The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BISIATABU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-26. 323 CORPORAL EHAVA MM, 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION, RECEIVED HIS DECORATION UNDER THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES. "ON 1943-02-21, NEAR NINIANDA, ON THE OPI RIVER, A PATROL OF SIX OTHER RANKS WAS ATTACKED BY AN ENEMY PARTY GREATLY SUPERIOR IN NUMBER. THIS NCO WHO WAS SCOUTING IN THE VICINITY, HEARD THE FIRING AND IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDED TO INVESTIGATE. ARMED WITH AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON HE SURPRISED AND ATTACKED THE ENEMY FROM THE FLANK, KILLING FOUR AND PUTTING THE REMAINDER TO FLIGHT. HE THEN TOOK CHARGE OF THE PATROL AND PURSUED THE ENEMY, INFLICTING NUMEROUS CASUALTIES".
BISIATABU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-26. 7 SERGEANT KARI MM, 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO RECEIVED HIS DECORATION UNDER THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES - "ON THE 1943-01-18, AT SABARI, THIS NCO WAS IN CHA
BISIATABU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-26. BOTH MM AWARD WINNERS, 7 SERGEANT KARI (LEFT), AND 323 CORPORAL EHAVA, OF THE 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION.
The nature of the county in the vicinity afforded excellent cover for the hiding enemy, and during the attack on the village and the ground beyond it on 19 May 1918, a Non-Commissioned Officer of the
Italy. c. November 1943. Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) L. C. R. Morris of Brisbane, Qld, who was on patrol along the 'bomb-line' with another Spitfire aircraft, putting on his fur-lined boots outside his
3400376 Private (Pte) Lionel John 'Bomber' Terry, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) stands in a trench outside a bunker before heading out on a patrol. A miner prior to enlistment, P
3400376 Private (Pte) Lionel John 'Bomber' Terry, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) stands in a trench outside a bunker before heading out on a patrol. A miner prior to enlistment,
