New Guinea Volunteer Rifles
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| New Guinea Volunteer Rifles | |
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.jpg/300px-NGVR_(P01283-006).jpg) The Salamaua platoon of the NGVR on parade in April 1940 |
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| Active | 1939–1943, 1951–1973 |
| Country | Australia |
| Type | militia |
| Size | One battalion |
| Motto | Per angusta ad angusta (through trial to triumph) |
| Decorations | United States Distinguished Unit Citation |
| Battle honours | Rabaul, Wau, South West Pacific 1942-43 |
The New Guinea Volunteer Rifles (NGVR) was an Australian Militia unit of World War II. The NGVR was formed in September 1939 from white settlers in New Guinea and was effectively dissolved in late 1943 when its surviving members became part of the Australia New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU). The NGVR was reformed as the Papua New Guinea Volunteer Rifles (PNGVR) on 17 March 1951 and was disbanded in 1973 shortly before Papua New Guinea's independence.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Australian Army History Unit On this day - 17 March
[edit] References
- Downs, Ian (1999). The New Guinea Volunteer Rifles NGVR 1939—1943 A History. Broadbeach Waters: Pacific Press. ISBN 187515003X.
- McCarthy, Dudley (1959). South–West Pacific Area – First Year: Kokoda to Wau, Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 1 – Army. Canberra: Australian War Memorial.
