The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 DAYLIGHT HOURS THEY MAN AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN ON A CLIFF TOP WHEN JAPANESE RAIDERS APPEAR.
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. 1942-07-15. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN SEARCHLIGHT CREW HAVE MADE THEMSELVES COMFORTABLE IN AN OLD BUILDING WHICH THEY HAVE CONVERTED INTO THEIR BILLETS.
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, 1942-07-15. MAKESHIFT HUT SERVES THE CREW OF AN AUSTRALIAN SEARCHLIGHT UNIT AS A KITCHEN IN THE NEW GUINEA WAR ZONE.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07. TWO MIDDLE EAST "DIGGERS" NOW IN ACTION IN NEW GUINEA. THEY ARE MEMBERS OF AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT CREW.
Members of a Malta ack-ack (anti-aircraft) crew man their gun ready to let the raiders 'have it.'
