RMS Queen Mary (right), RMS Queen Elizabeth (left), and HMAS Sydney (foreground) off WilsonGeneral Walter Krueger of US 6th Army inspecting US Marines at Mount Martha, Melbourne, Australia, 1943; note General William Rupertus and Colonel Merritt EdsonGroup portrait of the officers of sunken German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran, HM Prison Dhurringile, Victoria, Australia, 11 Feb 1943; commanding officer Theodor Detmers in front row, second from the rightMGen A. Vandegrift, Col M Edson, 2Lt M. Paige, and Plt. Sgt. J. Basilone at US 1st Marine Division Medal of Honor ceremony, Balcombe, Australia, 21 May 1943, photo 1 of 2
RMS Queen Mary (right), RMS Queen Elizabeth (left), and HMAS Sydney (foreground) off Wilson's Promontory, Victoria, Australia, 4 Sep 1941General Walter Krueger of US 6th Army inspecting US Marines at Mount Martha, Melbourne, Australia, 1943; note General William Rupertus and Colonel Merritt EdsonGroup portrait of the officers of sunken German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran, HM Prison Dhurringile, Victoria, Australia, 11 Feb 1943; commanding officer Theodor Detmers in front row, second from the rightMGen A. Vandegrift, Col M Edson, 2Lt M. Paige, and Plt. Sgt. J. Basilone at US 1st Marine Division Medal of Honor ceremony, Balcombe, Australia, 21 May 1943, photo 1 of 2
MGen A. Vandegrift, Col M Edson, 2Lt M. Paige, and Plt. Sgt. J. Basilone at US 1st Marine Division Medal of Honor ceremony, Balcombe, Australia, 21 May 1943, photo 2 of 2Code talkers Private 1st Class Preston Toledo and Private 1st Class Frank Toledo, cousins, of US 11th Marine Regiment at Ballarat, Australia, Jul 1943St PaulChief Justice of Victoria, Australia Edmund Herring shaking hands with Major General C. E. M. Lloyd, Melbourne, Australia, 2 Feb 1944
MGen A. Vandegrift, Col M Edson, 2Lt M. Paige, and Plt. Sgt. J. Basilone at US 1st Marine Division Medal of Honor ceremony, Balcombe, Australia, 21 May 1943, photo 2 of 2Code talkers Private 1st Class Preston Toledo and Private 1st Class Frank Toledo, cousins, of US 11th Marine Regiment at Ballarat, Australia, Jul 1943St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, Australia, late Dec 1943Chief Justice of Victoria, Australia Edmund Herring shaking hands with Major General C. E. M. Lloyd, Melbourne, Australia, 2 Feb 1944
Officers of the staff of Admiral Bruce Fraser meeting for the first time, Melbourne, Australia, 13 Dec 1944
Officers of the staff of Admiral Bruce Fraser meeting for the first time, Melbourne, Australia, 13 Dec 1944


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