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WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-05. THE BAND OF THE 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION PERFORMING THE MAZE AT THE FOOT OF THE JUDGES TOWER AT THE HERBERTON RACECOURSE

NX102964 SERGEANT REGINALD ROY RATTEY VC, A COMPANY, 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION. SERGEANT RATTEY WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY AND A COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN LIFE WHEN ..

WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. MEMBERS OF THE HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION GIVE "EYES RIGHT" AS THEY MARCH PAST THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER, NX163 LIEUTENANT COLONEL P.A. CULLEN, DSO. ..

WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. GENERAL VIEW OF THE PARADE OF THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION ON THE HERBERTON RACECOURSE. TAKING THE PARADE IS NX163 LIEUTENANT COLONEL P.A. CULLEN, DSO. (ON HORSEBACK), ..

WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION GIVE "EYES RIGHT" AS THEY MARCH PAST THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER, NX163 LIEUTENANT COLONEL P.A. CULLEN, DSO. (1), WITH THE ..

THE FIRST AWAS MEMBERS TO LAND IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA ARRIVING AT THEIR QUARTERS. LEFT TO RIGHT - SERGEANT AILSA JARMAN, BUNDABERG, QUEENSLAND; SERGEANT BERYL GODKIN, MILDURA, VICTORIA; SERGEANT LORNA ..

HERBERTON, QLD. 1944-04-25. THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING (GOC), 6TH DIVISION, VX17 MAJOR-GENERAL J.E.S. STEVENS, DSO., ED. (1), AND HIS AIDE-DE-CAMP, WERE SPECTATORS AT THE ANZAC DAY SERVICE AT ..

BULLDOG-WAU ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-19. GROUP PORTRAIT OF OFFICERS OF THE 2/4TH FIELD SQUADRON AT SECOMBE CAMP. THEY ARE:- QX38742 LIEUTENANT A.E. DEAN (1); NX132535 LIEUTENANT D.F. FAIRWEATHER ..

BULLDOG-WAU ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-19. THREE NATIVE BOYS WHO SERVE AS PERSONAL ATTENDANTS AT HEADQUARTERS, 2/4TH FIELD SQUADRON AT 20 MILE. THEY ARE:- GUSAUA (1); TOMA (2); TOM (3)

UBERI AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-19. NATIVE CARRIERS AND MEMBERS OF THE 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION AT GOLDIES CROSSING NEAR OWERS' CORNER PLAYING EXTRAS DURING THE FILMING OF THE FINAL OF THE FINAL ..

German New Guinea local troops at drill, being trained by German Reservists, shortly before the arrival of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF)

UBERI AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-19. NATIVE CARRIERS AND MEMBERS OF THE 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION AT GOLDIES CROSSING NEAR OWERS' CORNER PLAYING EXTRAS DURING THE FILMING OF THE FINAL SEQUENCES OF ..