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MADANG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. IN THE LIGHT OF DAWN, GUNNERS, PREPARED FOR EMERGENCY, SLEEP ALONGSIDE A 4 INCH GUN ABOARD HMAS KAPUNDA. THE SHIP, ANCHORED IN HARBOUR, HAS RETURNED FROM A PATROL NORTH OF ALEXISHAFEN INVOLVING THE BOMBARDMENT OF KARKAR ISLAND IN A COMBINED ARMY - NAVY OPERATION.
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-15. THE RAN VESSEL HMAS KAPUNDA ANCHORED IN HARBOUR AFTER RETURNING FROM A PATROL NORTH OF ALEXISHAFEN. DURING THE PATROL THE SHIP BOMBARDED SHORE POSITIONS ON KARKAR ISLAN
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-15. STEWARD H CLARKE (1), WITH LEADING STEWARD N BEAR (2), ABOARD THE RAN VESSEL HMAS KAPUNDA. THE SHIP IS ANCHORED IN HARBOUR AFTER RETRUNING FROM A PATROL NORTH OF ALEXIS
OFF NEW GUINEA COAST. 1944-05. AN OERLIKON GUN CREW IN ACTION ABOARD HMAS KAPUNDA IN A BOMBARDMENT OF ENEMY POSITIONS DURING A PATROL NORTH OF ALEXISHAFEN.
Group portrait of Lieutenant Alan Cunningham Needham, Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve, from Brighton, Victoria (third from the left), with his gun crew aboard HMAS Kapunda. They stand alongsid
MADANG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. SWIMMERS VIEWED WITH HMAS KAPUNDA IN THE BACKGROUND DURING A WATER POLO MATCH IN THE HARBOUR. THE MATCH, BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES FROM MOTOR LAUNCHES AND A TEAM FRO
OFF NEW GUINEA COAST. 1944-05. A MEMBER OF A GUN CREW ABOARD HMAS KAPUNDA REFILLS THE "READY USE" AMMUNITION WHILE ANOTHER MEMBER STANDS READY TO PASS A SHELL TO THE 4 INCH GUN DURING A LULL IN THE BO
