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YAULA,
NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-08. MORTAR
CREW FROM C COMPANY, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION MOVE DOWN A MOUNTAIN
SIDE ALONG THE JAPANESE BUILT BOGADJIM ROAD. |
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YAULA,
NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-08. A SECTION
FROM C COMPANY, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING TO A FORWARD POSITION
NORTH OF YAULA, A FEW MILES FROM BOGADJIM. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:-
V122194 PRIVATE L.A. TANIAN (1); VX143572 PRIVATE T.H. OSBORNE (2);
V320874 PRIVATE J.J. PRATT (3); QX55027 PRIVATE T.J. MANAGER (4);
VX141664 PRIVATE T.H. QUAIFE (5); VX81105 LIEUTENANT A.J. MELLETT (6);
V121217 PRIVATE G.A. HARRY (7); V322121 PRIVATE D.R. PIGRAM (8). |
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YAULA,
NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-08. VX142242
PRIVATE S.J. LADIGES, EXAMINING A 75MM SHELL ALONGSIDE A JAPANESE
MOUNTAIN GUN CAPTURED BY THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION AT YAULA. |
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YAULA,
NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-08. ONE OF
MANY CHEVROLET TRUCKS CAPTURED FROM THE JAPANESE BY THE 57/60TH INFANTRY
BATTALION, LOCATED ON A MOUNTAIN NEAR YAULA. THE TRUCKS WERE STRAFED
FROM THE AIR AND THE DEAD BODY OF A JAPANESE SOLDIER WAS LOCATED IN THE
CABIN OF THIS VEHICLE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- V235913 PRIVATE G.
SEVERINO (1); VX142246 CORPORAL S. BORRIE (2); NX154090 PRIVATE A.
WILLIAMS (3); V246199 PRIVATE J. SIMMS (4); T27370 PRIVATE M. ARERNE
(5). |
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YAULA,
NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-09.
A MEMBER OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION VIEWING ALONG THE MINTJIM
VALLEY TOWARDS BOGADJIM IN HEAVY RAIN SIX MILES AWAY. |
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YAULA,
NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-09. VX146009
PRIVATE MCMAHON (3), RECEIVES A HAIRCUT FROM VX142336 PRIVATE LEVENS
(2), WITH VX81105 LIEUTENANT A.J. MELLETT (1) AT THE BACKGROUND. THE
HAIRCUT IS TAKING PLACE ON A HILLSIDE OVERLOOKING BOGADJIM DURING THE
ADVANCE BY THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION. |
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YAULA,
NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-09. V300327
SIGNALMAN R.J. LEWIS, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION IN CONTACT WITH A
PATROL USING A MARK III 108 WIRELESS SET, THIS SET IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS
"MICKIE". |
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YAULA,
NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-09. VX108667
SERGEANT J. BLOMLEY, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PREPARES SCONES FOR
BAKING USING AN OVEN IMPROVISED FROM ABANDONED JAPANESE PETROL DRUMS
PACKED WITH EARTH. |
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YAULA,
NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-10. VX108664
CORPORAL E. ANTHERSON, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1), WOUNDED IN
ACTION, RECEIVES A DRINK OF COFFEE FROM MR. W.A. ALVEN. (2), THE
SALVATION ARMY RED SHIELD REPRESENTATIVE. THE COFFEE IS MADE WITHIN A
MILE FRONT LINE, AND IS DRUNK BEFORE FACING A TEN HOUR JOURNEY TO THE
NEAREST ADVANCE DRESSING STATION AT SAIPA NO. 1. |
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KETOBA,
NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-29. MEMBERS OF
THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION CARRYING "KAI" (FOOD) TO TROOPS
ATTACKING ORGORUNA. THIS WAS THE ONLY METHOD BY WHICH FOOD SUPPLIES
COULD BE MAINTAINED. |
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DUMPU,
NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-05. VX139868
CORPORAL R.H. PAGE (1) OF THE 24TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND VX144966
PRIVATE J. STEWART (2) OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PICTURED IN
THE BREAD ROOM OF THE 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE BAKERY. |
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KOROPA,
NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-03. QX6083
MAJOR J.J. RYAN, MC (1), A SURGEON OF THE 2/1ST GENERAL HOSPITAL
ATTACHED TO THE 15TH FIELD AMBULANCE, STILL WEARING A SURGICAL MASK,
WRITES THE HISTORY OF AN OPERATION HE HAS PERFORMED AT THE ADVANCED
DRESSING STATION ERECTED AT KOROPA TO HANDLE WOUNDED FROM THE 57/60TH
INFANTRY BATTALION'S ATTACK ON JAPANESE POSITIONS AT ORGORUNA 1. |
