The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. SS TAROONA VIEWED FROM THE MOTOR LAUNCH WHICH TOOK THE MOVEMENT CONTROL OFFICER OUT TO THE SHIP IN WEWAK HARBOUR. THE SHIP, FORMERLY ON THE INTERSTATE PASSENGER SERVICE, WAS THE FIRST TROOPSHIP INTO WEWAK HARBOUR.
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. A LONG SHOT OF SS TAROONA WITH SOME OF THE SMALL CRAFT IN WEWAK HARBOUR JUST AFTER THE SHIP HAD DROPPED ANCHOR. THE SHIP, FORMERLY OF THE INTERSTATE PASSENGER SERVI
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. TROOPS WATCH OVER THE SIDE AS A 43 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY BARGE COMES ALONGSIDE THE SS TAROONA IN WEWAK HARBOUR. THE SHIP, FORMERLY OF THE INTERSTATE PASSENGER SERVI
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. A LANDING BARGE COMES ASHORE ALONGSIDE THE OLD LANDING WHARF ON THE BEACH, CARRYING 3 BASE TROOPS FROM THE SS TAROONA. THE SHIP, FORMERLY OF THE INTERSTATE PASSENGE
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. SOME OF THE PERSONNEL OF 7 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY WHO CAME DIRECT FROM SYDNEY, DISEMBARK FROM THE SS TAROONA INTO BARGES FOR THE TRIP TO THE BEACH-HEAD. THE S
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. SERGEANT F.G. JENKINS (2), BEING SERVED WITH SOFT DRINK FROM SALVATION ARMY SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE V.G. WILSON (1), ON THE BEACH SOON AFTER COMING ASHORE FROM THE SS
WEWAK HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-03. BARGES CONTAINING AUSTRALIAN TROOPS COMING ALONGSIDE THE TROOPSHIP, SS RIVER FITZROY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AN AUSTRALIAN FREIGHTER HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A TR
