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Description: | Concept: cartography, civilian morale, propaganda, colonies, racial stereotypes, empire / commonwealth Description: whole: the image occupies the whole. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper quarter, in white. The main text is separate and placed in the lower left, in black, held within a white inset, and in the upper right, in black and in red, also held within a white inset. Further text is located over the majority, in black and along the bottom edge, in white. image: a map of New Guinea, with advances made by Australian and American forces during 1942 and 1944 shown with red and brown arrows. text: NEW GUINEA VICTORIES [map has various place names] AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES NEW GUINEA BATTLE RECORD 1942 25 Aug - 5 Sept Australians defeat Japanese Landing at MILNE BAY. Japanese Army's first reverse in Pacific War. 28 Sept Owen Stanleys Offensive, Australians retake EORIBAIWA RIDGE. 25 Oct Australians capture GOODENOUGH ISLAND 2 Nov Australians re-capture KOKODA. 9 Nov Australians re-take GORARI. 11 Nov Australians capture OIVI. 13 Nov Australians capture WAIROPI. 9 Dec Australians occupy GONA. 19 Dec Australians and Americans re-capture CAPE ENDAIDIERE. 1943 2 Jan Australians and Americans re-capture BUNA. 22 Jan Australians and Americans take SANANANDA. 30 Jan Australians defeat Japanese attack on WAU. 3 Feb Australians at Wau counter-attack and begin the drive to SALAMAUA. 16 Mar Japanese cleared from MUBO gardens. 30 Jun U.S. Troops join Australians at NASSAU BAY. 21 Aug Australians capture KOMIATUM RIDGE. 4 Sep Australians land on HUON GULF and begin drives to LAE and FINSCHHAFEN. 5 Sep American Paratroops, Australian Paratroops Artillery and Australian Engineers and Pioneers seize NADZAB. 7 Sep Australians fly into MARKHAM VALLEY. 11 Sep Australians capture SALAMAUA. 16 Sep Australians take LAE. 2 Oct Australians take FINSCHHAFEN U.S. troops establish perimeter at SAIDOR. 4 Oct Australians capture DUMPU (Ramu Valley) 25 Nov Australians drive Japanese from SATELBERG. 8 Dec Australians capture WAREO. 23 Dec U.S. Landing at ARAWE. (New Britain). 26 Dec U.S. Landing at CAPE GLOUCESTER. 1944 23 Jan Australians capture SHAGGY RIDGE. 10 Feb Australians and Americans link up east of SAIDOR. 13 Apr Australians take BOGADJIM. 24 Apr Australians take MADANG. 26 Apr Australians take ALEXISHAFEN. 15 Jun Australians occupy HANSA BAY. 13 Jul Australians reach SEPIK RIVER MOUTH. Our Army has never encountered anything more grim than the campaigns which have been fought in the jungles of New Guinea. Some of the men who fought in these New Guinea campaigns had been through Greece and Crete; others fought in the North African desert; others in Syria; some were meeting an enemy for the first time. they proved their superiority - and that of the white races - over this beast from the Western Pacific, and they will go on proving it until victory brings peace again to the World. T a Blamey [signature] General, Commander-in-Chief Australian Military Forces. AUSTRALIAN THRUSTS U.S. THRUSTS LILLEY L.H.Q./Misc./6494 ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL ARMY PUBLIC RELATIONS PRINTED BY AUTHORITY - L.H.Q. CARTOGRAPHIC COY., AUST. SURVEY CORPS AUGUST 1944. Object: map | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Lilley Printer: L H Q Cartographic Company Publisher/Sponsor: Director General, Army Public Relations Associated Person: Blamey, Thomas A (General Sir) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5192... | Go to resource |
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