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N85247 Lieutenant (Lt) D M Selby, Officer Commanding the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, and his driver N108194 (NX191448) Lance Bombardier (L Bdr) B R Hartigan in the battery's Ford utility truck (Registration Number C13605) at Malaguna Camp. Lt Selby survived the retreat from Rabaul in 1942. Some were massacred by the Japanese at Tol in early February 1942. L Bdr Hartigan was among those taken prisoner of war (POW) following the Japanese invasion of January 1942 and held at Rabaul, New Britain. On 22 June 1942 he was one of an estimated 845 POWs and 209 civilians who embarked from Rabaul aboard the Japanese transport ship MV Montevideo Maru. The POWs were members of the the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, No. 1 Independent Company, 2/22 Battalion and other units of Lark Force. Civilians included officials of the New Guinea Administration and missionaries. The ship sailed unescorted for Hainan Island. On 1 July 1942 all of the prisoners died when the Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by a US Navy submarine, USS Sturgeon, off the coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
Studio portrait of NX26728 Bombardier (Bdr) Colin Haldon Pring, 17 Anti Tank Battery. A law student from Sydney in civilian life, Bdr Pring enlisted on 20 June 1940 served in New Britain. Following th
N85071 Lieutenant (Lt) P W Fisher (left), Second in Command of the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, and N85247 Lt D M Selby (right), Officer Commanding, outside their hut at Malaguna Camp. The Anti-aircr
Studio portrait of NX54267 Sergeant (Sgt) Victor Ernest Ross Wainwright, 17 Anti Tank Battery. Sgt Wainwright was taken prisoner of war (POW) on New Britain and died when the ship Montevideo Maru sank
Studio portrait of NX65450 Lance Sergeant (L Sgt) Paul Reginald Boyle, 17 Anti Tank Battery, RAA, of Wee Waa, NSW. He enlisted from Paddington on 22 August 1940 and served in New Britain. Following th
Starboard side view of the Japanese passenger ship MV Montevideo Maru. On 22 June 1942 an estimated 845 prisoners of war (POWs) and 209 civilians captured by Japanese forces embarked from Rabaul, New
Studio portrait of NX191455 Gunner (Gnr) Earl James Arrow, Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, of Parkes, NSW. He enlisted in Moore Park, NSW, on 23 April 1941. Gnr Arrow was taken prisoner of war (POW) fol
