The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-30. MEMBERS OF THE 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION AMONG THE BURNT REMAINS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION STATION. CORPORAL P. JOHNSON (1), HOLDS THE CROSS WHICH ONCE FORMED PART OF THE CHURCH THAT NOW LIES AMONG THE RUINS AT THE FOREGROUND. IN THE BACKGROUND STANDS THE SKELETON OF THE FORMER MISSION LIVING QUARTERS. THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG FLYING ABOVE THE BUILDING WAS PRESENTED TO THE 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION BY THE CREW OF HMAS BUNDABERG. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE W. BROWN (2); PRIVATE C. SMITH (3).
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-30. MEMBERS OF THE 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION MOUNT THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE BATTALION BY THE CREW OF HMAS BUNDABERG, THE RUINS OF FORMER LIVING QUA
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-30. THE REGIMENTAL AID POST AT HEADQUARTERS 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION WHICH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE REMAINS OF THE LIVING QUARTERS AT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION. IDE
New Guinea. A native police boy inspects the damage. Among Japanese acts of barbarism is the desecration of Rempi Catholic Mission Church near Alexishafen. The roof and walls were stripped and sacred
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA, 1944-05-18. "THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS CHRIST", IN A CHAPEL AT THE YELBECK MISSION WHICH LIES NORTH OF ALEXISHAFEN. THE FIGURE WAS HIDDEN BY NATIVES IN A SAFE PLACE DURING THE
New Guinea. The cross still stands, viewed through the roof of the Rempi Catholic Mission Church, near Alexishafen, which was stripped of walls and roof by the Japanese. The area has since been occupi
Ramale Mission, Kokopo Area, New Britain. A group of Roman Catholic Missionary sisters in the chapel section of their living quarters at Ramale Mission. They are members of a group of internees libera
