The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal group portrait of, left to right, NX169503 Private Norman Leslie Gomm of the 2/23rd Battalion, Dr Charles James Tinsley and NX146928 Captain Leslie Jotham Gomm, father of N L Gomm and chaplain to Australian forces in New Guinea during the Second World War, and later in Japan and Korea. Private N L Gomm sustained a leg wound during the Battle of Sattelberg in November 1943 and was subsequently captured by the Japanese. An investigation conducted in 1949 contained testimony from a Japanese witness that Private Gomm was shot by his captors during the march to the coast.
At Mangrove Ridge on the right flank of Sattelberg. During a lull in the fighting, within sixty yards of Japanese positions relaxed Australian troops clean and check over their Bren guns. Shown: Priva
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-18. SX14068 PRIVATE L. W. STILES OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING A JAPANESE MORTAR IN FRONT OF A JAPANESE DUGOUT DURING A LULL IN THE BATTLE
Hiro, Japan. 1953-07-27. Senior Chaplain L. J. Gomm officiating at the Thanksgiving Service on the Ceasefire in Korea held in the Court Martial room of HQ Australian Army Component, British Commonweal
Darwin, NT. 1946-03-04. A Japanese witness is sworn in during the Japanese War Criminal trials. Left to right: Superior Private Ohara, third Japanese witness; NX204427 Sergeant G. L. Maitland, interpr
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-18. TROOPS OF C COMPANY, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ON THE TOP OF COCONUT RIDGE, A HEAVILY FORTIFIED JAPANESE POSITION WHICH HAD TO BE TAKEN BEFORE THE F
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. TROOPS OF C COMPANY, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING A JAPANESE MACHINE GUN WHICH WAS ABANDONED DURING THE ASSAULT ON SATTELBERG. SHOWN ARE LEFT
