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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-24. AN OBSERVATION POST BUILT BY THE JAPANESE IN A TALL TREE DURING THEIR OCCUPATION OF THE AREA

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. 10 X 6 GMC TRUCKS OF THE 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION CROSSING THE LARUMA RIVER IN THE DOIABI AREA WHILE MOVING ALONG THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. TX2002 BRIGADIER J. FIELLD, DSO, ED, COMMANDING, 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (3) WATCHING NATIVE BOYS CARRYING WOUNDED JAPANESE PRISONERS BACK TO THE ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-29. Q100344 PRIVATE N. CAVANAGH, D COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, ENJOYING A DIXIE OF TEA AFTER A HARD MORNINGS WORK ATTACKING AND CONSOLIDATING THEIR ..

N130859 Private (Pte) E J Pinney, 9th Infantry Battalion (front, with his arm in a sling) being assisted down the track from George Hill by two natives. Pte Pinney was wounded by a mortar bomb ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1944-11-24. LOCAL ISLAND NATIVES CROSSING A LOG BRIDGE OVER THE LARUMA RIVER TO PICK UP FOOD AND AMMUNITION FOR TRANSPORT BACK TO THE POSITIONS HELD BY D AND C COMPANIES OF THE 9TH ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1944-11-24. QX41357 SIGNALLER H. KLEASE, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION SIGNALS (1) TAKING OVER THE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS FROM 20610512 PRIVATE 1ST CLASS R.W. JOHSNON, 2ND BATTALION, 132ND ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. N264013 PRIVATE L.W. CALLAGHAN, D COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, CLEANING HIS RIFLE OUTSIDE HIS DUGOUT ON LITTLE GEORGE HILL, A FEATURE CAPTURED ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. A JAPANESE PRISONER, WOUNDED DURING THE ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACK ON LITTLE GEORGE HILL, BEING CARRIED DOWN GEORGE HILL TO THE ADVANCED DRESSING STATION ..

DOYABIE AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-25. GUNNERS OF NO. 12 BATTERY, 4TH FIELD REGIMENT PREPARE TO PLACE A LARGE LOG INTO POSITION WHILE REINFORCING THE UNIT COMMAND POST WHILE PREPARING TO ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-21. ONE OF THE FAST RAN LAUNCHES USED AS A RUNABOUT BY THE PERSONNEL OF THE AIR-SEA RESCUE UNIT

MALMAL MISSION, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-24. OFFICERS OF B COMPANY, 594TH ENGINEER BOAT AND SHORE REGIMENT UNITED STATES ARMY AND THEIR AUSTRALIAN GUESTS ENJOYING THE TRADITIONAL ..