MEMORY LANE : VIDEOS

The first ANZAC Day held in Sydney in 1946 after the end of Word War 2 features the 6 Division HQ and 2/1 Field Regiment banner and service men marching from Market St into Elizabeth St and then head towards the Domain alongside Hyde Park while crowds watch and cheer. 

The 4 minute, 17 sec. home film shows : The Army Band,  Incapacitated ex-servicemen travelling in buses and taxis, NSW Mounted Police, Roden Cutler (1 min 3s into film), Royal Australian Navy, NZEF contingent (1 min 30s), pipe and drum bands, VC winners (2 min 40s), 36 Battalion (2 min 50s), Sigs. 1 Aust Corps (3 min 10s), AWAS (3 min 30s), 6 Division (3 min 40s), 6 Div HQ, 2/1 Field Regiment, 7 Div Cavalry (4 min)  Source: NFSA Australian Screen.

At 0900 hours on 21st September 1945, 104 Japanese soldiers surrendered to the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion. They arrived at the top of Mount Shiburangu in batches of ten and were subjected to a thorough search by 'Don' Company officers who handed them over to 6th Australian Division Provosts. The Japanese were escorted down the Big Road to where trucks would take them to Wewak Point for shipment to Muschu Island. Included in the Japanese were Major General Araki of the General Staff, 18th Japanese Army. Source: AWM F07246 (Film maker : David Tennant Gaery Eastman, Duration 2 min 50 sec.)