Photographs from the Australian War Memorial

311 items in this album on 16 pages.


Australian truck-mounted Ordnance QF 2 pounder gun on exercise in Geraldton, Australia, Oct 1942	Wrecked German Marder III tank destroyer in North Africa, 1942	Abandoned SdKfz 2 Kettenkrad vehicle near Mersa Matruh, Egypt, Nov 1942	Crews inspecting midship torpedo damage to the heavy cruiser USS Chester in the Sutherland drydock at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, Australia, Nov 1942.

Wreck of the Japanese midget submarine sunk in Sydney Harbor aboard a truck enroute between Sydney and Melbourne during an exhibition tour to raise money for the naval relief fund, Australia, Nov 1942	Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF in flight over the Owen Stanley range, New Guinea, late 1942; the pilot was R. J. Brazenor with observer F. B. Anderson	British pilots of the No. 54 Squadron RAF in front of a Spitfire fighter at Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, circa late 1942	Australian Catalina aircraft being serviced by No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit RAAF in Bowen, Queensland, Australia, early 1943

Australian paratrooper at the Parachute Battalion Training Centre with Austen Mk 1 submachine gun, date unknown	Boomerang aircraft landing, date unknown	Captain John Collins on the day that he handed over control of HMAS Shropshire to the Royal Australian Navy, 1943	Captured Ju 87B-2 Stuka dive bomber with British markings, 1940s; this aircraft had previously been operated by Italian Air Force 209th Squadron and ditched after running out of fuel

Clive Caldwell, date unknown	Edund Herring at his desk, date unknown	Graduates of No. 12 Course at No. 5 Operational Training Unit of the RAAF, 1943; note Beaufighter aircraft in background	US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt speaking with an RAAF officer, Australia, 1943; note WAAAF Group Officer Clare Grant Stevenson at far left

USS Saratoga and HMS Victorious at Nouméa, New Caledonia, 1943	Wreck of a Ju 87D Stuka dive bomber of German Sturzkampfgeschwader 3, North Africa, 1943	Australian Company Sergeant Major McCominski and Private M. Daniels waited as the accompanying M3 General Stuart tank attacking a Japanese pillbox, near Buna, New Guinea, 2 Jan 1943	General Thomas Blamey and Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger, Buna, Australian Papua, 14 Jan 1943