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PERTH, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-30. GROUP OF MEMBERS OF 2/28 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WHO OWE THEIR LIVES TO THE TIN HATS THEY ARE WEARING. THE DAMAGE TO SOME CAN BE SEEN. THESE MEN STRONGLY SUPPORT THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER IN HIS VIGOROUS REBUTTAL OF THE CLAIM IN THE LONDON "TIMES" THAT THE TIN HAT IS NO LONGER NECESSARY. LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW:- SX12540 PRIVATE E. J. ETTRIDGE, CORPORAL A.E. DUGMORE, DRIVER W. MCGILLIVRAY, AND PRIVATE D. TURNER; FRONT ROW:- LANCE-CORPORAL L.D. BRIDGEMAN, DRIVER R.A. HEAPERMAN, AND CORPORAL S.R. KING.
LANCE-CORPORAL Lawrence David BRIDGEMAN OF 2/28 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION POINTS TO A HOLE MADE IN HIS TIN HAT BY A SHELL SPLINTER AT EL ALAMEIN. THE MEMBERS OF HIS BATTALION ARE ENTHUSIASTIC IN T
MEMBERS OF 2/28 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ARE STRONGLY SUPPORTING THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER IN HIS VIGOROUS REBUTTAL OF A CLAIM IN THE LONDON "TIMES" THAT TIN HATS ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY. WX5093 C
PERTH, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-30. A MEMBER OF 2/28 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION PRODUCES EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF HIS COMMANDING OFFICER'S REBUTTAL OF THE CLAIM BY THE LONDON "TIMES" THAT THE TIN HAT IS NO
PERTH, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-30. PRIVATE R.A. HEAPERMAN OF 2/28 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION EXHIBITS HIS TIN HAT SHOWING THE DENTS IN IT MADE BY SHRAPNEL AS HE DISMOUNTED FROM A BREN GUN CARRIER ON THE
PERTH, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-30. CORPORAL S. KING OF 2/28 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION POINTS TO A DENT IN HIS TIN HAT MADE BY SHRAPNEL FROM A SHELL THAT BURST ABOUT 15 TO 20 YARDS IN FRONT OF THE CARRI
MOROTAI, 1945-06-05. MEMBERS OF THE CHIEF PAYMASTER'S OFFICE, AIF, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: LEFT TO RIGHT FRONT ROW: TX15776 WARRANT OFFICER 1 IVAN ERNEST BEWSHER; QX62972 CO
