Crew members of HMAS Dubbo assist troops of Farida Force, possibly members of 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, into assault barges for the landing at Dove Bay, east of Wewak, on 11 May 1945. Dubbo was one of sixty minesweepers, commonly known as corvettes, built in Australia during the war. She had fired her first shots in anger just a few weeks earlier, on Anzac Day 1945, when she, Colac and Swan had bombarded Japanese positions on Muschu Island, off the New Guinea coast. She would provide valuable fire support to the operations of Farida Force. AWM 018496
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