The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A group of soldiers at their camp on Casey's Knoll, Port Moresby, New Guinea, on a misty evening in May 1944. Dargie noted, "In these high regions of the Finisterres, the mists come up at morning and evening. It was through one of these dense mists that I saw some of the 2/12 Australian Infantry Battalion coming up the hill from Deserted Village, each man exhausted and muddy after the long climb. Men of the 2/10 Australian Infantry Battalion can be seen digging on the edge of a slope. There is a tent, a camp fire and washing hung on the line. They are digging a latrine and a refuse pit; on the left the cook gathers wood for a fire".
Soldiers of the 2/12 Australian Infantry Battalion stand around a campground. Dargie noted, "In these high regions of the Finisterres, the mists come up at morning and evening. It was through one of
A rough oil sketch. Dargie noted, "Two soldiers of 2/12th Bn [Australian Infantry Battalion], who have just come in from Ward's and the CO [Commanding Officer] of 2/10th Bn, pause and look down on the
Showing Slater's Knoll a week after the Japanese attack on the morning of 5 April 1945. The front had now been pushed forward and life was quiet again on Slater's Knoll; the 25th Australian Infantry B
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
After the taking of Artillery Ridge, it was necessary to move Tactical Headquarters from down in the valley which was too far away. The Headquarters was moved forward to Barges Hill and later, when 25
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 Fe
