We are upgrading our collection system. During this time there will be no additions or updates to the online collection (as of March 2025).

Filters

Filters (1 applied)

Clear All

has image (2)

has sound (1)

has video (1)

related places (28)

Collection

329 Results

  1. Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Artillery men adorn their dugout with pin-up girls.

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Artillery men adorn their dugout with pin-up girls.

    018261

  2.

    Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. A sapper driving in poles preparatory to lining the sides of the ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. A sapper driving in poles preparatory to lining the sides of the well with bush logs. This well was sunk in the Gilman River area to supply water for an engineering com...

    018260

  3.

    Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Australian artillery men unloading a refrigerator, packed in a ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Australian artillery men unloading a refrigerator, packed in a wooden crate, to be used as a blood bank at an advanced dressing station.

    018257

  4.

    Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Australian artillery men unloading 25-pounder ammunition at Puto ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Australian artillery men unloading 25-pounder ammunition at Puto Beach. The cases are passed from hand to hand as the most expeditious means of unloading.

    018256

  5.

    Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Australian engineers built a pontoon punt to move vehicles across ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Australian engineers built a pontoon punt to move vehicles across the Gilman River. The pontoon was made with wire mesh matting laid across two folding boats. Note the ...

    018258

  6.

    Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Sapper J. Robinson of NSW, sinking a well for his unit's water ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Sapper J. Robinson of NSW, sinking a well for his unit's water supply in the Gilman River area.

    018259

  7.

    Bougainville. Pauline Garrick, who toured Bougainville under the auspices of Australian Army ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville. Pauline Garrick, who toured Bougainville under the auspices of Australian Army Amenities Section applies make-up for 'dazzling blonde' singer Andy Dickson of Melbourne, Vic, at a concert...

    018193

  8.

    Bougainville. Portrait of a fine Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) native boy ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville. Portrait of a fine Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) native boy bugler.

    018281

  9.

    Bougainville. Private Charlie Johnson of Millaa Millaa, North Qld, had all the luck when he ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville. Private Charlie Johnson of Millaa Millaa, North Qld, had all the luck when he swapped shots with a Japanese sniper. Japanese's first round shattered the butt of Johnson's rifle and a fra...

    018087

  10.

    Bougainville. Private J. Johnson of Brisbane, Qld, chatting to Wong Yu's youngest sons, held in ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville. Private J. Johnson of Brisbane, Qld, chatting to Wong Yu's youngest sons, held in his arms. The children are great favourites with the Australian soldiers.

    018278

  11.

    Bougainville. Sister M. Stevenson of Western Australia chatting with some of her Chinese refugee ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville. Sister M. Stevenson of Western Australia chatting with some of her Chinese refugee patients at an Army Casualty Clearing Station.

    018282

  12.

    Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945. An engineering triumph in New Guinea. Bush timber and wire ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945. An engineering triumph in New Guinea. Bush timber and wire mesh was used to build this nine ton bridge across the Puriata River. The old McKinna Bridge was complet...

    018371

  13.

    Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945. An infanteer (infantryman) who killed five Japanese with his ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945. An infanteer (infantryman) who killed five Japanese with his Bren gun helps himself to a can of tea.

    018374

  14.

    Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945. A small band of Japanese attacked an Australian artillery ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945. A small band of Japanese attacked an Australian artillery position in New Guinea but they were accounted for in expert fashion. Australian artillerymen are burying...

    018373

  15.

    Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945. Five soldiers in a jeep cross a log covered road. It is ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945. Five soldiers in a jeep cross a log covered road. It is impossible to make roads in New Guinea without a solid foundation. Logs are cut from the roadside jungle an...

    018372

  16.

    Bougainville. The type of country in which Australians are fighting in Bougainville. Owing to the ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville. The type of country in which Australians are fighting in Bougainville. Owing to the comparatively poor means of communication, forward troops have to be supplied regularly by Army Air Ma...

    018198

  17.

    Bougainville. Two infantrymen are shown solving the problem of the girl shortage for their stage ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville. Two infantrymen are shown solving the problem of the girl shortage for their stage presentation. Dick Bentley, radio and stage comedian, Pauline Garrick and Mammie Reid, ABC concert pian...

    018192

  18.

    Bougainville. Walking patients greet the concert party of Dick Bentley (driver's seat), Pauline ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville. Walking patients greet the concert party of Dick Bentley (driver's seat), Pauline Garrick (right), and Mammie Reid, ABC concert pianist, as they arrive by jeep outside a ward to entertai...

    018196

  19.

    Bougainville. Wong Yu, leader of the Chinese refugees who reached sanctuary with Australian ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    Bougainville. Wong Yu, leader of the Chinese refugees who reached sanctuary with Australian forces. Only personal possession brought out by the thirty five Chinese men, women and children was Wong's l...

    018277

  20.

    British North Borneo. c. 25 June 1945. Australian signallers make contact with forward infantry ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Band, Jack

    British North Borneo. c. 25 June 1945. Australian signallers make contact with forward infantry on the Weston Beaufort railway during the advance of 2/32nd Battalion, 9th Division AIF. Signallers have...

    018684

Results per page