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FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-17. COOKS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION COOKING FOR MORE THAN 600 MEN IN THE OUTDOORS NEAR JOHN'S KNOLL. LEFT TO RIGHT: QX32042 ACTING CORPORAL J. MCALPINE; WX10501 ACTING SERGEANT W. H. WALDOCK; WX5657 SERGEANT M. W. THOMAS; WX4246 SERGEANT F. E. LENTHALL, NEXT THREE UNIDNETIFIED.
FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ON A MUDDY TRACK NEAR JOHN'S KNOLL. LEFT TO RIGHT:- WX8036 PRIVATE R.F. ANDERSON; WX8242 ACTING CORPORAL G. YOR
FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. WX7752 PRIVATE A.J. CARLSON OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AT JOHN'S KNOLL.
FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-17. THE SALVATION ARMY RED SHIELD HUT AT THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION POSITIONS NEAR JOHN'S KNOLL. LEFT TO RIGHT: WX2997 PRIVATE (PTE) J. J. BACCHUS; WX30
FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. NATIVE CARRIER TRAIN CROSSING THE FARIA RIVER ON THEIR WAY TO JOHN'S KNOLL, WITH SUPPLIES ON THEIR SHOULDERS, FOR THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION.
FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. NX97974 PRIVATE L.F. WARBRICK OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, AT JOHN'S KNOLL. NOTE THE UPTURNED SIDES OF HIS HAT.
Private J. McAlpine of Toowoomba, Qld, Sergeant B. Waldock of Perth, WA, Sgt Bill Thomas of Albany, WA, and Pte Bill Garbett of Kalgoorlie, WA, cooking meals for patrols which pass through this forwar
