This is a very well constructed site remembering the service personnel who fought in the New Guinea campaign: http://www.jje.info/lostlives/index.html It also lists all the fallen and commemorated on the Rabaul Memorial: http://www.jje.info/lostlives/exhib/rabaulmemorial/index.html
Weapon of Denial: Air Power and the Battle for New Guinea Discusses the Battle for New Guinea in which United States and Australian air forces proved to be decisive in preventing the resupply of Japanese ground forces. http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/fulltext/weapon_of_denial.pdf