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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-15. MAJOR GENERAL W. BRIDGEFORD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 3 DIVISION, (9), ACCOMPANIED BY LIEUTENANT D.G. WRIGHT, AID DE CAMP, (8), AND CAPTAIN ..

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09-14. SS KREMER IN THE PROCESS OF UNLOADING MEN AND EQUIPMENT AT PONTOON WHARF

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-24. A BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED FROM COCONUT LOGS SAGGING DUE TO FLOODWATERS WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY COVERED IT

MORESBY AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-20. NATIVE HUTS IN USE AS STORE HOUSES AT BASE AREA AT KOITAKI

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-22. MEN OF C COMPANY, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, LOGGING IN AND DIGGING WEAPON PITS ON EGAN'S RIDGE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE S.J. ROWSELL (1); PRIVATE T. ELMORE (2); ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-22. MATILDA TANKS OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, MOVING ALONG A DAMAGED SECTION OF BUIN ROAD SOUTH OF THE HONGORAI RIVER TO C COMPANY, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION POSITION ON ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-22. PRIVATE H. WASHUSEN, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, STOPS DIGGING TO READ HIS MAIL. HE IS SEATED ON THE STUMP OF A TREE DESTROYED BY ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT AT EGAN'S ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-20. TROOPS OF 24 INFANTRY BATTALION CROSSING HONGORAI RIVER AT MACKLIN'S CROSSING. THEY ARE PROTECTING JEEPS AND TRAILERS LOADED WITH AMMUNITION AND STORES FROM POSSIBLE ENEMY ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. CORPORAL G. REED, 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION, EXAMINING A .303 INCH RIFLE WITH ITS WOODWORK SPLIT BY JAPANESE ARTILLERY. HE DIVED FOR COVER WHEN THE ARTILLERY OPENED UP AND ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. A TANK CREW FROM B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, SETTLING DOWN TO A GAME OF CARDS WHILE AWAITING THE MOVE FORWARD TO CONSOLIDATE C COMPANY, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. TROOPS OF 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION ASSISTING PRIVATE K.M. SPRIGG (3), WALKING WOUNDED, ACROSS THE HONGORAI RIVER AT MAYBERRY'S CROSSING. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. RURI HEAD VIEWED FROM A TREE OBSERVATION POST AT D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE)