The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An informal group portrait of a US Signal Corps detachment on duty in a remote area behind the Finschhafen mountain ranges. Among them is a sole Australian patrol officer who set out to find them on learning from local tribesmen that this detachment had entered his area of responsibility. P171 Warrant officer II (WOII), later Lieutenant, Adrian J. Leyden, a member of the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU), is standing at the extreme right of the back row. The signallers were testing radio gear in the mountains and successfully completed trials in communicating with their Headquarters at Finschhaffen.
An informal portrait of P171 Warrant Officer II (WOII), later Lieutenant (Lt), Adrian J Leyden (left), Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) and Lt Hank Griswold, US Army Signal Corps, tak
An informal portrait of P171 Warrant Officer II (WOII), later Lieutenant (Lt), Adrian J Leyden, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU), standing in front of a US Army Piper Cub aircraft at
A group of local villagers gather together with American soldiers to mark the visit of their detachment from the US Army Signal Corps, led by Lieutenant (Lt) Hank Griswold (not pictured). This unit d
New Guinea. Two Army signallers communicating with their Headquarters from an advanced post in the Finisterre Ranges. Extremely heavy fighting occurred in the Shaggy Ridge area where the Japanese were
FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. VX5104 MAJOR V.J. SCHOFIELD, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER II, LIAISON OFFICER OF THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS, PICTURED ALONGSIDE A BATTLE SIGN AT THE 2,600 FEET FEATURE
SONG RIVER, FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-26. BUKI BOYS PREPARING THEIR COSTUME FOR A NATIVE SING-SING IN THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU) COMPOUND TO CELEBRATE THE RE OCC
