The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-25. AN AUSTRALIAN LIEUTENANT STANDS ALONGSIDE A BOMB DAMAGED JAPANESE 75MM FIELD ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN MOUNTED NEAR THE WATERFRONT. THIS GUN WAS MOBILE AND WAS USED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC CAMPAIGNS. THE FIRST ONE CAPTURED AND EXAMINED IN AUSTRALIA CAME FROM THE SANANANDA BATTLEFIELD IN EARLY 1943.
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-25. AN AUSTRALIAN LIEUTENANT MANIPULATES THE VERTICAL TRAVERSE OF A BOMB DAMAGED 75MM JAPANESE FIELD ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN. THIS GUN WAS MOBILE AND WAS USED EXTENSIVELY THROUGH
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-10-13. A JAPANESE 75MM FIELD ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN, IN ITS JUNGLE POSITION ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. THIS GUN WAS MOBILE AND WAS USED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC CAMPAIGNS.
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-25. AN INSCRIBED JAPANESE MEMORIAL SITUATED ALONGSIDE A BOMB CRATER. AN AUSTRALIAN LIEUTENANT STANDS ALONGSIDE A BOMB DAMAGED JAPANESE 75MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN AT THE BACKGRO
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-27. THE AREA NEAR THE WATERFRONT SHOWING CASES OF ABANDONED JAPANESE EQUIPMENT AND THE RESULTS OF ALLIED BOMBING. A MEMBER OF THE RAN (1), AT THE FOREGROUND EXAMINES T
Three unidentified Australian soldiers pose with a captured Japanese 75mm Field Anti-Aircraft gun, Type 88. This gun was one of eight mobile anti-aircraft guns operated at Buna and Sanananda by the 47
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-25. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS EXAMINE THE BOMB DAMAGE AT A FORMER JAPANESE STORE WHICH CONTAINED MUCH ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. THE STORE, SITUATED NEAR THE WATERFRONT WAS GUTTED BY FI
