30. LIEUTENANT W. SHIPWAY (1), SUB-LIEUTENANT BLACK (2), AND ABLE SEAMAN FERGUSON (3), MAINTAIN WATCH ON THE BRIDGE OF HMA MOTOR LAUNCH 424, A FAIRMILE SUBMARINE CHASER, WHILE MOVING OUT AT DUSK ON AN ALL NIGHT PATROL. THE COAST FROM MADANG TO A DISTANCE 50 MILES BEYOND ALEXISHAFEN IS PATROLLED BY THESE CRAFT.
MADANG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-04-30. PERSONNEL FROM HMA MOTOR LAUNCH 816 AND 242 ABOARD HMA MOTOR LAUNCH 424 EXCHANGING BRIGHTLY COLOURED JAPANESE CLOTH FOUND AT MADANG. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- ABLE SEA
MADANG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-04-30. PERSONNEL FROM HMA MOTOR LAUNCHES 816 AND 424, ABOARD HMA MOTOR LAUNCH 424 ARGUING IN FRIENDLY FASHION THE LENGTH OF A PIECE OF BRIGHTLY COLOURED JAPANESE CLOTH WHILE E
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-30. B3054 ABLE SEAMAN H. KERNOVSKE (2), COILS A ROPE ABOARD HMA MOTOR LAUNCH 816 WATCHED BY ABLE SEAMAN MORETON (1), WHO IS SITTING ON FLOATS ALONGSIDE THE INSIGNIA. L
Anti-submarine equipment of HMAS ML426 (ML is motor launch) a ship built in Australia and known as the Fairmile. Sub Lieutenant Dudley Robin Ross, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserves, on the ri
Sub Lieutenant Peter Ailwood, Officer of Quarters, aboard HMA Fairmile Motor Launch ML 426, communicating with gunnery control by telephone. Commanded by Lieutenant (Lt) R C Pockley, ML 426 conducted
KARKAR ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-18. THE ISLAND, FRAMED BY MACHINE GUNS ABOARD HMA MOTOR LAUNCH 806, AND VIEWED FROM A RANGE OF APPROXIMATELY 500 YARDS. THE 5,000 FOOT VOLCANIC PEAK IS USUALLY WRAPP
