Story of the 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion in World War II
by Cpl. S.E. Benson
by Cpl. S.E. Benson
From Yeppoon the story follows the battalion on its moves to Tiaro, north again to Townsville and New Guinea, through the Salamua campaign to Lae, back again to Australia and finally over to Bougainville, where the battalion saw its last action before being broken up at the end of the war.