The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. 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. 1942-09. GUNNERS ON THIS 2 PDR MK IIC ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN ABOARD HMAS BENDIGO KEEP THEIR GUN IN GOOD ORDER - JUST IN CASE.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. MILITIA ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS, REPAIR, AND MAKE NEW, CAMOUFLAGE NETTING IN BETWEEN RAIDS.
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 STRIPPE
Port Moresby, New Guinea. June 1942. Australian anti-aircraft gunners man their Bofors medium anti-aircraft gun in preparation for Japanese aircraft attacks.
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.
