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Photograph 025627 Second World War, 1939-1945PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. INSIDE THE SAND-BAGGED GUN-PIT, FROM WHERE AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS KEEP WATCH ON NEW GUINEA SKIES.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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, 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.

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY MOVING THROUGH A BANANA PLANTATION. SCOUTS KEEP A SHARP LOOK-OUT FOR SIGNS OF JAPANESE IN THESE DENSE AREAS.

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY MOVING THROUGH A BANANA PLANTATION. SCOUTS KEEP A SHARP LOOK-OUT FOR SIGNS OF JAPANESE IN THESE DENSE AREAS.

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. NO SHIFTWORK AT THE FRONT. THESE MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN SEARCHLIGHT CREW IN NEW GUINEA, DO NOT CONFINE THEIR EFFORTS TO THEIR REGULAR NIGHTLY HOURS OF DUTY. DURING DAYL
