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Photograph 070011 Second World War, 1939-1945A member of “A” Company, 2/9th Infantry Battalion (possibly QX343526 Private Leslie James Andrews) asleep in his dugout on one side of the “Pimple”, Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea.

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The shattered remains of what was the thickly timbered side of the “Pimple”. Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea. In the foreground is a dugout and men of “A” Company, 2/9th Infantry Battalion.
A member of “A” Company, 2/9th Infantry Battalion (possibly QX343526 Private Leslie James Andrews) asleep in his dugout on one side of the “Pimple”, Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea.

VX120804 Sergeant Thomas Henry Clarke of “A” Company, 2/9th Infantry Battalion writes a message in his dugout on the “Pimple”, Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea. Sergeant Clarke was killed in action in New Gu

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-23. TROOPS OF "A" COMPANY, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION ON THE "INTERMEDIATE PIMPLE" SHORTLY AFTER IT'S OCCUPATION DURING THE BATTLE FOR SHAGGY RIDGE.

FINISTERRE RANGES, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-23. QX12858 SERGEANT K.MCG. JAMIESON OF "A" COMPANY, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION LOOKING OUT FROM A DUGOUT ON "GREEN SNIPER'S PIMPLE" AFTER THE UNIT HAD CONSOLIDATE

The Ramu Valley, New Guinea from the “Pimple”, Shaggy Ridge. In the foreground is one of the few trees left after the artillery pounding. This is an operational area of the 2/9th Infantry Battalion.

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-23. NX99758 PRIVATE J.W. PARKER OF "C" COMPANY, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION LOOKING OUT FROM A JAPANESE DUGOUT ON SHAGGY RIDGE SOON AFTER THE DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY.
