| Extracted from a publication titled "Jungle Victory" Outline of Military Events in New Guinea Herald and Weekly Times Melbourne. circa 1944 | |||||
| I have listed the basic titles of all the photographs in the publication, along with the titles for each of the newspaper extracts. Where there are specific people mentioned, I have listed their names as well. I am happy to provided you with the context of any of the newspaper extracts if you feel that they may related to members of your family. I can scan the photographs too, but will only scan one or two at a time. | |||||
| Item Heading | Description | Contents | Dates | Pages | |
| 1st Phase: Retirement | Japanese Landings at Lae & Salamaua | Photographs:- | Pages 1 - 9 | ||
| (major heading) | Retreat to Wau | The bombing of Salamua | |||
| Further landings at Buna and Gona | Wreck of a Japanese plane | ||||
| Retirement across the Owen Stanley Range | Bombing of Finschhafen | ||||
| Threat to Pt Moresby | Air raid on Port Moresby | ||||
| US General Douglas MacArthur | |||||
| Blazing ammunition plane | |||||
| General Blamey inspecting Aussie troops at a New Guinea base | |||||
| Newspaper Extracts:- | Pages 1 - 9 | ||||
| New Guinea Invaded | March 8, 1942 | ||||
| Finschhafen Lost | March 10, 1942 | ||||
| Prophetic Warnings | March 11, 1942 | ||||
| American Assistance | March 14, 1942 | ||||
| Supreme Commander | March 17, 1942 | ||||
| Convoy Attack | March 18, 1942 | ||||
| Air Raid on Moresby | March 20, 1942 | ||||
| C-in-C of Land Forces | March 27, 1942 | ||||
| New Army Commands | March 30 1942 | ||||
| Further Appointments | April 19, 1942 | ||||
| Japanese Reinforced | April 26, 1942 | ||||
| Seaborne Threat to Australia | dealing with the threat of invasion by the Japanese on the Australian mainland | Photographs:- | Pages 10 - 11 | ||
| (sub-heading) | Dodging Allied Bombs | ||||
| Japanese carrier sunk | |||||
| Doomed | |||||
| Death Throes | |||||
| diagram of the battle of the Coral Sea | |||||
| Newspaper Extracts:- | |||||
| Coral Sea Battle | May 4, 1942 | ||||
| Action Continues | May 7, 1942 | ||||
| Lexington's Last Moments in Coral Sea Battle | dealing with the sinking of the Aircraft Carrier Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea. | Photographs:- | |||
| (sub-heading) | Lexington's End (3 photos this subject) | Pages 12-13 | |||
| Japs Invade Papua | dealing with the Japanese invasion of Papua | Photographs:- | Pages 14-17 | ||
| (sub-heading) | Goldminer - Rifleman - Harry Helton | ||||
| Native boy spraying a mosquito breeding ground | |||||
| Mosquito control | |||||
| Native Assistance | |||||
| Papuan Infantry | |||||
| Private Bruce Kingsbury V.C. | |||||
| Native crafts and craftsmen | |||||
| a native village on the Kokoda trail | |||||
| Newspaper Extracts:- | |||||
| Landing at Gona | July 22, 1942 | ||||
| Japanese Press Inland | July 26, 1942 | ||||
| Half-way to Moresby | July 28, 1942 | ||||
| V.C. Earned on Kokoda Trail (Private Bruce Kingsbury) | |||||
| Enemy Delayed | July 29, 1942 | ||||
| First Japanese Defeat | dealing with the first defeat of the Japanese on Papua New Guinea | Photographs:- | Pages 18-23 | ||
| (sub-heading) | Milne Bay from the air | ||||
| Map showing Milne Bay | |||||
| Milne Bay mud | |||||
| Air Support under difficulties | |||||
