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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. MAJOR A. G. CAMERON, ACTING COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (RIGHT) AND CHAPLAIN FOURTH CLASS REVEREND N. J. KARL, PADRE OF THE BATTALION (LEFT). THE 39TH BATTALION ARE RESTING AFTER THEIR LONG ACTION IN THE KOKODA REGION AGAINST THE JAPANESE. THEY WERE THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN UNIT TO CONTACT THE ENEMY IN PAPUA AND HELD UP THE JAPANESE ADVANCES FOR SOME TIME. NOTE THAT THEY ARE BOTH WEARING LIGHT HORSE PATTERN LEGGINGS WHICH WERE ISSUED TO THE FIRST MILITIA UNITS SENT TO PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.
Discusses childhood and early adulthood; religion; nationalism; enlistment; pacifism; Australia; army; militia; AIF / militia relations; 39th Battalion; embarkation for New Guinea; propaganda; looting
Kevin Arthur Crowley, as a sergeant 39th Battalion, New Guinea, 1942-1943, interviewed by the author Peter Brune as research for his books on Second World War New Guinea conflicts. A transcript of th
Arthur Godfrey Garland, as a lieutenant 39th Battalion, New Guinea, 1942-1943, interviewed by the author Peter Brune as research for his books on Second World War New Guinea conflicts. A transcript o
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. THREE MEMBERS OF THE 39TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WHO WERE IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPS IN THE KOKODA AREA, AND WHO HAVE BEEN SENT BACK WITH BULLET WOUNDS, PHOTOGRAPHED
John Manol, as a private 39th Battalion, New Guinea, 1942-1943, interviewed by the author Peter Brune as research for his books on Second World War New Guinea conflicts. A transcript of this recordin
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 INFANTRY B
