Montevideo Maru Roll 1945 Initial Translation
In Memory
Lark Force and the Civilians of Rabaul


This Roll has been placed here as a memorial to the Australians lost when the Japanese freighter Montevideo Maru was torpedoed off Luzon by USS Sturgeon on 1 Jul 1942.

Address by Brigadier Wootten, DSO, circa 1942

Address by Brigadier Wootten Open in new window

George Wootten commanded 18th Brigade through the siege of Tobruk and in the bitter campaign around Buna-Gona in 1942. He later assumed command of the 9th Division and commanded it in the Lae-Finschhafen and Tarakan campaigns.


In this address, Brigadier Wootten discusses Officers' responsibilities and duties.

2/12 BN colour patch 2/10 BN colour patch 2/9 BN colour patch

18 Aust Inf Bde colour patchRelated item
L-R: The final colour patches of HQ 18th Australian Infantry Brigade and the units under command as at March 1940 - 2/9, 2/10 and 2/12th Infantry Battalion.

More colour patches:

Australian Intelligence Corps Historical Documents

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This material has been prepared from documents held in the collection of the Museum of Australian Military Intelligence, Kokoda Barracks, Canungra, Queensland.

Amongst other documents, it includes Military Orders, reports on Intelligence activities in Queensland between 1939-1945 and the transcript of a notebook of a private soldier at the School of Intelligence in 1918.


WWII Field Instructions
Various Field Instructions covering the Second World War Period

Airborne Airtransported Operations Open in new window
Allied Land Forces in SouthWest Pacific Area - Operations 1943 Open in new window
Pocket Notes on the Japanese Army organisation and equipment 1944 Open in new window