| Navy Station at Milne Bay | |||||
| Jap Sampan | |||||
| Captured Tanks | |||||
| Corporal J.A. French V.C. of Crow's Nest QLD | |||||
| Corporal French's grave at Milne Bay | |||||
| Japanese Landing Barges | |||||
| Over the Range - arial shot of Kokoda trail from Buna and a map | |||||
| Newspaper Extracts:- | |||||
| Enemy Convoy Seen | August 24, 1942 | ||||
| Milne Bay Landing | August 26, 1942 | ||||
| Land Fighting Begins | August 28, 1942 | ||||
| Enemy Falls Into Trap | August 31, 1942 | ||||
| Enemy Pass "The Gap" in Owen Stanley Range | September 7, 1942 | ||||
| "Position Grave" | September 9, 1942 | ||||
| Enemy Advance Ended | September 16, 1942 | ||||
| Milne Bay V.C. (Corporal J.A. French) | no date | ||||
| 2ns Phase Counter Attack | Advance across Owen Stanley Range | Photographs:- | Pages 24 - 31 | ||
| Recapture of Buna and Gona | Anti-Sniper Technique | ||||
| Battle of Wau | Japanese Mountain Gun | ||||
| Recapture of Lae and Salamaua | Setting Sun | ||||
| Owen Stanley Range | |||||
| Japanese Post | |||||
| A wounded Japanese | |||||
| Americans arrive by air | |||||
| Americans | |||||
| Royal Papuan Constabulary | |||||
| Papuan Infantry | |||||
| Native Carriers | |||||
| Native Stretcher Bearers | |||||
| sketch of a native Papuan | |||||
| Newspaper Extracts:- | |||||
| Australians Hit Back | September 29, 1942 | ||||
| Japanese Retreat | September 30, 1942 | ||||
| Advance to Menari | October 2, 1942 | ||||
| Efogi recaptured | October 4, 1942 | ||||
| Kagi and Myola Ours | October 6, 1942; | ||||
| Attack near Myola | October 12, 1942 | ||||
| Fighting in the Gap | October 14, 1942 | ||||
| Main Crest Captured | October 22, 1942 | ||||
| Kokoda Captured | November 2, 1942 | ||||
| Resistance at Oivi | November 5, 1942 | ||||
| First US troops in NG | November 8, 1942 | ||||
| Natives Honoured | November 9, 1942 | ||||
| Battle for Buna and Gona | dealing with the battle for Buna and Gona | Photographs:- | Pages 32-41 | ||
| (sub-heading) | Engineering Achievements (2 photos) | ||||
| map of Buna area | |||||
| Softening of Gona (3 photos) | |||||
| Forward Positions (2 photos) | |||||
| Pressing on to Gona | |||||
| R.A.N. Reinforces | |||||
| The Navy Office | |||||
| The "Colac" | |||||
| Enemy Reinforcements Smashed (2 photos) | |||||
| Tank Attack on Buna | |||||
| Tanks Support Infantry | |||||
| Sanananda Obstacles | |||||
| Chief Weapon | |||||
| Mountain Battery | |||||
| Ours And Theirs (several photos and drawings of our dead and theirs) | |||||
| Johnny Got A Zero (2 photos) | |||||
| Newspaper Extracts:- | |||||
| Kumasi River Crossed | November 15, 1942 | ||||
| Battle for Buna and Gona | November 16, 1942 | ||||
| Australians enter Gona | November 20, 1942 | ||||
| Reinforcements Intercepted | November 26, 1942 | ||||
| Gona Capture Complete | December 8, 1942 | ||||
| Australian Casualties | December 9, 1942 | ||||
| New Australian Landing | December 10, 1942 | ||||
| Buna Falls | December 13, 1942 | ||||
| Armed Forces in Action | December 18, 1942 | ||||
| Buna Mission Falls | December 28, 1942 | ||||
| Attack on Sanananda | January 12, 1943 | ||||
| American Share | no date | ||||
| Victory won by hard sustained fighting | no date | ||||
| Tribute to Airmen | no date | ||||
