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  1. Africa Star with 8th Army clasp : Corporal J D Quinn, 2/43 Battalion

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.

    REL/15852.002

  2. Album of 40 pages, containing 54 photographs of grave markers in Palestine, taken by SX6671 ...

    Photograph

    Album of 40 pages, containing 54 photographs of grave markers in Palestine, taken by SX6671 Private (Pte) Laurence Bernard Ronan, 2/43 Battalion, 9 Division, 2nd AIF. Album cover reads: "My Photo Souv...

    P10284

  3. Alto saxophone case: Private Pretoria Herbert Zanker, 2/43 Battalion

    Heraldry

    Maker: C G Conn Ltd

    Saxophone case bound in black leatherette and bearing a black enamelled nameplate ("CG CONN / BAND INSTRUMENTS / WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURERS / ELKHART, IND., USA") rivetted to the outer lid. All cor...

    AWM2020.57.1.1

  4. Alto saxophone mouthpiece: Private Pretoria Herbert Zanker, 2/43 Battalion

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Standard saxophone mouthpiece, consisting of a plastic fitting with a tapered wooden cane reed clamped to it by a double screwed nickel-plated brass clamp, accompanied by a brass cap. The reed has por...

    AWM2020.57.1.4

  5. Alto saxophone neck: Private Pretoria Herbert Zanker, 2/43 Battalion

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Standard alto saxophone neck with a cork tipped end for the mounthpiece. Unfortunately the neck is too narrow to slot into the saxophone and must have belonged to another instrument.

    AWM2020.57.1.3

  6. AT SEA, 1945-06-08. ENSIGN LA BELLE, CAPTAIN AND MEMBER OF THE CREW OF THE UNITED STATES LANDING ...

    Photograph

    AT SEA, 1945-06-08. ENSIGN LA BELLE, CAPTAIN AND MEMBER OF THE CREW OF THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 640, WHICH CARRIED A SPECIAL DETAIL OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION TO LABUAN FOR THE OBO...

    108839

  7. At sea, escorting destroyer escort USS Albert T Harris (DE-447), passing messages along a line to ...

    Photograph

    At sea, escorting destroyer escort USS Albert T Harris (DE-447), passing messages along a line to the United States Landing Ship Tank LST-640, which has troops of 2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion ...

    108843

  8. AT SEA, 1945-06-08. JOHN R. BODLE, US NAVY, CUTTING THE HAIR OF SERGEANT D. DUTHRIE, 2/43RD ...

    Photograph

    AT SEA, 1945-06-08. JOHN R. BODLE, US NAVY, CUTTING THE HAIR OF SERGEANT D. DUTHRIE, 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION ABOARD THE UNITES STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, WHILE EN ROUTE TO LABUAN FOR THEI...

    108847

  9. AT SEA, 1945-05-31. LANDING VEHICLES TRACKED, CARRYING MEMBERS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION ...

    Photograph

    AT SEA, 1945-05-31. LANDING VEHICLES TRACKED, CARRYING MEMBERS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION TOWARDS THE SHORE DURING A REHEARSAL FOR THE OBOE 6 OPERATION.

    108678

  10. AT SEA, 1945-06-08. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN J. THWAITES, RAAF (1) AND PRIVATE M. GOLEDGE (2) AND ...

    Photograph

    AT SEA, 1945-06-08. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN J. THWAITES, RAAF (1) AND PRIVATE M. GOLEDGE (2) AND SERGEANT R. ABRAHAM (3) OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION, HAVING BREAKFAST ABOARD THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHI...

    108845

  11. AT SEA, 1945-06-08. MEMBERS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION ATTENDING MESS PARADE WITH THEIR LIFE ...

    Photograph

    AT SEA, 1945-06-08. MEMBERS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION ATTENDING MESS PARADE WITH THEIR LIFE JACKETS ABOARD THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, WHILE EN ROUTE FOR LABUAN FOR THEIR PART ...

    108844

  12. AT SEA, 1945-06-08. MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL DETAIL OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION, ENJOYING THEIR ...

    Photograph

    AT SEA, 1945-06-08. MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL DETAIL OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION, ENJOYING THEIR RATIONS ABOARD THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, DESPITE THEIR UNCOMFORTABLE LIFEJACKETS, ...

    108840

  13. AT SEA, 1945-06-08. MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL DETAIL OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION, RELAXING, DESPITE ...

    Photograph

    AT SEA, 1945-06-08. MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL DETAIL OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION, RELAXING, DESPITE BAD WEATHER, ON THE DECK OF THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 649, WHICH IS TAKING THEM TO L...

    108842

  14. AT SEA, 1945-06-08. PRIVATE (PTE) L. COX (1), PTE R. GIBBON (2) AND PTE W. NOTTAGE (3) MEMBERS OF ...

    Photograph

    AT SEA, 1945-06-08. PRIVATE (PTE) L. COX (1), PTE R. GIBBON (2) AND PTE W. NOTTAGE (3) MEMBERS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION, CHECKING THEIR WEAPONS ABOARD THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 6...

    108846

  15. AT SEA, 1945-06-08. SX9364 LIEUTENANT COLONEL MERVYN RODERICK JEANES, CO 2/43RD INFANTRY ...

    Photograph

    AT SEA, 1945-06-08. SX9364 LIEUTENANT COLONEL MERVYN RODERICK JEANES, CO 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION (2), USING THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM WHILE EN ROUTE TO LABUAN TO GIVE HIS BATTALION THE COMPLETE PLAN...

    108838

  16. AT SEA, 1945-06-08. THE TWIN 40MM BOFORS OF THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, ...

    Photograph

    AT SEA, 1945-06-08. THE TWIN 40MM BOFORS OF THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, WHICH IS CARRYING TROOPS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION TO LABUAN FOR THEIR PART IN THE OBOE 6 OPERATION. BAL...

    108849

  17. 9 Australian Division on Labuan Island

    Film

    Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M

    NX8 Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead KCB KBE CMG DSO ED; 351001 (NX7) Major General George Frederick Wootten CB CBE DSO; Rear Admiral Royal, US Navy; O38 (25) Air Commodore Frederick Rudol...

    F07226

  18. Australia Service Medal : Corporal J D Quinn, 2/43 Battalion

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.

    REL/15852.006

  19. AWM52 8/3/35 - 2/43 Infantry Battalion

    Digitised Collection

    RCDIG1020292

  20. 2/43 Battalion AIF Borneo 1945

    Film

    Maker: Jones, Peter Hesketh Whitlock

    Opens with a close up of a sign show the word Beaufort written in English and Chinese. An Australian soldier walks up to a woman with a child both carrying open umbrellas and points to the camera. Ano...

    F00420

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