Photograph

Maker: Thain, Ernest Robertson

1951-04-12. BADGE OF 49TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (MILITIA). THE TRANSLATION OF MOTTE "SEMPER FIDELIS" IS "ALWAYS FAITHFUL".

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BRISBANE, C. 1935. LIEUTENANT COLONEL O. A. KESSELS, COMMANDING OFFICER, 49TH BATTALION. (FROM THE 49TH BATTALION WAR DIARY).

044620

Photograph

Maker: Freeman, William Harry

BRISBANE, QLD. 1946-04-25. VETERANS OF THE 49TH BATTALION MARCH PAST THE SALUTING BASE AT THE CITY HALL DURING THE ANZAC DAY MARCH.

127300

Photograph

Maker: Unknown

Hand-coloured studio portrait of Q28988 Private (Pte) Gordon Benjamin Young, 49th Battalion AMF (Stanley Regiment). A farm labourer from Coomera, Qld, Pte Young enlisted on 2 April 1941. He was killed...

P10195.001

Photograph

Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford

HERBERTON, QLD. 1943-06-12. LIEUTENANT I.A. HILL, OF THE 49TH BATTALION, 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, OFFICIAL BROADCASTER AT THE DIVISIONAL RACE MEETING.

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Maker: Unknown

Informal portrait of Q42358 Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) James Monaghan Garrett, 49 Battalion, of Corinda, Qld. Garrett had served as a Trooper (service number 3345A) with the Camel Corps and 1st...

P07924.002

Photograph

Maker: Unknown

Members of 9/49th Battalion AIF marching to St John's Cathedral for a laying-up of colours ceremony. Identified left to right: CQMS Woodcroft; Captain C J Stead with the King's Colour; Lieutenant T Co...

044619

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MOOROOKA, QUEENSLAND. 1945-03-31. WARRANT OFFICER I, H. BUCHANAN, WHO SERVES WITH THE 9TH AND 49TH INFANTRY BATTALION DURING THE 1914-18 WAR, AND RECEIVED THE MILITARY MEDAL AND BAR, IS WELL KNOWN FOR...

087890

Photograph

Maker: Brown, Norman

NEW GUINEA. A PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION PATROL LED BY AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS SETS OUT INTO THE MOUNTAINS FROM KUMBARUM, BELOW SHAGGY RIDGE. THE AUSTRALIANS LEADING THE PATROL, FROM THE LEFT, ARE: SERGEAN...

016086

Photograph

Maker: Fisher, Thomas

PARI BEACH, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. A LITTLE EXERTION IS THE ONLY PRICE OF A COCONUT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA. IN THIS PICTURE TWO AUSSIES HAVE REACHED THE TOP OF THE TREE AND ARE ABOUT TO T...

025989

Photograph

Maker: Fisher, Thomas

PARI BEACH, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. A LITTLE EXERTION IS THE ONLY PRICE OF A COCONUT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA. HERE A MEMBER OF THE 49TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION SEEN CLIMBING A TREE TO...

025988

Photograph

Maker: Fisher, Thomas

PARI BEACH, PAPUA, 1942-07-20. A MEMBER OF 20 PLATOON 49TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ENJOYING A LONG DRAUGHT OF COOL MILK FROM A COCONUT HE HAS OBTAINED BY CLIMBING A NEARBY TREE.

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Photograph

Maker: Fisher, Thomas

PARI BEACH, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PERSONNEL OF 20 PLATOON, 49TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ENJOYING THE COOL MILK OF COCONUTS, THEY HAVE OBTAINED BY CLIMBING A NEARBY COCONUT TREE.

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Maker: Fisher, Thomas

PORT MORESBY, PAPU, 1942-07. GROUP OF OFFICERS OF 30TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE. LEFT TO RIGHT:- LIEUTENANT-COLONEL O.A. KESSELS, OFFICER COMMANDING 49TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, BRIGADIER S....

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PORTRAIT OF QX42219 CORPORAL LESLIE CHARLES UPTON, 49 INF BN, KIA SANANANDA 1942-12-27, AGED 22. (DONOR: W.H. CONNELL)

P00871.007

Photograph

Maker: Sanders, William Charles

ROCKY CREEK, QLD. 1943-08-18. PATIENTS OF WARD G, 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL PLAYING DECK TENNIS. LEFT TO RIGHT: NX69031 PRIVATE (PTE) N. KING, 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION; QX36779 PTE ...

056708

Photograph

Maker: Unknown

Studio portrait of QX24077 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Mervyn George Holland, 49 Battalion, of Narrabri, NSW. He was a station hand prior to enlisting in October 1941. L/Cpl Holland was killed in action ...

P09349.001

Photograph

Maker: Unknown

Studio portrait of QX26276 Private (Pte) Robert George Taylor, 49 Battalion, of Pinkenba, Qld. Pte Taylor was reported missing and presumed dead in Papua on 7 December 1942. He was 24 years of age.

P09327.001

Heraldry

Maker: Arrow Bronze

Commissioned by the 49th Battalion Association Inc. as part of the Australian War Memorial’s Plaque Dedication Program.

PL00201

Photograph

Maker: Unknown

The grave with original cross of QX24077 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Mervyn George Holland, 49 Battalion, of Narrabri, NSW, in Soputa War Cemetery, New Guinea. L/Cpl Holland was killed in action on 7 Dece...

P09349.002