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Sketch of soldiers from the 2/10th Australian Infantry Battalion hiking up a mountain. Dargie noted:
"After staging at Kesawai for the night, the battalion set off at first light next day to climb Feature 5800 to Casey's Knoll. The first half of the march was up steep and slippery foothills covered with grass. Then we entered the thick rain forest which clothed the upper slopes of the mountain. I had never thought it possible to climb knee deep in mun on a I-in-I grade, but this climb convinced me that New Guinea can turn on anything, especially something of an unpleasant nature.
We were carrying full equipment, weapons, half-tents and two Field op rations --- the typical funny picture of the PBI loaded like pack mules --- and the troops' summing-up of the situation was sufficiently lurid to be left out of this account altogether. The battalion was unanimously of the opinion that it was the worst climb they had had on the island. They soon had to revise their opinion: the next day's climb to Cameron's was even worse.
This sketch shows the track and the troops moving up the rain forest, where it was almost impossible to get up the slippery slopes without assistance".
One soldier is playing a guitar, while three others sit around him singing along. This is as sketch of members of the 2/10th Australian Infantry Battalion after a long climb up the mountains to Casey
A rough sketch of the incident portrayed in picture ART22090. As Dargie recalled, "The essence of slap stick humour is still the dignified gent who steps on a banana skin. We were resting on the top
Sketch of soldiers from the 2/10 Australian Infantry Battalion opening mail. Some are standing, while others are seated with their rifles laying next to them. Dargie noted, "I saw this when the 2/10
Harry Noel Hollole served with the Australian Army from 1940-1945 as part of the 2/16 Australian Field Company. A painter and sign writer by trade, when Hollole returned to Australia he published a bo
Pen and ink sketch of soldiers of the 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher. Dargie noted: "After digging our way over the landslide mentioned in sketch 291
Robert Cooper served in Afghanistan 2010-2011. He was deployed as an ASLAV gunner with 2 Cavalry Regiment as part of MTF-2 (Mentoring Task Force – Rotation 2), based in Uruzgan Province. While on de