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Studio portrait of NX41372 Private (Pte) Arthur John George, No. 1 Independent Company, of Glen Innes, NSW. Pte George enlisted on 3 September 1940 and served on the island of New Ireland. He was ..

Informal outdoor portrait of NX66807 Private (Pte) Sydney Louis Nicholson, No. 1 Independent Company, of Merrylands, NSW. Pte Nicholson enlisted on 7 January 1941 and and served on the island of ..

Studio portrait of NX53269 Gunner (Gnr) Eric Kenneth Triggs, 17 Anti Tank Battery, of Tuggerah, NSW. The name Eric Kenneth Triggs was an alias used because he was under age at the time of ..

Studio portrait of VX48415 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Robert Edward (Bob) Ross, 2/22 Battalion, of Shepparton, Victoria. The son of Sarah Isabell Ross and David James Ross, a Boer War veteran, Robert ..

Studio portrait of NX26478 Private (Pte) Ernest Leslie Burgess, 8th Division Supply Column Mechanical Transport, of Picton, NSW. A typewriter mechanic and truck driver prior to his enlistment on 19 ..

Studio portrait of VX23857 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) Albert Louis Edward Cooper, 2/22 Battalion. A/Cpl Cooper enlisted on 7 June 1940 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese invasion of ..

Studio portrait of VX24423 Private (Pte) Sydney McGregor, 2/22 Battalion, of McKinnon, Vic. Pte McGregor enlisted on 10 June 1940 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese invasion of ..

Studio portrait of NX53100 Private (Pte) John Wilson Day, No. 1 Independent Company, of Bassendeon, WA. Pte Day enlisted on 6 July 1940 and served on the island of New Ireland. He was taken ..

Studio portrait of NX66006 Acting Lance Corporal (A/L Cpl) William Samuel James Turner, No. 1 Independent Company, of Sydney, NSW. He enlisted on 2 December 1940 and served on the island of New ..

Informal outdoor portrait of QX64915 Private (Pte) Alan Stanley Tummon, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), of Bundaberg, Queensland. A labourer prior to enlistment on 18 June 1941 Pte Tummon ..

Studio portrait of VX23568 Private (Pte) John William Hayes, 2/22 Battalion, of Heidelberg, Victoria. Pte Hayes enlisted in June 1940 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese invasion of ..

Informal outdoor portrait of WX8167 Signalman (Sig) William Eric Rule Dennis, of Carnarvon, WA. A clerk in civilian life, Sig Dennis enlisted in August 1940. After completing training as a ..