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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 SEAMAN EDWARDS (2); ABLE SEAMAN SHELDON (3); ABLE SEAMAN MCCLAREN (4); ABLE SEAMAN BROWN (5); ORDINARY SEAMAN JILLETT (6); ABLE SEAMAN PHILLIPS (7); ABLE SEAMAN MORETON (9); ABLE SEAMAN MENZIES (10); ABLE SEAMAN FERGUSON (11); S6452 ABLE SEAMAN A. G. WARNE (12); B3054 ABLE SEAMAN H. KERNOVSKE (13); LEADING SEAMAN JORDAN (15); SIGNALLER SILVER (17); LEADING SEAMAN BUCKLEY (18).
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
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, WH
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
MADANG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-04-30. RAN SAILORS PIPING VALUABLE HIGH OCTANE AVIATION SPIRIT ABANDONED BY THE JAPANESE AT MADANG AIRFIELD INTO HMA MOTOR LAUNCH 424. THE PETROL HAS BEEN FOUND SUITABLE FOR U
At Sea, off the coast of New Guinea. May 1944. Action stations aboard Motor Launch 424 during a patrol along the Rai coast of New Guinea. Pictured here are, left to right: Able Seaman T. Jordon and Ab
KARKAR ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-18. ABLE SEAMAN A LEECH (1), USES A BUCKET FILLED WITH SEA WATER TO COOL THE BARREL OF A 2 POUNDER GUN ABOARD HMA MOTOR LAUNCH 431. HMA MOTOR LAUNCHES HAVE BEEN ENGA
