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FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-22. SCENE ON SCARLET BEACH SHOWING A BOFORS GUN OF THE 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT SET UP READY FOR ACTION DURING THE LANDING OF THE 20TH BRIGADE GROUP 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, THE OBJECTIVE OF WHICH WAS THE CAPTURE OF FINSCHHAFEN THAT CLEARED THE WAY FOR THE SUCCESSFUL DRIVE ALONG THE HUON PENINSULA, AND FOR THE AMERICAN OPERATIONS AGAINST NEW BRITAIN. SHOWN: VX75848 GUNNER (GNR) R. J. CLARKE (1); QX20401 GNR C. J. MCLEAN (2); NX167583 GNR M. WALLACE (3); NX43672 BOMBARDIER W. BARRETT (4); NX38480 GNR J. JONES (5); NX25733 GNR R. J. BARRETT (6); NX13709 SERGEANT R. I. TERREY (7); NX58570 GNR A. M. PERCEVAL (8).
FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. AN LST LANDING TROOPS OF THE 20TH BRIGADE GROUP, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AT SCARLET BEACH, NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE SONG RIVER. THIS WAS THE SECOND AMPHIBIOUS OPERATI
CAIRNS, QLD, 1943-07-26. TROOPS OF THE 2/12 FIELD REGIMENT, HQ 20TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, EMBARKING FOR AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION. SHOWN ARE: VX57551 GUNNER (GNR) G. M. LLOYD; VX50459 LANCE BOMBAR
Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-06-06. The interior of the gun pit where Chaplain F. M. Hill, of St John's Church of England, holds a Padre's Hour for members of the Paga Paga Battery, Coast Artillery,
NADZAB AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-20. MEN OF THE 11TH BATTERY, 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT ANIT-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT SALVAGING AMMUNITION FROM BURNING KUNAI GRASS, AFTER A JAPANESE AIR RAID. LEFT TO RIGHT: VX3
C Troop, Troop Headquarters, and the Right Section of 7 Battery, 2/2 Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Composite). Left to right, back row: Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) E J Allpress; Sergeant (Sgt) J M McGrath
MOROBE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-08-13. TROOPS OF THE 162ND AUSTRALIAN LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY DURING A PRACTICE SHOOT OF THE BOFORS 40MM GUN L3. LEFT TO RIGHT:- QX14978 BOMBARDIER E. C. CHILCOTT; NX22047
