The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian soldiers paying their respects at the graves of their companions killed in action during the campaign. The contemplative soldier in the foreground has been identified as SX9034 Private (later Sergeant) Noel Alfred Tietzel, 2/48th Battalion, of North Adelaide, SA. There is equally strong evidence that the soldier is VX36078 Private (later Corporal) John Francis O'Brien, 2/23rd Battalion.
CAPE MOEM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-23. PRIVATE D.R.S. COMBES (1), AND PRIVATE A.M. DREVER (2), PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TO PRIVATE F.W. SHORT, ONE OF THEIR FALLEN COMRADES AT THE WEWAK WAR CEMETERY. THE CEME
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. SX15180 PRIVATE S. T. GALVIN OF PETERBOROUGH, SA, AND OF THE 2/48TH. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, WOUNDED IN THE ASSAULT ON SATTELBERG, WAITING FOR TRANSPORT
Studio portrait of 5700 Private (Pte) John Bungay Francis, 48th Battalion. A beekeeper from Port Lincoln, SA prior to enlistment, Pte Francis, along with his brother 5701 Pte Robert Arthur Francis, em
KOEPANG AREA, TIMOR. 1945-09-16. MEMBERS OF TIMFORCE PAYING THEIR RESPECTS AT THE GRAVE OF CAPTAIN N. H. ROFF, 2/40TH INFANTRY BATTALION WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION 1942-02-23.
Personnel from 2/23rd Infantry Battalion (2/23rd Inf Bn) and the 2/48th Infantry Battalion (2/48th Inf Bn) at Headquarters 26th Infantry Brigade (26th Inf Bde) awaiting a ceremonial parade for the pre
Studio portrait of 5701 Private (Pte) Robert Arthur Francis, 48th Battalion. A farmer from Port Lincoln, SA prior to enlistment, Pte Francis, along with his brother 5700 Pte John Bungay Francis, embar
