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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. 1942-10. JAPANESE PRISONER CAPTURED NEAR NAURO. HE HAD BEEN OVERWORKED AND WAS NEARLY STARVING WHEN TAKEN PRISONER. HE IS SEEN BEING CARED FOR BY AUSTRALIAN STRETCHER BEARERS

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A JAPANESE MOUNTAIN GUN SHELL DUMP, FOUND ON IORIBAIWA RIDGE AFTER THE JAPS HAD BEEN DRIVEN FROM THE RIDGE, THE SHELLS ARE OF 75 MILLIMETRE CALIBRE

MARIBYRNONG, AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. A PARTY OF SIX NATIVE SOLDIERS FROM NEW GUINEA BEING SHOWN OVER THE MUNITION WORKS ARE SEEN WATCHING A HUGE LATHE TURNING A BARREL FOR A BIG GUN

MARIBYRNONG, AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. SIX NATIVE SOLDIERS FROM NEW GUINEA WHO WERE SHOWN OVER THE MUNITION WORKS AT MARIBYRNONG ARE SEEN HERE EXAMINING THE MOUNTING OF A BIG GUN

25-POUNDER GUNS OF B TROOP, 14TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, BEING PULLED THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE IN THE VICINITY OF UBERI ON THE KOKODA TRAIL. AT THE REAR OF THE GUN IS GUN SERGEANT ..

25-POUNDER GUNS OF B TROOP, 14TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, BEING PULLED UP A SLOPE THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE IN THE VICINITY OF UBERI ON THE KOKODA TRAIL. MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT ARE ..

25-Pounder guns of B Troop, 14th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, being pulled through dense jungle in the vicinity of Uberi on the Kokoda Trail, Papua and New Guinea. Members of the ..

Native stretcher bearers stop at a river to give a drink of water to their patient, Private A. Baldwin, of the 2/33rd Battalion

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. MEN OF THE 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION HAVING A BATHE IN THE BROWN RIVER, BETWEEN NAURO AND MENARI. IT WAS THEIR FIRST WASH FOR ABOUT 5 DAYS, DURING THE ADVANCE ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. MEN OF THE 55TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION IN THEIR DEFENSIVE POSITIONS ON UBERI RIDGE, MANNING A .303 BREN MARK 1 LIGHT MACHINE GUN IN A PIT

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. LIEUTENANT COLONEL A.G. CAMERON, COMMANDING OFFICER OF 3RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, A MILITIA BATTALION THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE 25TH AUSTRALIAN ..