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Photograph 093060 Second World War, 1939-1945WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-11. THE TENT OF MR. F. SIMPSON, ABC CORRESPONDENT AT BIG ROAD CAMP. 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION IS ACTIVE IN THIS AREA.

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WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-09. MR. F. SIMPSON, ABC WAR CORRESPONDENT (1), INTERVIEWING PTE W.R. PASSULA, B COMPANY, 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION (2).
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-11. THE TENT OF MR. F. SIMPSON, ABC CORRESPONDENT AT BIG ROAD CAMP. 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION IS ACTIVE IN THIS AREA.

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-17. TROOPS OF B COMPANY, 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION AT HILL 1 PACKING THEIR GEAR BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE ATTACK ON HILL 2. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LT-COL W.S. HOWDEN, COM

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-09. LT-COL W.S. HOWDEN, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION (3), DISCUSSING FUTURE OPERATIONS WITH SOME OF HIS OFFICERS AT A FORWARD COMPANY POSITION. IDENTIFIED

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-14. MEMBERS OF A COMPANY, 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION, WHICH ASSAULTED "THE BLOT" WITH B COMPANY IN SUPPORT, ARE INTERVIEWED BY MR L. O'DWYER, WAR CORRESPONDENT (1), AT A SH

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-17. PTE R.M. DUFFY (1) AND PTE R.J. LOCKHART (2), MEMBERS OF B COMPANY, 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION IN HILL 2 AREA, WHERE A SUCCESSFUL ATTACK WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE UNIT.

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-09. NATIVE CARRIERS CARRYING MORTAR BOMBS UP THE HILL TO THE MORTAR CREW WITH B COMPANY, 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION.
