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SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. MEMBERS OF "A" COMPANY, 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION WHO HELPED SILENCE A JAPANESE MOUNTAIN GUN ON MOUNT PROTHERO

CANNING'S SADDLE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. WOUNDED OF THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION RECEIVING TREATMENT AT CHEN'S POST ON CANNINGS SADDLE AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON THE ENEMY POSITIONS IN THE ..

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. AFTER TROOPS OF THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION HAD PULLED THEMSELVES, HAND OVER HAND, UP ROPES ON THE FACE OF MOUNT PROTHERO, THEY FOUND THAT THE WHOLE CREW OF ..

GEYTON'S POST, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-19/20. VX46319 PRIVATE L.D. DOWER (1) AND ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE 2/5TH FIELD AMBULANCE WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADVANCED DRESSING STATION AT GEYTON'S ..

GEYTON'S POST, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-19/20. SX25107 LANCE CORPORAL A.G. VIRGO (1) AND VX70253 PRIVATE F.P. DREDGE (2) OF THE 2/5TH FIELD AMBULANCE ERECTING A TWO MAN TENT AT THE NEW UNIT ADVANCED ..

GEYTON'S POST, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-19/20. QX3392 PRIVATE C. DAVIES (1) AND QX11753 PRIVATE J.E.C. WADE (2) OF THE 2/5TH FIELD AMBULANCE CLEARING AWAY THE JUNGLE GROWTH DURING THE ERECTION OF THE ..

GEYTON'S POST, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-19/20. VX34340 PRIVATE J.K. HUGHES (1) AND VX9501 PRIVATE N.T. ELY (2) THEATRE ASSISTANTS OF THE 2/5TH FIELD AMBULANCE, SORTING "THOMAS SPLINTS" IN PREPARATION ..

MOUNT PROTHERO AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-19/20. SORTING THE MAIL FOR THE 2/12TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION BEFORE THE UNIT GOES INTO BATTLE

MOUNT PROTHERO, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-23. ONE OF THE MANY DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS ON MOUNT PROTHERO AFTER A SUCCESSFUL ATTACK BY TROOPS OF THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. STRETCHER BEARERS BRINGING IN WOUNDED OF THE 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION DURING A THREE-PRONGED ATTACK ON SHAGGY RIDGE BY TROOPS OF THE 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, ..

MOUNT PROTHERO, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. TROOPS OF THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION IN A FORWARD POSITION ON MOUNT PROTHERO

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. QX6040 CAPTAIN A.G. SUTHERS AND ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION RECEIVING INFORMATION OVER THE TELEPHONE DURING THE ACTION ON MOUNT PROTHERO