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New Guinea Campaign. Battle of Sattelberg. 16 November 1943. Australian troops moved in behind Matilda tanks for a dawn attack on the Japanese held village of Sattelberg. A wounded soldier is carried back from the forward area.
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The gun crew loading the single 4 inch Mark IX gun of Flower class corvette HMS VERVAIN whilst she is on active service, July 1942
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Canadian fighter pilot James Francis "Stocky" Edwards. With 19 confirmed aerial victories, Edwards is Canada's highest scoring ace in the Western Desert Campaign. Edwards (100) is still alive
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Australian Private H. J. Hunt of A Company, 2/4th Battalion, 6th Division, returns from a patrol along the Danmap River during the Aitape–Wewak Campaign in New Guinea on December 6, 1944.
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Australian troops approach a German-held strong point under the protection of a heavy smoke screen somewhere in the Western Desert, in Northern Africa on November 27, 1942. Image by Len Chetwyn (English, 1909-1980)
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Australia’s population during WW2, was around 7 million people and the country raised 1 million people to serve during WW2, with 500,000 serving overseas.
Australia’s mainland was attacked by Japan during WW2.
The photograph on this post was taken on the 21st of January 1945, in Bougainville, Solomon Islands.
Private Hector Gordon Alexander MacDonald, a 42nd Battalion medical orderly (left) giving a drink of water to Private Kenneth George Merritt, also 42nd Battalion, who was wounded during an attack on the camp by Japanese infiltrators.
I have read that Private Kenneth Merritt survived WW2 to return home to Australia.
Australia’s mainland was attacked by Japan during WW2.
The photograph on this post was taken on the 21st of January 1945, in Bougainville, Solomon Islands.
Private Hector Gordon Alexander MacDonald, a 42nd Battalion medical orderly (left) giving a drink of water to Private Kenneth George Merritt, also 42nd Battalion, who was wounded during an attack on the camp by Japanese infiltrators.
I have read that Private Kenneth Merritt survived WW2 to return home to Australia.
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