The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-31. THE NEW GUINEA DETAILS DEPOT, LOCATED ON THE SITE OF THE OLD MURRAY BARRACKS AREA. THE TALL WHITE BUILDING (TOP LEFT), WAS THE OPERATING THEATRE OF THE FIRST ARMY HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED IN NEW GUINEA, (APPROXIMATELY SEPTEMBER, 1941). THE ATTACHED BUILDING AT ITS LEFT WAS THE FIRST ARMY SURGICAL WARD. THE BUILDINGS NOW FORM THE STAFF OFFICERS' QUARTERS AND MESS. THE STEEL HUTS (TOP RIGHT) WERE OCCUPIED DURING 1941 BY THE PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION AS NATIVE QUARTERS. (JOINS WITH NO73526 AND 73527).
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-31. THE NEW GUINEA DETAILS DEPOT, LOCATED ON THE SITE OF THE OLD MURRAY BARRACKS AREA. THE SICK BAY AND MEDICAL CENTRE IS AT THE TOP OF THE KNOLL. A MAJORITY OF THE 1
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-31. THE NEW GUINEA DETAILS DEPOT, LOCATED AT THE SITE OF THE OLD MURRAY BARRACKS AREA. A MAJORITY OF THE 1,000 MEN IN THE CAMP ARE FROM NEW GUINEA HOSPITALS AND CONVA
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12. ONE OF THE HUTS OCCUPIED BY HEADQUARTERS, SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SERVICE, NEW GUINEA FORCE.
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-31. OFFICERS OF THE NEW GUINEA DETAILS DEPOT OUTSIDE THE STAFF OFFICERS' MESS, (LEFT BACKGROUND). THE BUILDING WITH THE RAMP (RIGHT BACKGROUND) FORMED THE OPERATING T
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, C. 1942. HEADQUARTERS OF THE NEW GUINEA AIR WARNING WIRELESS COMPANY (NGAWW), SHOWING THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND ITS TALL AERIAL.
NEW GUINEA. APRIL, 1944. THATCHED HUTS WHICH WERE USED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 500 YARDS FROM THE TOP OF SHAGGY RIDGE.
