The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The 14th Platoon of “C” Company, 57/60th Battalion, are pictured moving in single file through thick jungle country near Ketoba in the Ramu Valley. The unit is advancing towards Kisa after having captured features known as Orgorunga 1 and 2 on the same day without opposition. Identified personnel are: VX139554 Private (Pte) Roy William Smith (1); QX55350 Corporal Leslie Gilbert Sweet (2); VX150159 (V122158) Pte Benjamin Robert Jones (3); V305514 Pte Frank Cuffe (4); and VX84573 Signalman James Edgar Knell (5).
V76017 Sig Patrick Ryan, a forward scout of Signal Platoon, Headquarters Company of the 57/60th Infantry Battalion, keeping a keen lookout for Japanese near Ketoba in the Ramu Valley. The Unit was ad
V76017 Sig Patrick Ryan, a forward scout of Signal Platoon, Headquarters Company of the 57/60th Infantry Battalion, keeping a keen lookout for Japanese near Ketoba in the Ramu Valley. The Unit was ad
Q138283 Private (Pte) Joseph O’Donohue (at left) and VX13692 Pte L. Watson (not confirmed) of 11th Platoon of “B” Company, 57/60th Infantry Battalion, resting on the track near Ketoba in the Ramu Vall
The 11th Platoon of “B” Company, 57/60th Infantry Battalion, pictured at rest on the track near Ketoba in the Ramu Valley after having captured Orgorunga without opposition. Heavy going on the track
Men of “B” Company, 57/60th Infantry Battalion, fully equipped for attack on Japanese positions, move along a trail at the bottom of the Orgoruna features which were captured without opposition in the
NX153290 Signalman (Sig) Charles Lyal Owen Bell, VX141659 Sig Leslie Thomas Frederick Knorpp and V76017 Sig Patrick Ryan of the 57/60th Infantry Battalion find heavy going in trailing forward a large
