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AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-08. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES LOADING STORES AND SUPPLIES FOR THE "JOCK FORCE" EXPEDITION ABOARD A THREE TON TRUCK FOR THE TRIP TO YAKAMUL. "JOCK FORCE" IS COMMANDED BY NX122980 CAPTAIN A J MARSHALL, THE ONE ARMED OFFICER IN CHARGE, AND CONSISTS OF MEMBERS OF THE 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION AND NATIVE CARRIERS. THEY ARE TO MAKE A 40 DAY PATROL OVER THE TOROCELLI RANGES, THROUGH YAMBES AND ALONG THE SEPIK RIVER BEHIND THE JAPANESE LINES. CAPTAIN MARSHALL LOST HIS LEFT ARM IN A SHOOTING ACCIDENT BEFORE THE WAR.
AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-08. PERSONNEL OF "JOCK FORCE" MOVING OFF FOR YAKAMUL ABOARD A 3 TON TRUCK "JOCK FORCE" IS COMMANDED BY NX122980 CAPTAIN A J MARSHALL, THE ONE ARMED OFFICER IN CHARGE, AND C
AITAPE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-02-13. NX122980 CAPTAIN A.J. MARSHALL, 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION AND OFFICER- IN- CHARGE, "JOCK FORCE" LIGHTS A CIGARETTE FOR VX53309. WARRANT OFFICER II, G.W. EDWARDS, NE
AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-08. NX122980 CAPTAIN A J MARSHALL, 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION. THE ONE ARMED OFFICER IN CHARGE OF "JOCK FORCE" (THE FORCE GETS ITS NAME FROM CAPTAIN MARSHALL, WHOSE NICKNAME
Jock Force, commanded by and named after NX112980 Captain Alan John (Jock) Marshall 2/2 Infantry Battalion. Jock Force was volunteer force and consisted of one other officer and eleven men. They were
YAKAMUL, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-09. MEMBERS OF THE 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION AND "JOCK FORCE" AND THEIR NATIVE CARRIERS LEAVING THEIR BASE CAMP AT THE START OF A 40 DAY PATROL THROUGH ENEMY OCCUPIED TERRI
YAKAMUL, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-09. NX122980 CAPTAIN A.J. MARSHALL, THE ONE ARMED OFFICER IN CHARGE, "JOCK FORCE" AND A MEMBER OF THE 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION LECTURING HIS MEN ON THE NEED FOR SECURITY W
