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AUSTRALIAN GAINS IN BORNEO
VIRTUAL CONTROL OF EAST COAST (From Our War Correspondent, James O'Connor) MANILA, Sunday.
[ tagged as 6th Division 9th Division Huon Road Tarakan Wewak ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Monday 21 May 1945, page 1
News 428 wordsAustralian troops have made speedy advances on Tarakan Island, off Borneo, and also at Wewak (New Guinea), where the Japs have been beleaguered since April 22. ... -
JAP COUNTERATTACKS REPULSED IN CENTRAL BURMA
From Our Own Correspondent in London and AAP. IN desperate efforts to keep open their escape routes into Siam, the Japanese launched seven counterattacks in Central Burma yesterday, but all were repulsed.
[ tagged as 9th Division Burma Flame-Throwers Luzon Okinawa RAAF Tarakan ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Thursday 31 May 1945, page 1
News 249 wordsMore than 100 tons of bombs were dropped during the day in the Moulmein area, where concentrations of Japanese ... -
JAP OFFICERS HELD FOR TRIAL AS WAR CRIMINALS
(From Our Correspondent, Graham Jenkins) LABAUN, Monday.
[ tagged as 9th Division Japanese War Crimes Kempei Tai Sandakan Death March ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Tuesday 16 October 1945, page 2
News 194 wordsAbout 150 Japanese, including members of the dreaded Kempei Tai, secret police, are expected to be tried as war criminals as the result of ... -
NEGOTIATING WITH JAPS IN BORNEO
Interview on Catalina LABUAN, BORNEO
[ tagged as 9th Division Colonel Suga Japanese War Crimes Kuching POW ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 8 September 1945, page 3
News 278 wordsNegotiations for the surrender of Kuching, North Borneo, were continued on a RAAF Catalina yesterday, when Brigadier T. C. Eastick, ... -
TRAGIC SCENES IN LIBERATED JESSELTON
NORTH BORNEO
[ tagged as 9th Division Dyak tribesmen Japanese War Crimes Jesselton ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 3 October 1945, page 5
News 202 wordsOccupying troops of the 9th Division found Jesselton port, an important rubber port of British North Borneo, practically destroyed and ... -
JAPS IMPRISONED IN P.O.W. CAMP
(From a Special Representative).KUCHING, Sunday.
[ tagged as 9th Division Kuching POW Camp Lintang POW Camp ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Monday 24 September 1945, page 1
News 89 wordsLintang barracks, 'for'"a" long time a prison for Allied prisoners of war, is now.occupied 'by Japanese, who were' former guards', while Australians ... -
CHEERS, AND TEARS, IN BORNEO CAMP
More POW's Free KUCHING
[ tagged as 9th Division Army Casualties Lists Borneo POW camp Kuching POW Camp Lintang POW Camp POW ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 17 September 1945, page 1
News 276 wordsAustralian and British POW's and internees of several nationalities cheered until tears of joy ran from their eyes at Lintang barracks, ... -
GEORGE MEDAL PRESENTED TO COURAGEOUS PAPUAN
[ tagged as 9th Division Arwesor Finschhafen New Guinea Military Medals Royal Papuan Constabulary Scarlet Beach Sgt Iwagu ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 12 September 1944, page 3
News 283 wordsHundreds of natives, wearing their gaily coloured laplaps, gathered at a post in New Guinea on Saturday to watch the GOC, New Guinea Force, ... -
RAPID ADVANCE BY 9th DIVISION
[ tagged as 9th Division Beaufort Jesselton Railway ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 18 July 1945, page 1
News 362 wordsThe 9th Division's advance north along the BeaufortJesselton railway in Borneo has now gone 15 miles beyond ... -
Jap Captain Asks Australians to Aid In His Suicide
SYDNEY, Wednesday.
[ tagged as 9th Division Captain Takakuwa Japanese War Crimes Japanese War Crimes Suicides Jesselton Kuching Labuan POW Sandakan ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Thursday 1 November 1945, page 2
News 105 wordsCaptain Takakuwa, who is held a prisoner on Labuan Island, requested members of the Australian Ninth Division to help him commit suicide ... -
9TH DIVISION LEADS ATTACK
[ tagged as 9th Division North Africa ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 6 November 1942, page 1
News 48 words"Men of the gallant 9th Division of the AIF are the spearhead of the attack that has put Axis forces in North Africa ... -
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 wordsBRISBANE, Friday.—Queensland military authorities expect an early announcement of the enlistment of a Ninth Division, A.I.F. ... -
9th DIVISION IN BORNEO
[ tagged as 9th Division Borneo ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 7 May 1945, page 3
News 178 wordsAmerican reports of the Tarakan landing did not identify the Australian troops, but pictures published in New York papers labelled ... -
SUMMARISED HISTORY OF 9th DIVISION
[ tagged as 9th Division ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 24 March 1943, page 3
News 198 wordsSummarised, the history of the Ninth Division, AIP, is as follows: May, 1940: Two brigades sent to England. ... -
9th DIVISION OFFICERS
Seven Appointed
[ tagged as 9th Division Army Appointments ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 8 November 1940, page 4
News 137 wordsAppointment of seven senior officers to the new 9th Division A.I.F., under the command of Major-General H. D. Wynter, was announced by Mr. Spender, Army ... -
EXTRA OVATION FOR 9TH DIVISION WOUNDED.
[ tagged as 9th Division ILLUSTRATED ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Thursday 1 April 1943, page 12
News ILLUSTRATED 74 wordsThe huge crowd that wedged fightly into Melbourne's streets to welcome home the men of the 9th Division, AIF, cheered wildly all through this historic parade, But there was a special greeting for the wounded. Here the crewd in front of Bourke st Post Office, cheers frantically as wounded men pass by in an Army truck. ... -
RETURN OF 9th DIVISION CRITICISED
[ tagged as 9th Division El Alemein New Guinea ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Tuesday 29 June 1943, page 2
News 709 wordsThe withdrawal of the Ninth Division after El 'Alemein by the Curtin Government necessitated the complete reorganisation of the Eighth Army ... -
MAJOR-GENERAL WYNTER
To Command 9th Division
[ tagged as 9th Division Army Appointments ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Thursday 24 October 1940, page 3
News 61 wordsThe appointment of Major General H. D. Wynter, as general officer commanding the Ninth Divison A.I.F. was announced last night by the Prime ... -
A HUGE CROWD WILDLY CHEERED THE 9TH DIVISION
[ tagged as 9th Division ILLUSTRATED Middle East ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Thursday 1 April 1943, page 1
News ILLUSTRATED 95 wordswhen it swung through Melbourne at lunch-hour yesterday in one of the most thrilling parades the city has ever witnessed. [?] lantry these sons of hers have shown in the grim fighting in the Middle East, and crowds poured into city streets from business houses, suburbs, and from the country to give them a rousing welcome. Some idea of ... -
PERSECUTION BY GUARDS ALLEGED
"9th Division Men Singled Out"
[ tagged as 9th Division Mutiny Grovely Detention Camp ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 23 January 1945, page 5
News 454 wordsSYDNEY, Mon: Persecution of 9th Division men by guards at the Grovely detention camp, Queensland, was alleged at the Wilson inquiry today. ... -
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 wordsWith a record unsurpassed in diversity and achievement, the Seventh Australian Division is undeniably the least known and least publicised of ... -
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 ...
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