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WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-02. A FORMAL GROUP OF A COMPANY, 2/3 MACHINE-GUN BATTALION

WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-02. THREE DECORATED MEMBERS OF NO. 12 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 2/3 MACHINE-GUN BATTALION. SERGEANT J.A. SEWELL OF THE SAME PLATOON WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION WAS ALSO A ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THE SALVAGE SHIP, CAMBRIAN SALVOR, OPERATED BY COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE BOARD, WORKING ALONGSIDE THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 WHICH WAS DAMAGED IN SIMPSON HARBOUR ..

WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-02. MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/3 MACHINE-GUN BATTALION ON PARADE PRIOR TO THE PRESENTATION OF MILITARY MEDALS TO SERGEANT E. HAYLETT AND CORPORAL G.A. LAMBERT, MEMBERS ..

WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-02. A SMARTNESS OF LINES COMPETITION WAS HELD AT 2/3 MACHINE-GUN BATTALION AND TROOPS WERE GIVEN A WEEK TO DECORATE THEIR LINES. THE COMPETITION WAS WON BY A 10 ..

WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-02. AFTER THE PRESENTATION OF THE MILITARY MEDAL RIBBONS TO SERGEANT E. HAYLETT AND CORPORAL G.A. LAMBERT, MEMBERS OF 12 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 2/3 MACHINE-GUN ..

WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-02. LIEUTENANT W.C.J. WHITE, ADJUTANT (2), READING THE CITATIONS TO MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/3 MACHINE-GUN BATTALION, DURING THE PRESENTATION OF MILITARY MEDALS TO ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE BOARD FROM THE SALVAGE SHIP CAMBRIAN SALVOR EXAMINE CHOCKS ON THE FOREDECK OF THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 BELIEVED TO BE CRADLES ..

WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-02. CAPTAIN L.T. SMITH, COMPANY COMMANDER, C COMPANY, 2/3 MACHINE-GUN BATTALION STANDING IN FRONT OF HIS COMPANY DURING THE ADDRESS BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL R.R. ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THE MATAPI CRATER VIEWED BY A MEMBER OF 55 PORT CRAFT COMPANY FROM THE LAUNCH AM 1825

WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-02. LIEUTENANT COLONEL R.R. GORDON, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/3 MACHINE-GUN BATTALION (3) PINNING THE MILITARY MEDAL RIBBON ON CORPORAL G.A. LAMBERT, A MEMBER OF 12 ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-01. JAPANESE SOLDIERS WITH PICKS AND SHOVELS ON THEIR WAY TO WORK PASS TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION ON PARADE