Tuesday
Apr092013
7 April 1942
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 12:53PM
Commanding Officer and HQ officers 39th Battalion recce likely river crossings in their new area of operations near the 7-Mile aerodrome, while troops continue digging slit trenches and setting up machine gun emplacements around the airstrip.
Japanese forces occupy Ternate in Dutch New Guinea.
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