The 4th New Guinea Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the Australian Army. One of four infantry battalions raised in New Guinea, 4 NGIB was formed in the final stages of World War II to fight again
New Guinea troops on patrol, July 1945
Papuan Infantry Battalion
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The Papuan Infantry Battalion was a unit of the Australian Army raised in the Territory of Papua for service during the Second World War. Formed in early 1940 in Port Moresby to help defend the territ
Sergeant Bengari of A Company, PIB on 5 August 1944
Members of the Papuan Infantry Battalion at Port Moresby, January 1941
Members of the PIB and Royal Papuan Constabulary being briefed before a patrol around Waiwai, south of Buna, in October 1942
PIB soldiers around Bisiatabu, July 1943