6th Division (Australia)
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The 6th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army. It was raised briefly in 1917 during World War I, but was broken up to provide reinforcements before seeing action. It was not re-rais
22 January 1941. Members of 'C' Company, 2/11th Infantry Battalion, having penetrated the Italian outer defences at Tobruk and attacked anti-aircraft positions, assemble again on the escarpment at the south side of the harbour. (Photographer: Frank Hurley.)
Troops from the 2/2nd Infantry Battalion enter Bardia.
6th Division evacuees arrive in Alexandria after being taken off Crete, 2 June 1941
Typical country in the Wau–Mubo area
Aitape–Wewak campaign
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The Aitape–Wewak campaign was one of the final campaigns of the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Between November 1944 and the end of the war in August 1945, the Australian 6th Division, with air and
6th Division (Australia)
…the division was re-organised in Australia before being committed as a complete formation to one of the last Australian operations of the war around Aitape–Wewak in 1944–45. The 6th Division was first formed in 1917 in Britain during World War I as part of an effort to expand the First Australian Imperial Force…
Australian infantrymen resting on a river bank before attacking Japanese positions near Matapau in January 1945
An Australian light machine gun team in action near Wewak in June 1945
Farida Force landing at Dove Bay, May 1945