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9 articles are tagged with 7th Division. (Note: A search of the full text of articles for 7th Division finds 33330 articles)

  • A.I.F. VETERANS FIGURE IN AWARDS FOR N.G. CAMPAIGN SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Sunday. [ tagged as 6th Division 7th Division A I F Middle East Awards A I F Veterans N G Campaign Commandoes New Guinea ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Monday 11 January 1943, page 2
    News 461 words

    Elements of the Six Division A.I.F. and the 32nd and 41st United States divisions, have been cited by General MacArthnr for their work in the New ...
  • TO BE OC SIXTH DSVISION Moj.-Gen. E. F. Herring [ tagged as 6th Division 7th Division Army Honours Army Promotions ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 9 August 1941, page 1
    News ILLUSTRATED 219 words

    Brig. E. F. Herring, DSO, MC, ED, CBE, has been appointed commander of the 6th Division, AIF, with the ...
  • FALL OF BALIKPAPAN IMMINENT AIF HOLDS VITAL RIDGE OVERLOOKING PORT Beachhead Now Seven Miles Long; Coastal Airfield, Town Captured NEAR BALIKPAPAN AUSTRALIAN 7TH DIVISION TROOPS ADVANCING NORTH FROM THEIR SE BORNEO BEACHHEAD HAVE OCCUPIED THE LAST STRATEGIC RIDGE OVERLOOKING BALIKPAPAN, AND CAPTURE OF THE BIG OIL PORT IS IMMINENT. Other forces have taken the Sepinggan airfield and town, six miles east of Balikpapan, after a determined thrust along the coastal road. The Australian beachhead is now seven miles long and two miles deep. [ tagged as 7th Division Balikpapan Commando Units Sepinggan Airfield ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Thursday 5 July 1945, page 1
    News ILLUSTRATED 411 words

    Capture of Sepinggan and its airstrip has gained for the Australians their first major objective since they landed on ...
  • AUSTRALIANS CAPTURE VITAL AIRFIELD MANILA, Friday. [ tagged as 7th Division Balikpapan Manggar Airfield Sepinggan Airfield ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Saturday 7 July 1945, page 1
    News 523 words

    Manggar airfield 13 miles east of Balikpapan, was captured by the Seventh Division after a fierce battle in which the Japs used two naval guns and many heavy machine-guns from behind powerful emplacements. ...
  • 5,000 TROOPS ON PARADE Lord Gowrie Visits Puckapunyal [ tagged as 2-2 Pioneers 7th Division ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 24 August 1940, page 4
    News 448 words

    Hardened by a series of route marches and bivouacs, 5,000 perfectly fit troops of the Seventh Division and Corps units, A.I.F., ...
  • 9th DIVISION EXPECTED [ tagged as 7th Division 8th Division 9th Division ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 22 June 1940, page 5
    News 65 words

    BRISBANE, Friday.—Queensland military authorities expect an early announcement of the enlistment of a Ninth Division, A.I.F. ...
  • SILENT DIVISION OF THE A.I.F. Men Who Dispelled Japanese Myth [ tagged as 6th Division 7th Division 9th Division RAAF ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Monday 10 April 1944, page 2
    News 1473 words

    With a record unsurpassed in diversity and achievement, the Seventh Australian Division is undeniably the least known and least publicised of ...
  • JAP COMMANDANT NAMED AS WAR CRIMINAL BY P.O.W.'s SYDNEY, Tuesday. [ tagged as 7th Division Changi Prison Colonel Nagatamo ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Wednesday 26 September 1945, page 1
    News 112 words

    Seventh Division personnel, repatriated from Singapore, are unanimous that a high priority as a war criminal should go to Colonel ...
  • No title [ tagged as 7th Division Balikpapan Maps ]

    The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Wednesday 4 July 1945, page 1
    News ILLUSTRATED 17 words

    THE STRATEGIC POSITION in the Netherlands Indies following the Australian landing at Balikp[?] shown on this map. ...


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