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ALBURY, NSW. 1945-09-07. PRIVATE W. FINN, 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION, CHANGING INTO 6TH AMBULANCE ...
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ALBURY, NSW. 1945-09-07. PRIVATE W. FINN, 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION, CHANGING INTO 6TH AMBULANCE TRAIN AT ALBURY, CARRYING HIS SOUVENIR CLOCK WHICH HE FOUND ON A JAPANESE SHIP AT BALIKPAPAN.114756
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A Matilda tank of 1 Troop, B Squadron, 1 Armoured Regiment Commanded by Sergeant R B Larkins, ...
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A Matilda tank of 1 Troop, B Squadron, 1 Armoured Regiment Commanded by Sergeant R B Larkins, moving down a sandy slope while supporting members of C Company, 2/12 Infantry Battalion engaged in cleari...110926
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Australian Service Medal 1945-1975 : Private W W Foster, 2/12 Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Australian Service Medal 1945 - 1975 with clasp for SW Pacific. Pantograph engraved reverse with recipient's details.REL36128.007
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Australia Service Medal : Private W W Foster, 2/12 Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL36128.006
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Autographed good luck flag carried by Japanese soldier Matsumoto Gengo at Balikpapan, July 1945
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Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag. The white background ground of the flag bears numerous Japanese signatures written in black ink together with the traditional wish for long-lasting good f...REL/17382
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BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO, 13 JULY 1945. PRIVATE J CAMPBELL, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, HOLDING A ...
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BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO, 13 JULY 1945. PRIVATE J CAMPBELL, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, HOLDING A SHELL USED BY A JAPANESE TWIN BARREL 127MM DUAL PURPOSE GUN TO SHOW ITS SIZE. THE TWIN BARRELS OF THE GUN ...111360
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-03. A MATILDA TANK OF 1 ARMOURED REGIMENT MOVING THROUGH A JAPANESE ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-03. A MATILDA TANK OF 1 ARMOURED REGIMENT MOVING THROUGH A JAPANESE TANK TRAP IN THE OIL REFINERY AREA IN SUPPORT OF THE UNIT ADVANCE BY MEMBERS OF B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY...111212
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-04. A MATILDA TANK OF 1 TROOP, 1 ARMOURED REGIMENT, UNDER COMMAND OF ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-04. A MATILDA TANK OF 1 TROOP, 1 ARMOURED REGIMENT, UNDER COMMAND OF CORPORAL PHELOUNG, DRIVEN BY TPR L J CRAIG AND IN TURRET TPR E D MURRAY, WIRELESS OPERATOR. THE TANK IS...110927
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. A MORTAR CREW OF 11 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. A MORTAR CREW OF 11 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, WAITING FOR THEIR ORDERS TO FIRE ON JAPANESE POSITIONS ON JOAN FEATURE DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.111185
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-08-22. A SECTION OF THE TENT LINES OF 7 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 2/12TH ...
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Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-08-22. A SECTION OF THE TENT LINES OF 7 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION.113992
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING UP ON THE ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING UP ON THE SPUR LEADING DOWN FROM POTTS FEATURE DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION. FROM HERE THEY WILL ADVANCE ON JAPANES...111180
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING UP ON THE ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING UP ON THE SPUR LEADING DOWN FROM POTTS FEATURING DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION. FROM HERE THEY WILL ADVANCE ON JAPA...111179
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, INSPECTING THE ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, INSPECTING THE RUINS OF THE PANDANSARI OIL REFINERY. THE MEN ARE RESTING IN THE AREA AFTER TEN DAYS OF FIGHTING.111504
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION LISTENING TO ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION LISTENING TO JAPANESE RECORDS PLAYED ON A CAPTURED GRAMOPHONE.111501
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING INLAND FROM THE BEACH ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING INLAND FROM THE BEACH AFTER THE OBOE 2 OPERATION LANDING.110802
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION PREPARING A MORTAR POSITION ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION PREPARING A MORTAR POSITION DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.110804
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 12 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 12 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING NORTH ON TO A SPUR WITH CAUTION IN THE ADVANCE ON JAPANESE POSITIONS ON JOAN FEATURE DURING THE OBOE ...111183
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 11 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 11 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING IN ON JAPANESE POSITIONS ON JOAN FEATURE DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.111187
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 12 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 12 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING NORTH ON TO A SPUR IN THE ADVANCE ON JAPANESE POSITIONS ON JOAN FEATURE DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.111182
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 11 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 11 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING WITH CAUTION INTO AN AREA CLUSTERED WITH BUILDINGS ALONG THE VALLEY ROAD DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION....111192