| American Awards | list of awards presented by General MacArthur in New Guinea to serving Australian service people | Photographs:- | Page 42 | ||
| (sub-heading) | Lt.Gen. R.I. Eichelberger | ||||
| Maj. Gen. R.K. Sutherland | |||||
| Group Capt. W. Garing | |||||
| Brig.Gen. C.A. Willoughby | |||||
| Lt. Gen. E.F. Herring | |||||
| Brig. K.W. Eather | |||||
| Maj.Gen. G.A. Vasey | |||||
| Brig. G.F. Wootten | |||||
| Lt.Gen. G.C. Kenney and Brig. Gen. E.C. Whitehead | |||||
| Newspaper Extracts:- | |||||
| American Awards | January 10, 1942 | ||||
| From Wau to Lae and Salamaua | Australia's second offensive operation in this area | Photographs:- | Pages 43-73 | ||
| (sub-heading) | WAU (2 photos & a map) | ||||
| Reinforcements for Wau (2 photos) | |||||
| Forward Supplies by Air (2 photos) | |||||
| Supplies for Wau Defenders | |||||
| Man and Horsepower (2 photos) | |||||
| Lighter moments (2 photos) | |||||
| Civil construction Corps (2 photos) | |||||
| Flaming Torch | |||||
| Sea of Burning Ships (9 photos) | |||||
| Map of Finschhafen area | |||||
| Pursuit of Enemy (2 photos) | |||||
| On the way to Salamaua | |||||
| Way to Salamaua | |||||
| Wounded from Mubo | |||||
| The Price of Victory (2 photos of Australian graves & soldiers paying their respects) | |||||
| Fl.Lt. W.E. Newton V.C. | |||||
| Barge landing supplies | |||||
| Infantry afloat | |||||
| Landing pioneer | |||||
| Yanks and Aussies Join Up | |||||
| Blitzed jungle | |||||
| RAAF pilots | |||||
| Weary way to Salamaua | |||||
| Two toed boot | |||||
| Sketch by F.A. Aldridge - Sun War Correspondent of a front line soldier at his gun | |||||
| Bombardment of Mt Tambu | |||||
| American guns on Mt Tambu | |||||
| Japanese mountain gun | |||||
| Jap foxhole | |||||
| Walking wounded from Mt Tambu | |||||
| Sketch by F.A. Aldridge of wounded soldier | |||||
| Wounded Australians | |||||
| On the way to Lae | |||||
| V for Victory | |||||
| Ashore at Lae | |||||
| American Paratroopers | |||||
| Artillery Parachute Preparations | |||||
| Parachute landing (2 photos) | |||||
| Line drawing of paratroopers landing at Gineau signed Bryan at Grineau 1943 | |||||
| Pte. Richard Kelliher V.C. | |||||
| Salamaua Coast | |||||
| Victorious Generals | |||||
| Victorious Platoon | |||||
| Lae after Capture | |||||
| Japanese wreckage | |||||
| Air Victim | |||||
| Japanese Zero | |||||
| Flag Souvenir | |||||
| Stores Dump | |||||
| Troops Land | |||||
| Newspaper Extracts:- | |||||
| Australians' Second Offensive Operation | January 27, 1943 | ||||
| Patrols Make First Contact | January 29, 1943 | ||||
| Battle For Wau | January 30, 1943 | ||||
| Strong Jap Attack | February 4, 1943 | ||||
| Enemy Retreat Begins | no date | ||||
| CCC in New Guinea | March 1, 1943 | ||||
| Bismark Sea Battle | March 11, 1943 | ||||
| Reinforcement Attempt | |||||
| RAAF Victoria Cross (Fl. Lt. W.E. Newton) | March 1843 | ||||
| Losses in New Guinea | April 11, 1943 | ||||
| US Landing at Nassau Bay | July 1, 1943 | ||||
| Austalians Join Americans | July 3, 1943 | ||||
| Heaviest Air Raid | July 7, 1943 | ||||
| Mubo Captured | July 15, 1943 | ||||
| Capture of Mt Tambo | July 27 1943 | ||||
| Japanese on Defensive | August 9, 1943 | ||||
| Enemy fall back to Salamaua | August 24, 1943 | ||||
| Hemmed in at Salamaua | September 2, 1943 | ||||
| Australian Landing at Lae | September 4, 1943 | ||||
