AUSTRALIANS FIGHT BEHIND ENEMY LINES

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 237, 7 October 1942, Page 3

AUSTRALIANS FIGHT BEHIND ENEMY LINES

GUERILLA BANDS

Enemy Badly Harassed Bv Small Force

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