BORAM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A NEW UNIT, 67 INFANTRY BATTALION, WAS FORMED FROM VOLUNTEERS IN ...

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Accession Number 098329
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Weir, Edward James
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BORAM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A NEW UNIT, 67 INFANTRY BATTALION, WAS FORMED FROM VOLUNTEERS IN THE WEWAK AREA TO BECOME PART OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (BCOF). THE UNIT EMBARKED ON M.V. MANOORA FOR MOROTAI WHERE THE AUSTRALIAN COMPONENT OF BCOF COMPRISING 34 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP IS BEING ASSEMBLED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FOR JAPAN. SHOWN, CAPTAIN B. WADE (1); SUB-LIEUTENANT J.M. MCGUIRE (2) AND MAJOR B.R. PATERSON (3) CHECKING THE LIST OF PERSONNEL FOR EMBARKATION.