Australian troops of the 2/32nd Battalion leave their American-manned ‘amtracks’ for a patrol in North Borneo in June 1945.
The man advancing at center wears his water bottle on his chest between his pouches. The heavily laden soldier in the foreground, with a white mug on his haversack, is 19 year old Pte. Pete Varischetti, who was killed in action within days of this photo being taken.
Peter Joseph Varischetti’s name is located at panel 60 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.