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WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. A SECTION OF THE PARADE OF THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION, AT THE "SLOPE" ON THE HERBERTON RACECOURSE

WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION NX163 LIEUTENANT COLONEL P.A. CULLEN, DSO. (2), WITH THE BATTALION BAND AT HIS LEFT HAND SIDE, WITH HIS ADJUTANT, ..

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 ..

WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. GENERAL VIEW OF THE PARADE OF THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION, IN CLOSE COLUMN, STANDING AT ATTENTION, ON THE HERBERTON RACECOURSE. TAKING THE PARADE IS THE COMMANDING ..

WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. SILVER MEMORIAL MUGS IN THE OFFICERS' MESS OF THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION. MEMBERS OF THE MESS PURCHASE ONE OF THESE MUGS FOR EACH OFFICER OF THE UNIT WHO HAS BEEN ..

AN RAAF PBY CATALINA, A24-17, ON THE SURFACE IN NEW GUINEA WATERS DURING WW2

WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. THE SILVER MEMORIAL MUG DEDICATED TO NX7567 CAPTAIN A.G. SANDERSON OF THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN PAPUA ON THE 23 OCTOBER 1942. MEMBERS OF ..

HERBERTON, QLD. 1944-04-25. PERSONNEL OF HEADQUARTERS, 6TH DIVISION, LED BY THE BAND OF THE 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION, MARCHING ALONG THE MAIN STREET TO THE WAR MEMORIAL TO TAKE PART IN THE ANZAC ..

WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. MEMBERS OF THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION MARCHING OFF THE HERBERTON RACECOURSE AFTER A PARADE. THE COMMANDING OFFICER NX163 LIEUTENANT COLONEL P.A. CULLEN, DSO., (1) CAN ..

TWO JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR CAPTURED DURING THE FIGHTING IN 1944 ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA

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 ..

HERBERTON, QLD. 1944-04-25. WREATHS BEING LAID AT THE BASE OF THE WAR MEMORIAL BY FIRST WORLD WAR VETERANS AND PUPILS OF ST. MARY'S SCHOOL. THE SHIRE CLERK OF HERBERTON, MR STOBLE, WAS IN CHARGE OF ..