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Phetburi, Thailand. 23 September 1945. Warrant Officer Class 2 Walter Peeler VC, 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion gives eyes right as he leads his Company of ex-prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese past the saluting base where Major C. E. Green, Commanding Officer, 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion, takes the salute at the Phetburi POW Camp. Major Green had been the Commanding Officer of Green Battalion, part of Brigadier A. L. Varley's A Force in Burma 1942-44. WO2 Peeler, born in 1887, enlisted in the 2nd AIF by understating his age by 15 years. He had been awarded the Victoria Cross on 4 October 1917 as a member of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion attached to the 37th Battalion, AIF.
Phetburi (Petchaburi), Thailand. 23 September 1945. 8th Division ex-prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese give eyes right to Major C. E. Green, Commanding Officer, 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion during
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-08. NX94 LIEUTENANT COLONEL K.H. MONTGOMERY (1), COMMANDING OFFICER, 47TH INFANTRY BATTALION, SALUTING AS HE LEADS HIS UNIT PAST THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2ND AUSTRALIAN
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-24. LIEUTENANT COLONEL W.M. MAYBERRY, COMMANDING OFFICER 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE, SALUTING AS HE LEADS HIS MEN PAST THE SALUTING BASE IN THE MARCH
British Empire Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Walter Peeler was born near Castlemaine, Victoria on 9 August 1887. He enlisted in February 1916 and joined the 3rd Pioneer Batt
Informal group portrait of Australian officers who had been subjected to torture by the Kenpeitai (Japanese Military Police) in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain matters of military importance. The im
AT SEA. 1945-10-10. WARRANT OFFICER W. PEELER VC (BROODSEINDE, FRANCE. WORLD WAR 1 - 1917.) 2/2ND PIONEER BATTALION, AN EX-POW OF THE JAPANESE, PLAYING WITH LITTLE FERNE POPE, THREE YRS OLD, (WHO HAS
