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Battle of Kaiapit
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The Battle of Kaiapit was an action fought in 1943 between Australian and Japanese forces in New Guinea during the Markham and Ramu Valley – Finisterre Range campaign of World War II. Following the la
Australian soldiers from the 2/16th Battalion arriving at Kaiapit on 20 September after the area was captured by the 2/6th Independent Company
Australian soldiers from the 2/16th Battalion arriving at Kaiapit on 20 September after the area was captured by the 2/6th Independent Company
Papua, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
Papua, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
An Australian soldier with an Army No. 208 Wireless Set. The large box is the radio itself; the small one is the battery. The weapon in the foreground
An Australian soldier with an Army No. 208 Wireless Set. The large box is the radio itself; the small one is the battery. The weapon in the foreground is an Owen Gun.
Japanese dead at Kaiapit. After the battle 214 Japanese bodies were counted by the Australians around their positions.
Japanese dead at Kaiapit. After the battle 214 Japanese bodies were counted by the Australians around their positions.
George Alan Vasey
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Major General George Alan Vasey, was an Australian Army officer. He rose to the rank of major general during the Second World War, before being killed in a plane crash near Cairns in 1945.
Vasey in 1943
Vasey in 1943
Women friends and family on the wharf waving farewell to the departing troop transport ship RMS Strathallan carrying the Advance Party of the 6th Divi
Women friends and family on the wharf waving farewell to the departing troop transport ship RMS Strathallan carrying the Advance Party of the 6th Division AIF to service overseas. They include: Vasey's wife Jessie (second from the left), her sisters Thelma Halbert (left) and Doris Sleigh (second from right), and Vasey's sister Marjorie (right).
Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Blamey (left) talking with Jessie Vasey and lieutenant colonels George Vasey and John Chapman (right) on board the troop
Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Blamey (left) talking with Jessie Vasey and lieutenant colonels George Vasey and John Chapman (right) on board the troop transport Strathallan in December 1939.
Nadzab, New Guinea, 5 September 1943. Paratroops of the US 503rd Parachute Infantry seize the airstrip at Nadzab, allowing the 7th Division to fly in.
Nadzab, New Guinea, 5 September 1943. Paratroops of the US 503rd Parachute Infantry seize the airstrip at Nadzab, allowing the 7th Division to fly in. General Vasey was in the plane from which the photograph was taken.