Battle of Shaggy Ridge
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The Battle of the Shaggy Ridge was part of the Finisterre Range campaign, consisting of a number of actions fought by Australian and Japanese troops in Papua New Guinea in World War II. Following the
Members of the 2/9th Infantry Battalion digging in on "Green Sniper's Pimple"
Troops of the 2/16th Australian Infantry Battalion, watch aircraft bombarding The Pimple prior to their attack on Japanese positions there, 27 December 1943.
Members of 'C' Company, Australian 2/9th Battalion, digging in at a newly occupied part of Shaggy Ridge on 23 January 1944
Shaggy Ridge
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Shaggy Ridge is a 6.5 kilometres long razorback ridge in the Finisterre Range, in north eastern Papua New Guinea. Its highest point is 1,497 metres above sea level. The ridge is located between the va
Battle of Shaggy Ridge
…on the Huon Peninsula and had subsequently secured Finschhafen and began clearing inland. By October 1943, the next objective for the Australians was Shaggy Ridge, a series of high positions on the inland route from Dumpu to Madang, which was held by Japanese infantry, supported by artillery and engineers. As…
Two Australian soldiers on Shaggy Ridge on 21 January 1944