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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, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION (1); CAPT COULSTON, COMMANDING-IN-CHARGE, B COMPANY (2); L-CPL C.W. TREG0NNING (3); PTE W.R. BASSULA (4); PTE R.J. LONG (5).
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-16. LT-COL W.S. HOWDEN, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), INSPECTING THE AREA ON HILL 2 JUST TAKEN BY B COMPANY AFTER THEIR SUCCESSFUL ATTACK. IDENTIFIED
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, 1945-06-16. MEMBERS OF B COMPANY, 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION, RESTING NEAR AN OLD JAPANESE SLIT TRENCH SHORTLY AFTER THEIR SUCCESSFUL ATTACK AGAINST HILL 2. ON THE GROUND LIE JAPAN
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-17. LT-COL W.S. HOWDEN, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION, RECEIVING REPORTS BY TELEPHONE OF THE ACTION ON HILL 2 BY B COMPANY. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LT A
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-29. MAJ-GEN J.E.S. STEVENS GOC 6 DIVISION (3) SPEAKING WITH LT-COL W.S. HOWDEN (2) WHILE ON AN INSPECTION VISIT TO MOUNT SHIBURANGU AFTER ITS CAPTURE BY C COMPANY, 2/8
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-17. TROOPS OF B COMPANY, 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION PACKING THEIR GEAR BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE ATTACK ON HILL 2. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PTE J. OGILVIE (1); SGT T.K. JOHN
