Photos Taken in Australia | World War II Database

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John Curtin greeting Douglas MacArthur upon the US general's arrival at Sydney, Australia by air, 28 Mar 1942	Air Chief Marshal Charles Burnett and Air Vice Marshal William Bostock, Australia, 12 May 1942	Air Vice Marshal George Jones, Air Vice-Marshal W. D. Bostock, and Air Chief Marshal Charles Burnett, Australia, 12 May 1942	Cruiser USS Chicago underway in Sydney Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, before the Japanese midget submarine attack that took place later that night, May 31, 1942

Hulk of Japanese Type A midget submarine recovered from Sydney Harbor after being destroyed in the 31 May 1942 raid, Jun 1942.	Royal Australian Navy personnel examining the hulls and pieces of the Japanese Type A midget submarines recovered from Sydney Harbor after the 31 May 1942 raid.	A Japanese Ko-hyoteki class midget submarine raised from of Sydney Harbor the day after the submarine attack in Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, Australia, Jun 1 1942	Japanese Type 98 torpedo that ran aground on Green Island in Sydney Harbor during the submarine attack 9 days earlier being prepared for recovery, Sydney, Australia, Jun 10, 1942. Note the sandbags.

Parade of military vehicles, Ann Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 Jul 1942; note Diamond T tank transporters and Matilda tanks	Prime Minister John Curtin's party entering Brisbane City Hall in Brisbane, Australia, 19 Aug 1942	Captain Ralph Chrstie congratulating Lieutenant Commander John Moore of USS S-44 on the sinking of Kako, Brisbane, Australia, 23 Aug 1942	Crew of USS S-44 around the deck gun, Brisbane, Australia, Aug-Sep 1942

Crews inspecting midship torpedo damage to the heavy cruiser USS Chester in the Sutherland drydock at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, Australia, Nov 1942.	General Walter Krueger of US 6th Army inspecting US Marines at Mount Martha, Melbourne, Australia, 1943; note General William Rupertus and Colonel Merritt Edson	General William Rupertus and Colonel John Selden, Australia, 1943	Parade of military vehicles, Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, circa 1943; note Diamond T tank transporters with Matilda tanks

Sentinel tank, circa 1940s	US Army Jeep converted for use on rails, Australia, 1943.	US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt speaking with an RAAF officer, Australia, 1943; note WAAAF Group Officer Clare Grant Stevenson at far left	USS New Orleans in the Cockatoo Docks in Sydney, Australia as a temporary bow is being lowered into place after she was struck by a torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga that blew off 150 feet of her bow.