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33 articles are tagged with 6th Division Wewak. (Note: A search of the full text of articles for 6th Division Wewak finds 59 articles)
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CONTACT MADE IN NEW GUINEA TOO
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Lieut General Adachi Lieut General Nakai Muschu New Guinea ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 20 August 1945, page 3
News 326 wordsFirst physical contact with the Japanese forces in New Guinea to discuss the surrender was established by the Sixth Australian Division ... -
6th Division Embark for Wewak:: A Prince Comes Home
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Crown Prince Olaf HMAS Dubbo Tarakan ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 18 May 1945, page 9
News ILLUSTRATED 192 words6TH DIVISION TROOPS leaving their base to embark for the amphibious operation which resulted in the annihilation of the Japanese on Wewak Peninsula. Top: Marching to the beachhead to board RAN corvettes. Lower: Officers at Divine service at But Beach. ... -
JAPS BEATEN IN WEWAK BATTLE
6th Division Takes Last Stronghold
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Thursday 24 May 1945, page 3
News 212 wordsCape Moem, last of the former Japanese strongholds on the coast in the general Wewak area, has been captured by troops of the 6th ... -
JAPS UNDER TERRIFIC FIRE NEAR WEWAK
6th Division Gains
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Buin Road ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 23 June 1945, page 6
News 206 wordsAs a result of heavy air blasting and artillery and mortar concentrations, substantial gains have been made by troops of the 6th ... -
6th DIVISION MEN PICKED UP AT WEWAK BY WARSHIP
MELBOURNE, Monday.
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak HMAS Stropshire ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Tuesday 27 November 1945, page 2
News 69 wordsOn Sunday 590 surprised and elated members of the 6th Division went aboard H.M.A.S. Shropshire at Wewak and the-ship sailed three hours ... -
6th DIVISION CRUSHING JAPS AT WEWAK
Combined Land and Amphibious Operation
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 14 May 1945, page 1
News ILLUSTRATED 376 wordsTroops of the 6th Australian Division, in a combined land and amphibious operation, have captured Wewak Peninsula and ... -
FIGHTING FOR ANOTHER WEWAK PEAK
Assault Begun By 6th Division
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Buin Road ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 29 June 1945, page 16
News 264 wordsA strong assault on Japanese defences on Mt Shiburangu, highest feature in the Wewak area, has been launched by Australian 6th Division ... -
WON D C M AT WEWAK
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Army Honours ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 25 August 1945, page 7
News ILLUSTRATED 143 wordsSgt Charlton Thorn, AIF, of North Kew, was awarded the DCM recently while serving with the 2/5th Infantry (6th Division) in the Wewak area. ... -
JAPS GET OWN BOMBS BACK
Raids By Beauforts
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 1 June 1945, page 3
News 197 wordsLarge numbers of Japanese bombs, mostly 110lb, discovered at But and Dagua dromes are now being dropped on enemy positions in the ... -
SERVICE WOMEN IN WEWAK
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Army Nurses Captain R F Lawlor Miss B Bone Red Cross ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Thursday 26 July 1945, page 8
News 273 wordsThe first women in Wewak since civilians were evacuated in March, 1942, are seven Army nurses and a Red Cross assistant ... -
WEWAK JAPS' ESCAPE ROUTES END
Peninsula Taken
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Commandoes Flame-Throwers ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 15 May 1945, page 16
News 368 wordsThe Union Jack once again flies over Wewak Peninsula. It was hoisted by the victorious 6th Australian Division after one of the ... -
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[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak ILLUSTRATED ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Thursday 28 June 1945, page 1
News ILLUSTRATED 49 wordsCREAM PUFFS IN THE ARMY were o surprise to the troops at Wewak recently. They were tilled with mock cream by ambitious cooks of the 6th Division, who attended a special school of cookery to refute all the charges the Diggers made against their culinary art. (Australian Official photo.) ... -
JAPS DRIVEN FROM MT TAZAKI
A I F Success In Wewak Area
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 27 June 1945, page 3
News 310 wordsAfter the most bitter fight of the Wewak campaign, troops of the Australian 6th Division have captured Mount Tazaki, the most prominent ... -
LINK-UP BY AUSTRALIANS NEAR WEWAK
Poised For Inland Push
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 6 July 1945, page 6
News 192 wordsForces of the 6th Australian Division fighting along the ridges behind Wewak, in Northern New Guinea, have effected a link-up, giving the ... -
WEWAK TROOPS FACE STARVATION
SYDNEY, Wednesday.
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Thursday 11 October 1945, page 2
News 93 wordsA confirmation of the statement by an Australian corporal, that Australian troops in the Wewak area face starvation, came to-day from ... -
AUSTRALIANS' CAPTURE OF WEWAK AIRSTRIP
Gap Between Forces Closing
[ tagged as 31st Division 6th Division Wewak ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 23 May 1945, page 16
News 556 wordsTroops of the Australian 6th Division have taken the Wewak airstrip, a spokesman at General MacArthur's HQ said yesterday. Leading ... -
A I F GENERALS INJURED IN PLANE CRASH
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Army Casualties Lists Maprik Plane Crash ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 6 August 1945, page 1
News ILLUSTRATED 299 wordsWhile on their way to the mainland two AIF divisional commanders, Major-General J. E. S. Stevens and ... -
SURRENDER AT RABAUL NEXT WEEK OF JAP FORCES
(From Our Special Correspondent, Eric Thornton) LAE. Friday.
