Sicily, Italy, July 1943. A Flight Sergeant of No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron Royal Australian Air Force looks at the damage caused by the German anti-aircraft fire on the tail assembly of his aircraft during operations over the Catania area. Victor Sierra

Anti-aircraft fire’s effects

Western Desert, Egypt, August 14, 1942: an Australian Kittyhawk fighter-bomber damaged in aerial combat has made a forced landing near El Alamein. Note cannon shell hole above the code’s letter “W” and the bottom part of the rudder taken away. Victor Sierra

After the combat

A helmeted Australian soldier, rifle in hand, looks out over a typical New Guinea landscape in the vicinity of Milne Bay on October 31, 1942, where an earlier Japanese attempt at invasion was defeated by the Australian defenders. 