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WANDOKAI, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-01. PERSONNEL OF THE 9TH DIVISION SALVAGE UNIT EXAMINING TWO 7.7MM JAPANESE TYPE 92 MACHINE GUNS (WOODPECKERS) ABANDONED BY THE RETREATING JAPANESE FORCES. THEY ARE: NX21472 PRIVATE R. L. ARYER (1); NX29502 CORPORAL R. D. CONDON (2); WX10831 LANCE CORPORAL G. A. CRIDDLE (3); WX5921 PRIVATE R. A. HARTNETT (4); WX4794 CORPORAL A. W. JAMES (5).
HUON GULF, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-01. WX10831 LANCE CORPORAL G. A. CRIDDLE (1) AND WX5921 PRIVATE R. A. HARTNETT O F THE 9TH DIVISION SALVAGE UNIT EXAMINING MEDICAL STORES ABANDONED BY THE JAPANESE FORCE
HUON GULF, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-01. WX10831 LANCE CORPORAL G. A. CRIDDLE (1) AND WX4794 CORPORAL A. W. JAMES (2) OF THE 9TH DIVISION SALVAGE UNIT CHECKING SUPPLIES LEFT BEHIND BY THE RETREATING JAPANES
New Guinea. Lance Corporal G. A. Criddle of Geraldton, WA, and Private Hartnett of Nammub, WA, members of an AIF Salvage Unit, salvaging rope left near the beach of Wandokai among other stores abandon
WANDOKAI, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-01. A 7.7MM JAPANESE TYPE 92 MACHINE GUN (WOODPECKER) MOUNTED AND READY FOR ACTION FOUND BY PERSONNEL OF THE 9TH DIVISION SALVAGE UNIT.
WANDOKAI, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-01. WX11709 PRIVATE E. T. CARROLL (1) AND WX5921 PRIVATE R. A. HARTNETT OF THE 9TH DIVISION SALVAGE UNIT DISPLAY VARIOUS TYPES OF AMMUNITION WHICH WAS ABANDONED BY THE RE
HUON GULF, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-01. WX4794 CORPORAL A. W. JAMES (1) AND WX11709 PRIVATE E. T. CARROLL (2) OF THE 9TH DIVISION SALVAGE UNIT CHECKING A PILE OF ROPE ABANDONED BY THE RETREATING JAPANESE A
