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10 June 1940, tramway men pictured walking through Newtown, Sydney, to enlist in the Australian Infantry Force.
A total of 730,000 personnel enlisted in the Australian Army during the war, a figure which represented around 10 percent of the population. Nearly 400,000 men ultimately served overseas, with 40 percent of the total force serving in front line areas. As a proportion of its population, the Australian Army was ultimately one of the largest Allied armies during World War II.
A total of 730,000 personnel enlisted in the Australian Army during the war, a figure which represented around 10 percent of the population. Nearly 400,000 men ultimately served overseas, with 40 percent of the total force serving in front line areas. As a proportion of its population, the Australian Army was ultimately one of the largest Allied armies during World War II.
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Labuan Island, Borneo - 13th June, 1945. Australian infantrymen who were wounded in the final mopping-up operation, receiving medical attention at a roadside clearing station on ambulance jeeps.
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A Churchill Mark VII Crocodile flame-throwing tank developed under Major-General Percy Hobart and informally known as "Hobart's Funnies" on the move with the British 79th Armoured Division on 12th September 1944 during operations to take Brest following the Allied D-Day landings in France.
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Australian soldiers of he 24th Brigade, 9th Division get some well needed rest after shifting ammunition loads on Labuan Island, Borneo. June 1945
In April 1945 the 9th Division was transported to Morotai, which was being used as a staging area in preparation for the 7th and 9th Divisions amphibious operations on Borneo. As part of a series of landings, the 24th Brigade landed on "Brown Beach" on Labuan Island on 10 June. It took the 2/43rd and 2/28th 11 days to clear the island. With the Japanese falling back in British North Borneo, the 9th Division commander decided to clear the Klias Peninsula and then follow the railway from Weston to Papar. Crossing Brunei Bay in landing craft, the 2/32nd Battalion landed at Weston on 17 June. The 2/43rd and 2/11th Commando Squadron landed at Menumbok and Mempakul two days later.
A total of 389 Japanese personnel were killed on Labuan and 11 were captured. Australian casualties included 34 killed.
In April 1945 the 9th Division was transported to Morotai, which was being used as a staging area in preparation for the 7th and 9th Divisions amphibious operations on Borneo. As part of a series of landings, the 24th Brigade landed on "Brown Beach" on Labuan Island on 10 June. It took the 2/43rd and 2/28th 11 days to clear the island. With the Japanese falling back in British North Borneo, the 9th Division commander decided to clear the Klias Peninsula and then follow the railway from Weston to Papar. Crossing Brunei Bay in landing craft, the 2/32nd Battalion landed at Weston on 17 June. The 2/43rd and 2/11th Commando Squadron landed at Menumbok and Mempakul two days later.
A total of 389 Japanese personnel were killed on Labuan and 11 were captured. Australian casualties included 34 killed.
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Supermarine Seafire Mk. XV of 801 Squadron loses its undercarriage and auxiliary tank to the wire while attempting to land on HMS Implacable, 1945. you can see that the aircraft has carried through the crash barriers.
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Tankers pose with an intact German Panzer IV tank (Pz.Kpfw. IV) which they successfully recovered and brought back to the 27th Armoured Brigade workshops near Château de la Londe, Normandy - July 3, 1944
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