The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AFTER A HECTIC FEW MINUTES OF ACTION AGAINST JAP BOMBERS IN NEW GUINEA, AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LOOK ROUND FOR MORE TARGETS. SPENT SHELL-CASES CAN BE SEEN IN FRONT OF THE GUN PIT.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. SILHOUETTED AGAINST HEAVY TROPIC CLOUDS, THESE GUNS, MANNED BY AUSTRALIANS WHO SAW ACTION AGAINST GERMAN BOMBERS AT HAIFA, PALESTINE, ARE BEING BROUGHT TO BEAR ON JAPANES
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS IN NEW GUINEA KEEP A SHARP LOOK-OUT FOR JAPANESE RAIDERS DURING AN "ALERT". NOTE SHELLS IN POSITION ON GUN, WITH MORE READY IN MAN'S HAND
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, New Guinea. June 1942. An Australian crew of a Bofors medium anti-aircraft gun jump into their gun pit to prepare for action against Japanese aircraft.
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
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. ALWAYS READY. NO TIME IS LOST IN PREPARING ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FOR ACTION AGAIN AFTER JAPANESE RAIDS ON OUR POSITIONS IN NEW GUINEA. THIS PICTURE SHOWS SUN-TANNED AUSTRALI
