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RAGITSUMA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-30. INFANTRYMAN OF THE 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION LEAPING FROM THE BANK TO CROSS THE YATI RIVER

MARINGGUSIN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-29. VX35 LIEUTENANT COLONEL J.A. BISHOP, DSO, MBE, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION CROSSING THE YATI RIVER

RAGITSUMA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-30. "BISCUIT BOMBERS". TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT DROPPING FOOD RATIONS TO FORWARD TROOPS OF THE 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY

ANTIRIGAN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-30. VX61715 SAPPER S.N. WARDSWORTH OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY BEHIND HIS .303 BREN LIGHT MACHINE GUN, IN A FORWARD POSITION IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY

RAGITSUMA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-30. NATIVES CARRYING AMMUNITION AND SUPPLIES ACROSS THE YATI RIVER IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY

RAGITSUMA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-30. NATIVE BOY WEARING AUSTRALIAN CLOTHES, COMPLETE WITH SERGEANT'S STRIPES, CROSSING A CREEK IN THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AREA

ANTIRIGAN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-25. MEN OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY ENTRENCHED IN THE MOST FORWARD POSITION IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY. THEY ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT:- NX92193 SAPPER R. ..

ANTIRIGAN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-27. WX15901 SAPPER J. RICH, 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY IN A TREE, ONE OF THE UNIT OBSERVATION POSTS, KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE SURROUNDING HILLS

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AND NATIVES JOIN FORCES TO PUSH A BOGGED JEEP AND TRAILER OUT OF DIFFICULTIES ON THE ROAD BETWEEN KAIAPIT AND ..

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-27. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, MOVING ACROSS THE DRY RIVER BED IN A SECTION OF THE MANIANG RIVER. THEY ARE:- NX131509 ..

ANTIRIGAN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-27. WX20341 SAPPER W. WHELTON OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY, CLEANING HIS OWEN GUN, AFTER AN ACTION

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-27. TROOPS OF C COMPANY, THE 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, PASSING THROUGH KAIAPIT VILLAGE, SHOWING MARAWASA SIGN POST