Completed the following sentence: In 1943 Serong served as General Staff Officer 2 with the combined 6th and 7th Divisions on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, where they were resting and retraining prior to conducting further operations. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk> August, he moved to Aitape to prepare for the deployment of the 6th Division.<unk> <unk> <unk> <unk>
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