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DANMAP RIVER AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-01. TROOPS OF NO 6 BATTERY, 2/3RD FIELD REGIMENT, DIGGING IN THEIR SHORT 25 POUNDERS IN PREPARATION FOR THE ATTACK ON JAPANESE POSITIONS AT MATAPAU. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX8178 SERGEANT F. CONNELL (1); WX2281 LANCE BOMBARDIER G. WILLIAMS (2); NX201076 GUNNER F.J. WHYBURN (3); WX14794 GUNNER T.J. WILLIAMS (4); VX68502 SERGEANT C.R. SEVIOR (5); VX115159 BOMBARDIER J.F. DURBRIDGE (6); WX7023 LANCE BOMBARDIER J.W. PALMER (7).
STRATHPINE, QLD. 1944-08-24. MEMBERS OF "A" TROOP, NO.7 BATTERY, 2/4TH FIELD REGIMENT. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX18416 CRAFTMAN J.W. NEWSON (1); VX50635 GUNNER J.C.A. DAVIS (2); VX115117 CRAFTSMAN
NADZAB AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-09-15. PERSONNEL OF THE 2ND MOUNTAIN BATTERY WAITING FOR THEIR MESS PARADE. SEEN ARE:- GUNNER L. HILDREW (1); GUNNER H.R. BANNISTER (2); BOMBARDIER I. CROTHERS (3); GUNNE
HERBERTON, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-28. THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY TEAM, WINNERS OF THE 6TH DIVISION GRAND FINAL AUSTRALIAN RULES COMPETITION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX745 SERGEANT E.J.
MARKHAM VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-28. THE CREW OF A SHORT 25 POUNDER GUN FROM 12 BATTERY DOING THEIR MAINTENANCE AT THE CAMP OF THE 4TH FIELD REGIMENT. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: N456537 GUNNER A.C.
MARKHAM VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-28. MEMBERS OF A GUN CREW FROM 12 BATTERY OF THE 4TH FIELD REGIMENT, DISMANTLING THEIR SHORT 25 POUNDER GUN DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: VX
WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-07-17. MEMBERS OF THE 2/3RD FIELD REGIMENT, AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL TEAM WHICH WON THE 17TH INFANTRY BRIGADE COMPETITION, AND SO BECOME THE "PREMIERS". IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:-
