Troopers of 216th Armd Regt bring in dead and woundedtank crewmen at Buna, New Guinea, late 1942.
The two men in front are wearing the Australian Armoured Corps two-piece overall. Developments in Europe prompted the Australian government in January 1941 to create the 1st Armd Div within the Second AIF. Owing to the changing nature of the war it was destined never to see action as a formation, but various armoured units made substantial contributions to the Pacific campaigns dispersed in the infantry support role. (AustralianWar Memorial 013992)