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 11 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION ABOUT ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 11 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION ABOUT TO ADVANCE ONTO THE SPUR LEADING DOWN FROM POTTS FEATURE DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION. FROM HERE THEY WI...111181
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF YMCA SERVING TEA TO TROOPS TO C COMPANY, 2/12 ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF YMCA SERVING TEA TO TROOPS TO C COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION WHO ARE RELAXING IN THE TOWN AREA AFTER TEN DAYS OF FIGHTING.111499
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. PRIVATE A G STANLEY, 7 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. PRIVATE A G STANLEY, 7 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, TAKING A SHOWER. THE SHOWER WAS ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE UNIT AT THE PANDANSARI OIL REFINERY WHER...111506
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 3 JULY 1945. PRIVATE J JARRETT, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION (1) BEING ASSISTED ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 3 JULY 1945. PRIVATE J JARRETT, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION (1) BEING ASSISTED ALONG THE ROAD BY PTE CLARIDGE (2) AFTER BEING INJURED BY A JAPANESE MACHINE GUN BULLET DURING THE UNIT A...111214
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 3 JULY 1945. PRIVATE J JARRETT, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION BEING CARRIED ON A ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 3 JULY 1945. PRIVATE J JARRETT, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION BEING CARRIED ON A STRETCHER AFTER BEING INURED BY A JAPANESE MACHINE GUN BULLET DURING THE UNIT APPROACH TO JAPANESE POSITI...111216
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. PRIVATE P W ROBERTS (1) AND PTE A O SHERRIFF (2) MEMBERS OF C ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. PRIVATE P W ROBERTS (1) AND PTE A O SHERRIFF (2) MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, BATHING AT WATER OUTLETS OF THE TOWN RESERVOIR.111502
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. PRIVATE T P MONAGAN (1) AND PTE W M MILLES (2) MEMBERS OF C ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. PRIVATE T P MONAGAN (1) AND PTE W M MILLES (2) MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, WASHING CLOTHES. THE MEN ARE RELAXING IN THE TOWN AREA AFTER TEN DAYS OF...111500
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. SERGEANT M J MILLER, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, OPERATING A MARK ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. SERGEANT M J MILLER, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, OPERATING A MARK 45 WIRELESS SET AT BATTALION BATTLE HEADQUARTERS DURING THE OBOE OPERATION.110803
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. TROOPS OF 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING ALONG VASEY HIGHWAY ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. TROOPS OF 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING ALONG VASEY HIGHWAY DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION. OIL FIRES ARE BLAZING IN THE BACKGROUND.110383
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-02. MEMBERS OF 11 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-02. MEMBERS OF 11 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING WITH CAUTION INTO AN AREA CLUSTERED WITH BUILDINGS ALONG THE VALLEY ROAD DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION. ...111190
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. PTE H. ANOLECK (1) AND PTE G.E. WILSON (2), MEMBERS OF 2/12 ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. PTE H. ANOLECK (1) AND PTE G.E. WILSON (2), MEMBERS OF 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION, KEEPING A SHARP LOOKOUT FOR ANY ENEMY MOVEMENTS FROM THEIR POSITION ON THE TOP OF JOAN F...111188
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-03. PTE J. JARRETT, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION BEING CARRIED ON A ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-03. PTE J. JARRETT, 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION BEING CARRIED ON A STRETCHER AFTER BEING INJURED BY A JAPANESE MACHINE GUN BULLET DURING THE UNIT APPROACH ON JAPANESE POSITIONS...111215
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-18. SIGNALMAN G. H. BRAITHWAITE (1) AND PRIVATE J. F. MURPHY (2) ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-18. SIGNALMAN G. H. BRAITHWAITE (1) AND PRIVATE J. F. MURPHY (2) MEMBERS OF 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION, RIDING A CHILD'S BICYCLE WHICH THEY FOUND IN A DESERTED SECTION OF TH...111761
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-11. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO ARRIVE AT BALIKPAPAN. ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-11. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO ARRIVE AT BALIKPAPAN. NUMBERING ABOUT 400 THEY WERE BROUGHT TO BROWN BEACH BY LCM'S (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) FROM THE HEADWAT...118691
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-11. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO ARRIVE AT BALIKPAPAN. ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-11. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO ARRIVE AT BALIKPAPAN. NUMBERING ABOUT 400 THEY WERE BROUGHT TO BROWN BEACH BY LCM'S (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) FROM THE HEADWAT...118690
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Private W W Foster, 2/12 Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL36128.005
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Defence Medal : Private W W Foster, 2/12 Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL36128.004
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Group portrait of members of A Company Headquarters, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. Left to right, ...
