Americans, the 31st/51st Battalion (Kennedy and Far North Queensland Regiment) became a part of Merauke Force and were sent to Dutch Western NewGuinea to carry
of two previously existing battalions, the 31st/51st Battalion undertook garrison duties in DutchNewGuinea in 1943–44 before taking part in the Bougainville
Ellen Datlow, American anthologist and author 1949 – Flora Gomes, Bissau-Guinean filmmaker 1949 – Susan Shwartz, American author 1950 – Bob Gilder, American