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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. THREE SAPPERS OF THE 2/6TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS WORKING DEEP ee A TREE. THEY ARE HERE SEEN EXTRACTING THE HONEY FROM IT, WHICH FORMED AN ADDED ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. UNKNOWN SOLDIER'S GRAVE ON RIDGE BETWEEN IORIBAIWA AND NAURO

MAJOR-GENERAL A.S. ALLEN, CB., CBE., DSO., VD., GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION (LEFT) AND BRIGADIER K.W. EATHER, COMMANDING 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, (CENTRE). THEY WERE ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. IN A FORWARD AREA ON THE TRACK TO KOKODA. LEFT TO RIGHT: BRIGADIER ARNOLD W. POTTS DSO MC (COMMANDING 21ST INFANTRY BRIGADE), CORPORAL RONALD SIMPSON (HIS DRIVER), WX3254 CAPTAIN ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. NATIVE CARRIERS MOVING ALONG THE TRACK THROUGH THE THICK JUNGLE IN THE UBERI VALLEY WITH SUPPLIES FOR AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE FORWARD POSITIONS. SOME ARE RESTING ON THEIR LOADS IN ..

PAPUA. 1942-09. MEN OF THE 2/16TH INFANTRY BATTALION RESTING IN A SMALL CLEARING IN THE JUNGLE AFTER THE FIRST STAGES OF THE CAMPAIGN WHEN THEY WERE FORCED BACK BY THE JAPS

PAPUA. 1942-09. MAJOR-GENERAL A.S. ALLEN CB CBE DSO VD (RIGHT), GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, AND BRIGADIER K.W. EATHER, COMMANDING 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE. THEY ARE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. UNKNOWN SOLDIER'S GRAVE ON RIDGE BETWEEN IORIBAIWA AND NAURO

A large, roughly cut rock with a bronze plaque embedded, marks the 1942-1945 memorial to members of 2/22 Battalion. The memorial was unveiled on 16 September 1993. The battalion was sent to ..

A hewn slab of granite marks the memorial to members of 2/22 Battalion, in Queen Elizabeth II Park. The memorial was unveiled on 16 September 1993; an inscription on marble reads '2/22nd Batt ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. THE PROPOSED DESIGN FOR THE DUST COVER OF THE 1942 CHRISTMAS BOOK PUBLISHED BY THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL- "SOLDIERING ON". THE DESIGN WAS SUBMITTED BY SERGEANT G. R. ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. JAPANESE PRISONER CAPTURED NEAR NAURO. HE HAD BEEN OVERWORKED AND WAS NEARLY STARVING WHEN TAKEN PRISONER. HE IS SEEN LYING ON A STRETCHER AFTER BEING CARED FOR BY ..