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DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. GNR A.W. LENDRUM (1), WITH GNR W.B. BRAGG, 2/2 FIELD REGIMENT ATTACHED TO 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION (2), GUARDING A FORWARD OBSERVATION POST. THIS PICTURE EMPHASISES THE ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. BOMBARDIER B.W. EDMOND, 2/2 FIELD REGIMENT ATTACHED 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION, PROVIDING COVER FIRE FOR A FORWARD OBSERVATION POST: AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE ONE MAN FRONT ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-30. CPL R. LAWLER, D COMPANY, 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION WATCHING AN ARTILLERY SHOOT ON JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE TORRICELLI MOUNTAINS

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-30. MAJ-GEN J.E.S. STEVENS, GOC 6 DIVISION (1), CONGRATULATING CPL J.W. CHAPMAN, SECTION LEADER IN THE BATTALION (2), AND CAPT K.H. LOVETT, OC D COMPANY, 2/2 INFANTRY ..

BORAM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-11-21. INFORMAL GROUP PORTRAIT OF COMPANY OFFICERS OF 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION

SAMANSO ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-11-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE 17TH ARMY. HIGH RANKING JAPANESE OFFICERS WERE DETAINED IN A CONCENTRATION AREA ON THE ISLAND AFTER THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. TWO BULLDOZERS TOWING A B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT MATILDA TANK THROUGH THE PURIATA RIVER AFTER IT HAD BECOME BOGGED IN THE SOFT SAND BOTTOM

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-05. TROOPS COVERING MATILDA TANKS FROM SLATER'S KNOLL, FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF A JAPANESE COUNTER ATTACK AGAINST BATTALION HQ AND B COMPANY, 25 INFANTRY BATTALION. THE ..

Pte James Stanley (Jim) Perejuan of Geraldton, WA, resting on the edge of his dugout on Slater's Knoll after the failure of a fierce Japanese counter attack against Battalion HQ and B Company, 25 ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-05. TROOPS FIRING AT JAPANESE FROM SLATER'S KNOLL AFTER MATILDA TANKS HAD MOVED THROUGH TO CLEAR THE GULLY RUNNING WEST. SMOKE IN THE BACKGROUND IS FROM A 2-POUNDER TANK ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSEMEN AGAIN. REVIVING THE AUSTRALIAN TRADITION OF FINE HORSEMANSHIP BUILT BY THE FAMOUS LIGHT HORSEMEN OF THE LAST WAR, AN AUSTRALIAN LIGHT ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-05. 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS MOVING THROUGH A GULLY, COVERED BY B SQUADRON 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT MATILDA TANKS, DURING ATTACK AGAINST JAPANESE FORCES WHO HAD OCCUPIED THE ..