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NAGADA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-26. AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL TEAMS OF THE 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND THE 37/52ND INFANTRY BATTALION LINED UP BEFORE THEIR MATCH ON THE DESLANDES SPORTS OVAL. THIS OVAL WAS NAMED IN HONOUR OF VX105949 CORPORAL R.C.A. DESLANDES, D COMPANY, 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION WHILE CHARGING A JAPANESE MACHINE GUN POSITION NEAR GUSIKA ON 1943-12-06. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX111951 PRIVATE L.J. MOGFORD (1); V128029 PRIVATE J. STODDART (2); VX71096 PRIVATE C. TURNER (3); VXV148254 CORPORAL R. COFFEN (4); VX139830 CORPORAL A. BENNETT (5); VX1375K76 PRIVATE W. MCNAMARA (6); VX148472 PRIVATE C. FREEMAN (7); V41541 PRIVATE J. ORMAND (8); VX109206 CORPORAL F. GREEN (9); VX141590 SERGEANT M. LEITCH (10); VX109277 PRIVATE A. POTTER (11); VX72006 PRIVATE J. GOWER (12); V128158 PRIVATE W. GREEN (13); VX122013 PRIVATE K. O'CONNOR (14); VX141945 PRIVATE D. BOURKE (15); V285486 PRIVATE R. BROWN (16); VX139838 CORPORAL E.W. SMITH (17); VX135936 PRIVATE W. WAY (18); VX141593 CORPORAL F. PHAIR (19); VX13927 MAJOR H.E. WRIGHT (20); VX14046 LIEUTENANT COLONEL K.S. CUSWORTH, COMMANDING OFFICER 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION (21); VX144410 SERGEANT A. HART (22); VX118789 CORPORAL B. NATHAN (23); VX138468 CORPORAL R. RANSON (24); VX144516 CORPORAL P. DEAN (25); V245880 PRIVATE L. TAYLOR (26); VX105991 CORPORAL B. LEEMBRUGGAN (27); VX105974 SERGEANT L. HICKMAN (28); V39980 PRIVATE C.A. WILSON (29); VX140375 PRIVATE L. STONE (30); VX106053 CORPORAL F. TOMLINSON (31); VX104187 LIEUTENANT C. MCQUEEN (32); VX147414 SERGEANT J. CRAWFORD (33); VX118776 PRIVATE H. HEARD (34); VVX132274 CORPORAL J. JONES (35); VX106045 SIGNALLER S. SMALL (36); VX144403 SERGEANT A. MCDONALD (37); V125034 PRIVATE A.C. BRIMACOMBE (38); V235639 PRIVATE P. NOLAN (39).
NAGADA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-26. AN AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL MATCH IN PROGRESS BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND THE 37/52ND INFANTRY BATTALION DURING THE SPORTS MEETING TO CELEBRA
NAGADA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-26. THE CAPTAIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL TEAM OF THE 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION TALKING TO HIS MEN AT HALFTIME DURING THEIR MATCH AGAINST A TEAM FROM THE 37/52ND IN
NAGADA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-26. A SECTION OF THE CROWD WATCHING AN AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND THE 37/52ND INFANTRY BATTALION DURING THE SPORT
NAGADA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-26. A GROUP OF VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO PLAYED IN THE MATCH BETWEEN THE TEAMS FROM THE 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND THE 37/52ND INFANTRY BATTALION
NAGADA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-26. AN AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL MATCH IN PROGRESS BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND THE 37/52ND INFANTRY BATTALION DURING THE SPORTS MEETING TO CELEBRA
Group portrait of members of the 29/46 Infantry Battalion football team on the ground before the start of play. They played against the 22 Infantry Battalion team, another 4 Infantry Brigade unit, dur
