The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, AND PARTY, WITH JAPANESE OFFICERS, INSPECTING THE NEWLY TILLED GARDENS ON THE ISLAND. THE JAPANESE HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED THAT THEY MUST BE AS SELF SUPPORTING AS POSSIBLE. MAJOR OWENS IS ON A TOUR OF INSPECTION OF THE JAPANESE COMPOUND ON THE ISLAND.
MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, AND PARTY, WITH JAPANESE OFFICERS, INSPECTING THE NEWLY TILLED GARDENS O
MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. PIER AT THE BEACHHEAD ON MUSCHU ISLAND WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED BY JAPANESE TROOPS TO RECEIVE AUSTRALIAN FAST SUPPLY BOATS. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND
MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. THE BEACH HEAD AT MUSCHU AS SEEN FROM AN APPROACHING AUSTRALIAN BARGE. HOSPITAL WARDS AND BUILDINGS CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN ERECTED AT THE REAR OF THE SAND. PHOTOGRA
MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. JAPANESE TROOPS WITH THE NEWLY ARRIVED SHIPMENT OF JAPANESE STORES AND CLOTHING FROM THEIR HEADQUARTERS AT RABAUL. THEY ARE SORTING THE CLOTHING WHICH THEY WERE
MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. THE WATER TOWER THAT THE JAPANESE HAVE CONSTRUCTED TO SUPPLY WATER FOR THE HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED AT THE BEACHHEAD. THE EQUIPMENT AND ENGINEERING TOOLS WERE SUPPLI
MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. LIEUTENANT COLONEL A.W. BUTTROSE, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, TALKING TO JAPANESE OFFICERS DURING A TOUR OF THE JAPANESE COMPOUND BY MAJOR E.S. OW
