The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. SX15180 PRIVATE S. T. GALVIN OF PETERBOROUGH, SA, AND OF THE 2/48TH. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, WOUNDED IN THE ASSAULT ON SATTELBERG, WAITING FOR TRANSPORT BACK TO THE MAIN DRESSING STATION. ALSO SEEN ARE: SX9034 SERGEANT N. A. TIETZEL OF NORTH ADELAIDE, SA, (2). SX17621 PRIVATE C. T. PICKETT OF MELBOURNE, VIC, (3).
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. TROOPS OF C COMPANY, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING A JAPANESE MACHINE GUN WHICH WAS ABANDONED DURING THE ASSAULT ON SATTELBERG. SHOWN ARE LEFT
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. OFFICERS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION DISCUSSING THE COMING ASSAULT ON SATTELBERG. SHOWN ARE LEFT TO RIGHT: SX10307 CAPTAIN HILL. LIEUTENANT GRE
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. TANKS OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY TANK BATTALION AND TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WAITING FOR THE ORDER TO BEGIN THE ATTACK ON SATTELBERG.
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING THROUGH THICK TROPICAL UNDERGROWTH BEHIND AN ADVANCING TANK OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY TANK BATTALION
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. VX82919 PRIVATE L. M. MCDONALD OF MELBOURNE, VIC (LEFT), AND SX15895 PRIVATE C. A. RIDLEY OF ADELAIDE, SA (RIGHT), BOTH OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTA
Australian soldiers paying their respects at the graves of their companions killed in action during the campaign. The contemplative soldier in the foreground has been identified as SX9034 Private (lat
