[73rd Australian Mobile Searchlight Battery]

73 Aust. Mobile S/L Bty. AIF Souvenir Programme. 23-9-44 [cover title]

[Lae], The Battery, 1944.

A card bifolium (150 × 100 mm), with the company's colour patch on the front cover and the simple dinner menu on the third page.

Card creased and a little marked; in very good condition.

'On 15 September 1942 this company began its life in the training camp at Scheyville in New South Wales. Later it moved to various camps in Queensland before departing for Port Moresby in December 1942. From Port Moresby it moved to Lae and Nadzab in 1943 and 1944 before returning to Queensland and being disbanded in October 1945' (Hansard, 18 September 2002, page 6689).

Item #120213

Price (AUD): $75.00
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