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    The Markham Valley, Ramu Valley and Finisterre Range campaigns were a series of battles within the broader New Guinea campaign of World War II. The campaigns...
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    Battle of Dumpu (category Battles and operations of World War II involving Papua New Guinea)
    fought in September and October 1943 between Australian and Japanese forces in New Guinea during the Markham, Ramu and Finisterre campaigns of World War II...
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    Tom Eastick (category Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George)
    stage of the Salamaua–Lae campaign and during the Markham, Ramu and Finisterre campaigns in New Guinea between August 1943 and April 1944. He commanded...
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    Bismarck Sea. Along the Ramu's course, it receives numerous tributaries from the Bismarck Range to the south and the Finisterre and Adelbert. For many millennia...
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  • which had been detached from the 20th Division during the Markham, Ramu and Finisterre campaigns. Nakai was later placed in command on the IJA 20th Division...
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  • originate in this range, including some tributaries of the Ramu. The Finisterre Range campaign (1943–1944) of World War II, including a series of actions...
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    20th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) (category Military units and formations established in 1915)
    division held out against the Australian Army in the Markham, Ramu and Finisterre campaigns and other combat operations in New Guinea until the end of...
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    February and late April 1944, was the break-out and pursuit phase of the Markham and Ramu Valley – Finisterre Range and Huon Peninsula campaigns, which...
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  • South West Pacific (film) (category Australian black-and-white films)
    film and Curtin said he would have another look at it. The government later made Jungle Patrol (1944), set during the Markham, Ramu and Finisterre campaigns...
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    in late 1943, the 7th Division had pushed into the Markham and Ramu Valleys towards the Finisterre Range with a view to pushing north towards the coast...
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    Battle of Kaiapit (category Battles and operations of World War II involving Papua New Guinea)
    in 1943 between Australian and Japanese forces in New Guinea during the Markham and Ramu Valley – Finisterre Range campaign of World War II. Following...
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    Moresby. In 1943 Honner was wounded during the fighting in the Ramu and Markham Valleys and, as a result, was discharged from the Army in early 1945. In...
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    was part of the Markham and Ramu Valley – Finisterre Range campaign, which consisted of a number of battles fought by Australian and Japanese troops in...
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    Roy Burston (category Australian racehorse owners and breeders)
    1912 and served as a medical officer in the Gallipoli campaign and on the Western Front during World War I. Burston was mentioned in despatches and awarded...
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    Landing at Nadzab (category Battles and operations of World War II involving Japan)
    thence to Lae through the Ramu and Markham Valleys. Imamura ordered Adachi to capture the Allied bases at Wau, Bena Bena and Mount Hagen. To support these...
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    21st Brigade (Australia) (category Military units and formations established in 1940)
    the brigade took part in the capture of Lae and the Ramu Valley–Finisterre Range campaign. Its final campaign of the war, came in the final months when...
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    Papuan Infantry Battalion (category Military units and formations established in 1940)
    1943, before fighting along the Markham, Ramu, and Sepik rivers during the Ramu Valley – Finisterre Range campaign, and on the Huon peninsula, assisting...
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    Landing at Lae (category Battles and operations of World War II involving Papua New Guinea)
    Successes in the Offensives Against Lae, Finschhafen, Markham and Ramu Valleys, Huon Peninsula, Finisterre Mountains, Rai Coast, Bogadjim, Madang, Alexishafen...
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  • 11th Division (Australia) (category Military units and formations established in 1942)
    Dumpu and it later relieved the 7th Division, which had been fighting a campaign through the Markham and Ramu Valleys and into the Finisterre Ranges...
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    battle was part of the Markham and Ramu Valley – Finisterre Range campaign, which consisted of series of actions fought by Australian and Japanese troops in...
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    2/25th Battalion (Australia) (category Military units and formations established in 1940)
    out patrols in support of the Finisterre Range campaign, operating in an area that included the Markham and Ramu Valleys and the Finnisterre Range. During...
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    7th Division (Australia) (category Military units and formations established in 1940)
    Shaggy Ridge—The Australian Seventh Division in the Ramu Valley: From Kaiapit to the Finisterres. South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press....
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    2/16th Battalion (Australia) (category Military units and formations established in 1940)
    the advance up the Markham Valley towards Dumpu. As the division pushed through the Ramu Valley and then moved into the Finisterre Range, the 2/16th undertook...
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    2/6th Commando Squadron (Australia) (category Military units and formations of Australia in World War II)
    forces. Between 1942 and 1945, the 2/6th undertook four major campaigns during the war—Kokoda, Buna, MarkhamRamu and Borneo—and was involved in arguably...
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    Edmund Herring (category Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George)
    in the Salamaua-Lae campaign and Finisterre Range campaign. Herring left his corps to become the longest-serving Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor...
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    57th/60th Battalion (Australia) (category Military units and formations established in 1930)
    7th Division and the 15th Brigade including the 57th/60th then fought in the Markham and Ramu Valley and the Finisterre Range campaigns. The 57th/60th...
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    advanced down the Markham Valley and entered Lae on 16 September. The division then advanced up the Markham Valley and down the Ramu Valley. A series of...
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  • 6th Machine Gun Battalion (Australia) (category Military units and formations established in 1942)
    Guinea where they took part in the Markham and Ramu Valley – Finisterre Range campaign, defending the airfield at Gusap, and undertaking patrols. In early...
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    seeing further action during the capture of Lae and the subsequent advance through the Markham and Ramu Valleys in New Guinea, he returned to Australia...
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  • 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion (Australia) (category Military units and formations established in 1940)
    it later took part in the Salamaua–Lae and Finisterre Range campaigns in 1943–44 and the Borneo campaign in 1945 before being disbanded. Formed in May...
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