| Paratroopers Land Near Lae | September 5, 1943 | ||||
| Untrained paratroopers jump with complete field artillery | |||||
| V.C Won at Nadzab (Pte. Richard Kelliher) | September 6, 1943 | ||||
| Arrival of 7th Division troops by air | September 19, 1943 | ||||
| Capture of Salamaua | September 11, 1943 | ||||
| Lae Falls | September 16, 1943 | ||||
| Australian landing at Finschhafen | September 22, 1943 | ||||
| 3rd Phase Pursuit | Advance up Markham and Ramu Valleys | Photographs:- | Pages 74-91 | ||
| Coastal Advance | Map showing coast from Salamaua to Wewak | ||||
| North Coast Landings | In close Pursuit | ||||
| Ramu Valley | |||||
| Company Quarters | |||||
| Huon Peninsula map | |||||
| Matilda Tanks attack | |||||
| Sketch of a tank on the front line by F.A. Aldridge | |||||
| Track to Satelberg | |||||
| Aerial bombardment of Satelberg | |||||
| Sgt. Derrick VC | |||||
| Dead Japanese | |||||
| Sgt Derrick attaching flag to a shattered tree at Satelberg | |||||
| Crossing the Song River | |||||
| Towards Wareo | |||||
| Satelberg wounded | |||||
| Souvenir | |||||
| Cross survives | |||||
| Sketch of a soldier | |||||
| The Pimple | |||||
| Shaggy Ridge (3 photos) | |||||
| American landing | |||||
| Landing craft | |||||
| Sketch of a soldier either of or by Bailey | |||||
| Rush ashore | |||||
| Unloading | |||||
| Japanese base battered | |||||
| Jungle Advance | |||||
| US-AUS link up | |||||
| Ramu Valley | |||||
| Captured Specimen | |||||
| Mountain Trek | |||||
| Seabourne Reinforcements | |||||
| Japanese graves | |||||
| On Patrol | |||||
| Vengence Seekers | |||||
| Alwxishafen After Capture | |||||
| Newspaper Extracts:- | |||||
| End of the Huon Gulf Campaign | October 2, 1943 | ||||
| Pursuit in the Ramu Valley | October 5, 1943 | ||||
| Finschhafen Disputed | October 21, 1943 | ||||
| Break-out Attempt fails | October 24, 1943 | ||||
| Battle for Satelberg | November 20, 1943 | ||||
| Victoria Cross Winner (Sgt. T.C. Derrick DCM) | November 23, 1943 | ||||
| Satelberg Falls | September 26, 1943 | ||||
| Coastal advance to Wareo | December 8, 1943 | ||||
| Fighting in Ramu Valley | December 12, 1943 | ||||
| Shaggy Ridge Victory | December 29, 1943 | ||||
| US Landing at Sardor | January 2, 1944 | ||||
| Evacuation Attempt | January 13, 1944 | ||||
| Huon Peninsual Campaign ends | February 11, 1944 | ||||
| Advance to Bogadjim | March 23, 1944 | ||||
| Japanese Evacuate Bogadjim | April 10, 1944 | ||||
| Australians seize Madang Base | April 24, 1944 | ||||
| Capture of Alexishafen | April 28, 1944 | ||||
| 4th Phase: Extermination | Landings at Hollandia and Aitape | Photographs:- | Page 92-96 | ||
| Japanese flight into Mountains | Pom Poms | ||||
| Mopping Up | HMAS Shropshire | ||||
| End of Campaign | HMAS Warramunga | ||||
| Aitape Landing | |||||
| Sketch of Japanese soldier | |||||
| Air raid on Aitape | |||||
| Parachute bombs on Hollandia | |||||
| Airmen prepare | |||||
| Interrogation | |||||
| Sketch of a dead Japanese soldier | |||||
| RAAF at Aitape | |||||
| Newspaper Extracts:- | |||||
| Landings in Dutch NG | April 22, 1944 | ||||
| Airstrip Captured | April 27, 1944 | ||||
| Round Up | May 1, 1944 | ||||
| More US landings | May 5, 1944 | ||||
| Wakde-Toem Landing | May 17, 1944 | ||||
| End of Campaign | May 28, 1944 | ||||