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FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THIS SIGN AT THE APPROACH TO SATTELBERG IS 200 YARDS ABOVE THE POINT WHERE "B" COMPANY, 2/48TH INFANTRY BATTALION, FOLLOWED BY "D" COMPANY, LED BY SX7964 SERGEANT T.C. DERRICK, DCM REMOVED ENEMY OPPOSITION. SERGEANT DERRICK WAS LATER AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR BRAVERY IN OPERATIONS IN SATTELBERG.
FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. ONE OF THE MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THIS SIGN INDICATES THE POINT OF MOVEMENT TO FINAL ASSAULT BY "B" COMPANY, 2/48TH INFANTRY BATTALION, AS
FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-17. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE AREA, THIS SIGN POINTS DIRECTION TO A SAND MODEL CONSTRUCTED TO DESCRIBE SATTELBERG TERRAIN TO TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH INFANTRY B
FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE AREA, THIS SIGN RECORDS ACTIVITIES OF THE 2/48TH INFANTRY BATTALION, AND THE 2/2ND MACHINE GUN BATTALION IN THE BATTLE FOR SAT
FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE AREA, THIS SIGN RECORDS ACTIVITIES OF THE 2/48TH INFANTRY BATTALION, AND THE 2/2ND MACHINE GUN BATTALION IN THE BATTLE FOR SAT
SX7964 Sergeant (later Lieutenant (Lt)) Thomas Currie Derrick, VC. DCM, 2/48th Infantry Battalion. Lt Derrick died of wounds received when attacking the Freda feature during the invasion of Tarakan Is
Sergeant Smith (left), 2/48th Battalion, putting the cross on the grave of SX7964 Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas Currie 'Diver' Derrick, VC, DCM, in the 2/48 Battalion cemetery off the Anzac Highway. He is wa
