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EAGLE FARM, QLD. 1943. JAPANESE SINGLE ENGINE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT MITSUBISHI A6M REISEN (ZERO FIGHTER) ALLIED CODE- NAME ZEKE REBUILT AT EAGLE FARM (BRISBANE) BY THE TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE UNIT ..

HERBERTON, QLD. GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6TH DIVISION AND STAFF AT HEADQUARTERS 6TH DIVISION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX35 LIEUTENANT COLONEL J.A. BISHOP, DSO, MBE, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER (1); ..

SIAR, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-07. THE WATER POINT AND HEADQUARTERS 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA. DEEP WELLS ARE SUNK CAUSING THE WATER TO SEEP THROUGH BY PRESSURE

AWAR POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-09. MEMBERS OF NO.14 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION CHECK OUT A JAPANESE FOXHOLE

HANSA BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-10. MEMBERS OF THE 5TH DIVISION SALVAGE GROUP LED BY NX115529 LIEUTENANT R.A DICKSON, 8TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, EXAMINE A TRIP WIRE LEADING TO A ..

SIAR, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-07. VX186 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL G.R. WARFE, MC, COMMANDING OFFICER 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION

One of the gun crews manning the second Oerlikon anti aircraft gun positioned aft on HMA Fairmile Motor Launch ML 426. Commanded by Lieutenant (Lt) R C Pockley, ML 426 conducted operations along ..

HANSA BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-08. SERGEANT TAPIOLI, A BAYONET EXPERT AND FORWARD SCOUT OF NO. 5 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION. HE HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR THE DISTINGUISHED ..

DUGUMUR, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07. NX120317 CAPTAIN E.L. BYRNE (1), INSTRUCTING MEMBERS OF 242ND SUPPLY DEPOT PLATOON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS NEAR A PIPER CUB AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ..

AWAR POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-09. A MEMBER OF NO.14 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION APPROACHES A JAPANESE FOXHOLE. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN JAPANESE FORCES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE AREA, ..

SUB-LIEUTENANT D.R. ROSS (1), GUNNERY OFFICER, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVE, DIRECTING FIRE FROM THE BRIDGE WHILE LIEUTENANT R.C. POCKLEY, CAPTAIN, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE (2), ..

HANSA BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-10. NX115529 LIEUTENANT R.A. DICKSON, 8TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, CUTS WIRES LEADING TO A BOOBY TRAPPED JAPANESE AERIAL BOMB AT AN ABANDONED ..