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CLIFTON GARDENS, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12. NATIVES OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS SERVING WITH 1 AUSTRALIAN WATER TRANSPORT GROUP, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, AIRING THE BEDDING OF ONE OF THE SMALL SHIPS ..

Studio portrait of NX65450 Lance Sergeant (L Sgt) Paul Reginald Boyle, 17 Anti Tank Battery, RAA, of Wee Waa, NSW. He enlisted from Paddington on 22 August 1940 and served in New Britain. Following ..

Studio portrait of QX7985 Private (Pte) Harvey James Petersen of Harvey Creek, Qld. Pte Petersen enlisted in July 1940 and served with No. 1 Independent Company on the island of New Ireland. He was ..

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 ..

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 ..

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 ..

ALICE SPRINGS, NT. 1942-12. A MEMBER OF GUINEA AIRWAYS UNLOADING AIR MAIL FOR THE TROOPS IN THE ALICE SPRINGS AREA, FROM A GUINEA AIRWAYS PLANE AT THE ALICE SPRINGS AERODROME, ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH ..

Studio portrait of NX77698 Private (Pte) Jack Smith, 2/17 Battalion. A bank clerk from Young, New South Wales, Pte Smith enlisted in December 1941 and embarked for service in the Middle East on 23 ..

Studio portrait of VX37496 Private (Pte) Kenneth Rawie Drew, 2/22 Battalion, of Wallaroo SA. Pte Drew was a member of the Brunswick Salvation Army Band. Twenty three members of the Salvation Army ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MEN OF THE 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION DOING PHYSICAL TRAINING IN AN OPEN GRASSY AREA AS PART OF THEIR "BUILD UP" PROGRAM, DURING A REST PERIOD FROM THE FORWARD ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. A MAKE-SHIFT COOKHOUSE OF THE 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION IN THEIR REST AREA IN THE JUNGLE BEHIND THE FORWARD AREA OF THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES. THIS BATTALION HAD ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. SOLDIERS OF THE 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION HEAT UP THEIR FRUGAL MEAL OF BULLY BEEF AND BISCUITS ALONG THE TRACK OVER THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES NEAR MENARI