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Australian-manned General Stuart M3 Light Tanks bust Japanese pillboxes in the final assault on Buna. Members of D Company, 2/12th Battalion, await the order to move forward after the tank has ..

NEW GUINEA. 1944-07. NX95472 LIEUTENANT F.S. WOOD, CINEMATOGRAPHER OF THE MILITARY HISTORY SECTION

NEW GUINEA. 1944-07. NX95472 LIEUTENANT F.S. WOOD, CINEMATOGRAPHER OF THE MILITARY HISTORY SECTION

TRINITY BEACH, QLD. 1944-07-23. MEMBERS OF ONE OF THE SYNDICATES ATTENDING THE STAFF AND COMMAND COURSE FOR SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE 7TH DIVISION, THE 9TH DIVISION AND CORPS UNITS ARRANGED BY ..

SX7964 Sergeant T. C. Derrick, VC. DCM, 2/48th Infantry Battalion

BARRINE, QLD. 1944-08-08. OPERATIONAL MAP OF THE MADANG AREA USED BY OFFICERS DOING THE STAFF AND COMMAND COURSE CONDUCTED BY HEADQUARTERS, 1ST AUSTRALIAN CORPS

TRINITY BEACH, QLD. 1944-07-23. MEMBERS OF ONE OF THE SYNDICATES ATTENDING THE STAFF AND COMMAND COURSE FOR SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE 7TH DIVISION, THE 9TH DIVISION AND CORPS UNITS ARRANGED BY ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS CONSTRUCTING A PREFABRICATED BRIDGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES

PORTRAIT OF COLONEL R B SUTHERLAND, GENERAL- STAFF OFFICER, 1 HQ 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. HE WAS LATER KILLED IN NEW GUINEA ON 28 SEPTEMBER 1943

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-01. SX1570 PRIVATE T. HUGHES, MM, 2/10TH INFANTRY BATTALION. PRIVATE HUGHES WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY DURING THE ADVANCE OF THE BATTALION ..

BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-08. VX9 MAJOR GENERAL G.A. VASEY, CB, CBE, DSO, AT THE SALUTING BASE FOR THE MARCH PAST OF THE 7TH DIVISION, MAJOR GENERAL VASEY COMMANDED THE DIVISION ..

BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-08. SIKH SOLDIERS RESTING ON THE GRASS IN CENTENARY PARK AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 7TH DIVISION MARCH THROUGH THE CITY. THESE TROOPS WERE RECENTLY RELEASED ..