The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-28. SERGEANT R.C. GRAHAM (1); SERGEANT C.J. STRUDWICK (2); AND WARRANT OFFICER 2 R.G. BLYTH (3), MEMBERS OF 16 INFANTRY BRIGADE, HAULING THEIR ENTRY IN THE WEWAK REGATTA ON TO THE BEACH AFTER A TEST RUN. THE REGATTA WILL BE HELD IN DALLMAN HARBOUR ON SUNDAY 11 NOVEMBER 1945. MOST OF THE CRAFT ENTERED ARE CONSTRUCTED FROM MATERIALS AT HAND SUCH AS OLD BLANKETS, DAMAGED DROPPING PARACHUTES, AND FRAMEWORK OF JUNGLE TIMBERS.
WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-28. STAFF SERGEANT W. PITHIE (1) AND CORPORAL BRASNETT (2) MEMBERS OF 16 INFANTRY BRIGADE, ALONGSIDE FLYING PO, THEIR ENTRY IN THE WEWAK REGATTA TO BE HELD IN DALLMAN HARBOU
WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-28. PRIVATE J. HALVER, 16 INFANTRY BRIGADE, PAINTING THE BOWSPRIT OF THE SKIFF, SLIM, AN ENTRY IN THE WEWAK REGATTA TO BE HELD IN DALLMAN HARBOUR ON SUNDAY 11 NOVEMBER 1945.
WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-28. WARRANT OFFICER 1 J.R. DE LA HUNTY (1) AND WARRANT OFFICER 2 L.J. RHEINBERGER (2), MEMBERS OF 16 INFANTRY BRIGADE, CONSTRUCTING THEIR ENTRY FOR THE WEWAK REGATTA TO BE H
WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-28. PRIVATE V.R. JOBSON (1) AND SERGEANT R.E. HIGGINS (2), MEMBERS OF 16 INFANTRY BRIGADE, MENDING THE SAIL ON THE MAST OF THEIR SKIFF, AN ENTRY IN THE WEWAK REGATTA TO BE H
WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-28. PRIVATE K.A. CROCKETT (1) AND PRIVATE L.R. DAVIES (2), MEMBERS OF 16 INFANTRY BRIGADE, EXAMINING THE CONSTRUCTIONAL STAGES OF THEIR ENTRY IN THE WEWAK REGATTA TO BE HELD
WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-28. THE CREW OF THE MISTAKE, MEMBERS OF 16 INFANTRY BRIGADE, CARRYING THE BOAT TO THE BEACH PRIOR TO ITS LAUNCHING. THE MISTAKE IS AN ENTRY IN THE WEWAK REGATTA TO BE HELD I
