Making Maps Under Fire: Surveying New Guinea in World War II
Ever wonder how the operations of the Pacific were planned? Where did all those maps come from?
Filed in: War History – Author: JF Dowsett
HMAS Whyalla in camouflage in New Guinea
On January 2nd 1943, the Australian Navy corvette HMAS Whyalla was anchored deep in the Maclaren Harbour inlet on the Cape Nelson Peninsula in New Guinea. She had been brought in close to the shoreline and camouflaged with a bewildering array of branches, vines and bushes that were doing their best to hide 730 tons of steel ship from the Imperial Japanese Air Service, who at that stage still menaced Allied naval operations in the area.
Like a lightning storm a force of 18 Japanese dive bombers approached undetected and attacked in a terrifyingly determined manner. The Whyalla had field survey parties out on duty and her two tenders, the requisitioned trawlers HMAS Stella and Polaris, were sounding off the harbour entrance. Several bombs narrowly missed the Whyalla, which suffered damage from…
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Posted on June 18, 2016, in Uncategorized, WWII and tagged 1940's, Australia, History, Military, Military History, New Guinea, Pacific, Pacific War, WW2, WWII. Bookmark the permalink. 36 Comments.
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My Nook is powered by android, but I do not have a smart phone – does this still work?
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Yes,it still works until you have an Google maps app on your phone irrespective of OS.Thankyou and come back for more tricks and tips
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I will.
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Happy Father’s Day, GP! Sending some peace your way to lessen your haste. Bless you for your devotion to this project you share with us.
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Thank you, Jeanne. My devotion started with my own father and grew to include the majority of that wonderful generation!
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I don’t know why, but the making of maps is always fascinating to me — the people making them even more than the actual maps. Great post, GP. Hugs.
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You don’t need to question your curiosity, I’m just glad this reblog may have helped you to understand. Hope you had a great weekend.
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Thanks for the re-blog gp.
Fantastic historical story, great to read the story on the Whyalla, also the story of Mitre Rock.
The Oyster corals are story on their own I think.
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Thanks, Ian. Perhaps you could teach us about the Oyster corals?
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All I know about Oysters gp, is that I love them, au naturale.
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Haha…
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Unsung heroes, I guess
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I’ve always said that it took an army of people behind the scenes to keep a handful of combat troops at the front. Thanks for dropping in, Derrick.
Things are going to be hectic today for me – hope you have a great one!
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Enjoy the day
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You as well!
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Schönen Sonntag lieber Gruß und Umarmung..
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Danke, Gislinde.
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Thanks for sharing – I enjoyed learning about the surveying and mapping efforts in WWII.
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I’m glad to hear that Sheryl. It’s not quite 100 years ago, but working on it, eh?
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Interesting post and special old photo.
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I’m sure they’ll be happy to hear that, Mary Lou.
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Bad enough having the Japanese to deal with, let alone carnivorous ants!
Best wishes, Pete.
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There was always something new for them find on New Guinea.
Have a great weekend, Pete. I won’t have much, if any, time on-line tomorrow.
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Amazing text. Enjoyed !
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Happy about that!!
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I must say I didn’t wonder where the maps came from until I read this. Quite interesting.
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I agree. It never occurred to me to research this subject – hence the reblog… 🙂
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Excellent post, thank you for the history lesson.
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Always my pleasure!
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Thanks for another great find!
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My pleasure, they do great work!
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Just saw it GP. Fantastic post.
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Agreed!!
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Indeed, it is, GP Cox!
Warm greetings to you from rather cold and wet Norfolk,
have a fabulous weekend,
Dina, Klausbernd, Siri & Selma Xx 🙂
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Hi Dina,
I think I need to move there by you – we have HOT, rainy and STEAMY going on!! Thanks for coming by.
Have a great weekend – ALL of you!
GP Cox
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