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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-25. PRIVATE E. GOLDEN, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), AND SERGEANT L.J. MCKENZIE, 8 INFANTRY BATTALION (2), TRYING OUT LOW HURDLES AT THE 2/3 CONVALESCENT DEPOT TABLOID SPORTS ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-26. A GROUP OF OFFICERS OF 25 INFANTRY BATTALION. THIS BATTALION AS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM OPERATIONS AFTER TAKING THE BRUNT OF THE JAPANESE COUNTER ATTACK IN SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-27. MAJOR-GENERAL C.H. SIMPSON, SIGNAL OFFICER- IN- CHIEF (2), WATCHING SIGNALMAN D.N. MALONEY (4), AT WORK IN THE SIGNAL SECTION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE, DURING A TOUR OF ..

KARAWOP, AITAPE-WEWAK SECTOR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-29. A GROUP OF ABANDONED JAPANESE HUTS BEING APPROACHED BY A PATROL FROM A COMPANY, 2/1 INFANTRY BATTALION

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-27. TEMPORARY WAR CEMETERY, TOKO. BATTLE CASUALTIES FROM THE ACTION IN SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE WHICH WILL LATER BE INTERRED IN THE TOROKINA CEMETERY

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-27. MAJOR-GENERAL C.H. SIMPSON, SIGNAL OFFICER- IN- CHIEF (2), WITH COLONEL R.C. REEVE, CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER 2 CORPS (3), AND COLONEL R.W. SAVAGE, CHIEF SIGNAL ..

KARAWOP, AITAPE-WEWAK SECTOR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-29. AN UNEXPLODED SMOKE SHELL FROM A 75MM PACK HOWITZER EMBEDDED IN A TREE. PRIVATE K. M. REID, A COMPANY, 2/1 INFANTRY BATTALION IS STANDING ..

KARAWOP, AITAPE-WEWAK SECTOR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-29. PERSONNEL OF A COMPANY, 2/1 INFANTRY BATTALION, AT A POINT OVERLOOKING KARAWOP, PARIS ISLAND (LONG AND FLAT), AND KAIRIRU ISLAND (HIGH AND ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-28. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT F. BELL (1) AND SERGEANT R. PERRY (2), MEMBERS OF 5 MOBILE METEOROLOGICAL FLIGHT RAAF, ATTACHED HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS, WORKING WITH PLOTTING ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-28. MAJOR GENERAL C.H. SIMPSON, SIGNAL OFFICER IN CHIEF (4), INSPECTING A PARADE OF B CORPS SIGNALS, 2 CORPS, WITH LIEUTENANT COLONEL D.F. WILEY (3), DURING HIS ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-28. MAJOR GENERAL C.H. SIMPSON, SIGNAL OFFICER IN CHIEF, ADDRESSING THE PARADE OF B CORPS SIGNALS, 2 CORPS, DURING HIS VISIT TO BOUGAINVILLE TO INSPECT SIGNAL ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL ASSISTING EACH OTHER WITH GAITERS BEFORE DISEMBARKATION FROM THE MV DUNTROON. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 AUSTRALIAN ..