The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. THESE GUNNERS FOUGHT GERMAN AND ITALIAN PLANES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HERE THEY ARE SEEN MANNING AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN DURING A JAPANESE RAID IN NEW GUINEA. THEY WORK STRIPPED TO THE WAIST IN THE INTENSE JUNGLE HEAT.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. STRIPPED TO THE WAIST, THESE SUN-TANNED GUNNERS OF THE A.I.F. KEEP UP THE SUPPLY OF SHELLS DURING AN ENEMY AIR RAID IN NEW GUINEA. THESE TROOPS WERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. SUN-TANNED AUSTRALIAN GUNNERS WHO HAVE SEEN SERVICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PICTURED IN A HAPPY GROUP IN NEW GUINEA.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. INSIDE THE SAND-BAGGED GUN-PIT, FROM WHERE AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS KEEP WATCH ON NEW GUINEA SKIES.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AN A.I.F. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CREW LEAP TO POSITIONS IN NEW GUINEA AS THE SPOTTER GIVES THE ALARM THAT JAPANESE PLANES ARE APPROACHING.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AN A.I.F. "ACK ACK" GUNNER APPLYING GREASE TO THE BREECH MECHANISM OF AN ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN AFTER AN ENGAGEMENT WITH JAPANESE PLANES IN NEW GUINEA.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM A COASTLINE PATROL SEARCHING FOR THE REMAINS OF JAPANESE BOMBERS SHOT DOWN IN A RAID ON PORT MORESBY. THE PLANES WERE SEEN DIVING TO
