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KATHERINE, NT. 1942-11-24. GUINEA PIGS ARE USED IN THE PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY OF 121 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (121AGH) FOR TESTS AND EXPERIMENTS. CAPTAIN G.A. JOHNSTON, PATHOLOGIST AT THE ..

Informal portrait of Desmond Arthur White who enlisted with the 42nd Battalion as VX93186 Private White. He died, aged 20, on 2 August 1945 of wounds sustained while fighting the Japanese on ..

Portrait of 59312 Aircraftman Class 1 (AC1) Alan Reginald Stephens, No. 2 Embarkation Depot Bradfield Park RAAF, of Brighton, Victoria. AC1 Stephens died following an aircraft accident over the ..

Portrait of brothers SX13497 Private (Pte) Cecil Walter Tee (left) and SX13498 Pte Thomas Austin Tee (right) with their mother. The brothers enlisted together on 30 June 1941 in Point Germain, SA, ..

Studio portrait of NX36559 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Ernest Keith Ghiggioli, No. 1 Independent Company, of Westby, NSW. L Cpl Ghiggioli enlisted on 19 July 1940 and he served on the island of New ..

Informal portrait of VX6481Private (Pte) John (Jack) Dawson, of Benella, Victoria. Pte Dawson was the batman of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Samuel Key, commanding officer of the 2/14th Battalion, and ..

Studio portrait of NX59611 Lieutenant (Lt) Herbert Arthur Warne. Lt Warne served in the 2/33 Battalion and was killed in action on 14 October 1942 on the Kokoda Trail as his battalion attacked the ..

Studio portrait of SX12372 Private (Pte) Percy Arthur Badenoch, 2/10 Battalion, AIF. A gardener from Carey's Gully, SA, Pte Badenoch enlisted with the 2/10th Battalion on 26 April 1941. He was ..

Informal outdoor portrait of NX68894 Private (Pte) Ronald Angus Fraser, of Boggabri, NSW. Pte Fraser enlisted on 1 March 1941 and served with No. 1 Independent Company on the island of New Ireland. ..

Wedding portrait of VX89386 Sergeant (Sgt) Charles Henry Schurr and Dulcie Pedder. A shed hand from Irymple, Vic, Sgt Schurr enlisted with 7th Infantry Battalion in June 1942. He died of wounds on ..

Studio portrait of NX55060 Gunner (Gnr) George Henry Thornton, 17 Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, of Gladesville, NSW. Gnr Thornton enlisted June 1940 and served in New Britain. ..

Hand-coloured studio portrait of VX24105 Private (Pte) William Francis Ladner, 2/22 Battalion. Pte Ladner, of Ballarat, Vic, enlisted in June 1940 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese ..