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A hewn slab of granite marks the memorial to members of 2/22 Battalion, in Queen Elizabeth II ...
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Maker: Unknown
A hewn slab of granite marks the memorial to members of 2/22 Battalion, in Queen Elizabeth II Park. The memorial was unveiled on 16 September 1993; an inscription on marble reads '2/22nd Batt Associat...P04302.002
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A large, roughly cut rock with a bronze plaque embedded, marks the 1942-1945 memorial to members ...
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Maker: Unknown
A large, roughly cut rock with a bronze plaque embedded, marks the 1942-1945 memorial to members of 2/22 Battalion. The memorial was unveiled on 16 September 1993. The battalion was sent to garrison R...P04302.001
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A montage of images, including a line drawing in elevation and plan, of the Japanese merchant ...
Photograph
Maker: Department Of The Navy
A montage of images, including a line drawing in elevation and plan, of the Japanese merchant ship the MV Montevideo Maru. On 22 June 1942 an estimated 845 prisoners of war (POWs) and 209 civilians ca...106138
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An informal group portrait of officers and senior non-commissioned officers from the Anti ...
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An informal group portrait of officers and senior non-commissioned officers from the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul at the battery's position at Frisbee Ridge not long before the Japanese attacks on Rab...P02312.004
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A Papuan Infantry Battalion bugler sounds reveille at the conclusion of a wreath laying at a ...
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Maker: Harding, B A
A Papuan Infantry Battalion bugler sounds reveille at the conclusion of a wreath laying at a memorial service. Two services, one at Vulcan Beach, the other at Rabaul, were held to mark the fourth anni...124106
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Assistant Medical Officer Arthur Coomber on patrol in the Maprik District with a holstered Luger ...
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Maker: Unknown
Assistant Medical Officer Arthur Coomber on patrol in the Maprik District with a holstered Luger pistol on his belt. When New Guinea was invaded by Japanese forces in 1942 Arthur Coomber's family was ...P02328.009
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2/2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station
Manuscript
Maker: Carne, John Formby
Collection relating to the 2/2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 1993-1994. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of the manuscript titled "2/2 Australian C.C.S. A Brief history and personal anecdotes ...MSS1505
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Group portrait of 25 members of 2/22 Battalion Regimental Band, 23 of whom were originally ...
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of 25 members of 2/22 Battalion Regimental Band, 23 of whom were originally members of Salvation Army bands who had enlisted in 1940. The battalion served as a garrison force at Rabaul,...P04138.002
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Group portrait of members of the 2/10 Field Ambulance detachment at Rabaul, New Guinea prior to ...
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Group portrait of members of the 2/10 Field Ambulance detachment at Rabaul, New Guinea prior to the Japanese invasion. Identified in the back row, from left to right: VX26758 Private (Pte) George Will...P00348.001
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Group portrait of three members of 2/22 Battalion. Left to right: probably VX46697 Anthony ...
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of three members of 2/22 Battalion. Left to right: probably VX46697 Anthony Richard John Fox, of Macarthur, Victoria; VX26758 Private (Pte) George William Lanham, of Albury, NSW; and an...P07042.002
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Hand coloured studio portrait of VX29573 Corporal (Cpl) Jack Alexander Smith, 2/22 Battalion. Cpl ...
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Maker: Smith Studio
Hand coloured studio portrait of VX29573 Corporal (Cpl) Jack Alexander Smith, 2/22 Battalion. Cpl Smith enlisted in June 1940 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese invasion of January 1942...P10865.001
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Hand-coloured studio portrait of VX24105 Private (Pte) William Francis Ladner, 2/22 Battalion. ...
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Maker: Unknown
Hand-coloured studio portrait of VX24105 Private (Pte) William Francis Ladner, 2/22 Battalion. Pte Ladner, of Ballarat, Vic, enlisted in June 1940 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese inv...P06328.001
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Informal outdoor portrait of NX68894 Private (Pte) Ronald Angus Fraser, of Boggabri, NSW. Pte ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of NX68894 Private (Pte) Ronald Angus Fraser, of Boggabri, NSW. Pte Fraser enlisted on 1 March 1941 and served with No. 1 Independent Company on the island of New Ireland. He...P06180.001
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Informal outdoor portrait of NX66807 Private (Pte) Sydney Louis Nicholson, No. 1 Independent ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of NX66807 Private (Pte) Sydney Louis Nicholson, No. 1 Independent Company, of Merrylands, NSW. Pte Nicholson enlisted on 7 January 1941 and and served on the island of New I...P07701.001
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Informal outdoor portrait of QX64915 Private (Pte) Alan Stanley Tummon, Australian Army Service ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of QX64915 Private (Pte) Alan Stanley Tummon, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), of Bundaberg, Queensland. A labourer prior to enlistment on 18 June 1941 Pte Tummon served...P08906.001
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Informal outdoor portrait of WX8167 Signalman (Sig) William Eric Rule Dennis, of Carnarvon, WA. A ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of WX8167 Signalman (Sig) William Eric Rule Dennis, of Carnarvon, WA. A clerk in civilian life, Sig Dennis enlisted in August 1940. After completing training as a signalman h...P09417.001
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Informal portrait of VX40805 Corporal Herbert William Morgan, 2/22 Battalion, of Fairfield Park, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of VX40805 Corporal Herbert William Morgan, 2/22 Battalion, of Fairfield Park, Victoria. Prior to enlistment, Cpl Morgan was a member of the Brunswick Salvation Army band. In 1940, 2...P04138.001
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"Motor Ship 'Montevideo Maru' Propelling Machinery: Mitsubishi-Sulzer Diesel Engines. Built and ...
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"Motor Ship 'Montevideo Maru' Propelling Machinery: Mitsubishi-Sulzer Diesel Engines. Built and Engined at the Nagasaki Works for the Osaka Shosen Kaisha's South American Service.". During the Second ...042334
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N85247 Lieutenant (Lt) D M Selby, Officer Commanding the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, and his ...
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N85247 Lieutenant (Lt) D M Selby, Officer Commanding the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, and his driver N108194 (NX191448) Lance Bombardier (L Bdr) B R Hartigan in the battery's Ford utility truck (Regi...P02312.002
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N85071 Lieutenant (Lt) P W Fisher (left), Second in Command of the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, ...
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N85071 Lieutenant (Lt) P W Fisher (left), Second in Command of the Anti Aircraft Battery Rabaul, and N85247 Lt D M Selby (right), Officer Commanding, outside their hut at Malaguna Camp. The Anti-aircr...P02312.001