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak General Hitoshi Imamura Japanese Surrender ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Saturday 1 September 1945, page 1
News 284 wordsAn aircraft-carrier of the British Pacific Fleet will take Lieut.General V. A. H. Sturdee, G.O.C. of the 1st Australian Army, to Rabaul next week to accept the surrerider of Lieut.-General Imamura, commander of the Jap 8th Area Army. ... -
Big Gun Used at Wewak
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Footscray League Football ILLUSTRATED Light Horse Gymkhana Long Toms ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 21 May 1945, page 9
News ILLUSTRATED 147 wordsGROUPED UNDER THE MIGHTY BARREL of their "Long Tom"—one of the 155mm guns which supported the 6th Division's advance into Wewak —are men from every state in Australia. (Aust Official photo.) INFANTRYMEN OF THE 6TH DIVISION, examining a Japanese medium machinegun, provide the foreground ... -
CARRIER BROUGHT BACK 6th DIV. MEN.
SYDNEY, Tuesday.
[ tagged as 16th Brigade 6th Division Wewak Implacable RAAF Personnel ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Wednesday 19 December 1945, page 3
News 86 wordsMore than 2,100 men of the Sixth Division arrived this morning aboard the British aircraft carrier Implacable It was the largest single ... -
FOOD INQUIRY AT WEWAK ORDERED Minister's Action
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 12 October 1945, page 3
News 297 wordsIt is likely that Mr Forde, Army Minister, will fly to Wewak and personally investigate complaints about lack and quality of food provided for ... -
STARVATION MEALS, SOLDIERS ALLEGE "While Japs Well Fed"
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak 9th Division ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 12 October 1945, page 3
News 296 wordsWives and familles of Canberra Servicemen have received letters from troops in the islands north of Australia complaining that they are ... -
KILLED AT WEWAK
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Army Casualties Lists ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 1 September 1945, page 9
News 138 wordsCpl Charles Henry James Minto (Tod) Lumsden, son of Captain and Mrs C. G. Lumsden, of Fall's View, Brookside, was killed in action ... -
IMPORTANT GAIN NEAR WEWAK
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Prince Alexander Ranges ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 16 July 1945, page 16
News 141 wordsAfter eight weeks of bitter lighting over successive stairlike defences troops of 6th Australian Division have won the battle for the Prince ... -
ROAD-BUILDING FEAT FROM WEWAK TO MOUNTAINS
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Prince Alexander Ranges ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 23 July 1945, page 3
News 134 wordsAustralian engineers of a 6th Division field company overcame heavy handicaps to construct a traffic road from Wewak base to the foothills of ... -
BITTER JAP RESISTANCE AT WEWAK
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Flame-Throwers Wirui Mission ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 16 May 1945, page 1
News 258 wordsAustralian troops of the 6th Division are meeting bitter opposition in their attacks on Wirui Mission, described as the ... -
SIXTH A.I.F. GAINS AT WEWAK
MELBOURNE, Thursday.
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Maprik RAAF Wirui Mission ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Friday 18 May 1945, page 2
News 101 wordsThree fanatical Jap attacks have been launched near Wewak against advancing infantry and commandos of the Sixth Division. ... -
FANATICAL JAPANESE RESISTANCE
Bitter Fighting Near Wewak
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Commandoes Prince Alexander Ranges Wirui Mission ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 18 May 1945, page 3
News 229 wordsJapanese forces strongly entrenched on high ground to the south of Wewak Peninsula are fighting fanatically to stem the continued ... -
JAPS ROUTED IN ACTION NEAR WEWAK
Bitter Fighting
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Prince Alexander Ranges Wirui Mission ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 19 May 1945, page 3
News 204 wordsAgainst bitter opposition Australian troops of the 6th Division are slowly and methodically reducing the strong enemy defences on high ... -
ASSAULT ON MOUNTAIN STRONGHOLD
Action Behind Wewak
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Prince Alexander Ranges ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 25 June 1945, page 3
News 306 wordsJapanese entrenched on Mt Tazaki, rising steeply in the rugged ranges behind Wewak, in New Guinea, are being attacked by infantry of 6th ... -
438 MEN FROM 6th DIVISION GOING TO JAPAN
[ tagged as 67th Infantry Battalion 6th Division Wewak Morotai ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 2 November 1945, page 1
News 76 wordsTwo companies and battalion headquarters of 67th Australian Infantry Battalion, which will be paty of the British ... -
ATTACK OPENS ON LAST JAP BASE IN WEWAK AREA
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Aitape Gazelle Peninsula Maprick Wirui Mission ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Wednesday 23 May 1945, page 2
News 242 wordsThe Sixth Division, surging from Cape Boram, passed Boram airfield and reached the base of Cape Moen, the last remaining coastal position ... -
V C's WON IN WEWAK CAMPAIGN
Heavy Enemy Fire Disregarded
[ tagged as 6th Division Wewak Army Casualties Lists Army Honours Wirui Mission ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 7 September 1945, page 3
News 702 wordsThe late Lieutenant Chowne, of NSW, and Pte Kenna, of Hamilton (V), who have been awarded the VC (see Page 1), are the 16th and ...
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