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Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
Group portrait of members of A Company Headquarters, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. Left to right, back row: two unidentified; TX1433 Private (Pte) Byron Balfour (Bert) Woolley; three unidentified; Pte B...113989
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Group portrait of members of A Company, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. No identification details were ...
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Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
Group portrait of members of A Company, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. No identification details were recorded for the men in this group.113987
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Group portrait of members of 9 Platoon, A Company, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. Left to right, back ...
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Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
Group portrait of members of 9 Platoon, A Company, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. Left to right, back row: Private (Pte) Darryl G Gates; Pte Ted 'Deacon' Doyle; unidentified; Pte Ted Weeks; Pte J Murray; ...113985
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Group portrait of nine members of I Section, Headquarters 2/12 Infantry Battalion. They were ...
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Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
Group portrait of nine members of I Section, Headquarters 2/12 Infantry Battalion. They were examining maps of the area while resting in the town. Identified left to right, back row: Private (Pte) U...111592
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Group portrait of the members of 8 Platoon, A Company, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. Left to right, ...
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Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
Group portrait of the members of 8 Platoon, A Company, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. Left to right, back row: Sergeant R A Bourne (?), Private (Pte) William (Bill) MacFarlane; two unidentified; Pte R A D...113984
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Group portrait of the members of 7 Platoon, A Company, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. Left to right, ...
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Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
Group portrait of the members of 7 Platoon, A Company, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. Left to right, back row: Private (Pte) Frank Smith; Pte Ken A H Cranfield; Pte R 'Lofty' Williams; Pte Bert Woolley; C...113988
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Group portrait of the Officers and NCOs of A Company, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. Left to right, ...
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Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
Group portrait of the Officers and NCOs of A Company, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. Left to right, back row: Corporal (Cpl) Stan R Palmer; unidentified; Private (Pte) Jack M Stuart; eight unidentified. M...113991
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Japanese yosegaki hinomaru ['good luck' flag] with senninbari [1000 stitches] captured at Balikpapan: 2/12th Battalion AIF
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Maker: Unknown
Silk Japanese 'good luck' flag or yosegaki hinomaru, with senninbari, or 1000 lucky stitches in red (normally sewn on a separate belt of 1000 stitches) taking the place of the printed or sewn central ...AWM2022.810.7
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Kent, Lance MC
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Maker: Kent, Lance
Extract from Kent's autobiographical account of the military service of "Larry King" from the time of his enlistment in 1940, through training and attachment to the 2/12 Bn, the battle for Milne Bay, ...MSS1238
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Members of A Company, Headquarters staff 2/12th Infantry Battalion, displaying their captured ...
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Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
Members of A Company, Headquarters staff 2/12th Infantry Battalion, displaying their captured Japanese flags outside the unit headquarters. Identified: back row, left to right: Sergeant Horace H Vieve...111503
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Members of an unidentified platoon originally attributed to 7 Platoon, A Company, 2/12th Infantry ...
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Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
Members of an unidentified platoon originally attributed to 7 Platoon, A Company, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. This is possibly a platoon of the 2/9th Battalion who were camped near water whereas the 2/...113983
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Members of B Company, 2/12 Infantry Battalion, moving behind a Matilda tank of 1 Armoured ...
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Members of B Company, 2/12 Infantry Battalion, moving behind a Matilda tank of 1 Armoured Regiment, under fire from Japanese snipers and machine guns as they approach nail feature during the OBOE 2 Op...111213
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Members of 7 Platoon, A Company, 2/12 Infantry Battalion, erecting captured Japanese beds at the ...
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Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
Members of 7 Platoon, A Company, 2/12 Infantry Battalion, erecting captured Japanese beds at the Pandansari Oil Refinery to sleep on. The unit is relaxing after ten days of fighting. Identified from l...111505