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[[Image:Work fight or perish (RC02370).jpg|thumb|An Australian Government leaflet bearing the likeness and signature of Prime Minister [[John Curtin]], telling Australians that they must make sacrifices for the war effort.]]
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[[Image:Aust ships Cape Gloucester (106687).jpg|thumb|left|HMAS ''Australia'' and [[HMAS Arunta (I30)|HMAS ''Arunta'']] bombarding Cape Gloucester]]

While the 9th Division secured the coastal region of the Huon Peninsula the 7th Division drove the Japanese from the Peninsula's inland [[Finisterre Range]]. The [[Finisterre Range campaign]] began on 17 September when the 2/6th Independent Company was air-landed in the Markham Valley. The Company 
[[Battle of Kaiapit|defeated a larger Japanese force]] and secured an airstrip which was used to fly the Division's 21st and 25th Brigades in. Through aggressive patrolling the Australians forced the Japanese out of positions in extremely rugged terrain and in January 1944 the division began its attack on the key [[Shaggy Ridge]] position. The ridge was taken by the end of January, with the RAAF playing a key supporting role. Following this success the Japanese withdrew from the Finisterre Range and Australian troops linked up with American patrols from t(contracted; show full)
* {{cite web |url=http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/index.html |title=Australia's War 1939—1945 |accessdate= |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia)|Department of Veterans' Affairs]] }}


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