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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. LIEUTENANT D.F. CHAPLAIN, D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE) (1), BRIEFING HIS PATROL AND EXPLAINING ENEMY MOVEMENTS BEFORE LEAVING THE COMPANY ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. STRETCHER BEARERS PLACING A SPLINT ON THE LEG OF SERGEANT V.C. ROBERTS (4), WHICH WAS BROKEN BY A JAPANESE BULLET WHILE ON A FIGHTING PATROL WITH D COMPANY, 58/59 INFANTRY ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-25. THE HOSPITAL SHIP STRADBROKE, WHICH EVACUATES WOUNDED TO 2/1 GENERAL HOSPITAL, TOROKINA, LYING AT ANCHOR OFF SAPOSA ISLAND WITH SIKIKO ISLAND IN THE BACKGROUND

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-25. TROOPS OF 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION BEING TRANSFERRED FROM SMALL CRAFT TO BARGES OF 42 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY ON THE NORTH BOUGAINVILLE COAST

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-25. AUSTRALIAN ARMY SMALL SHIPS MOVING UP THE COAST OF THE NORTH SOLOMONS CARRYING TROOPS OF 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION. THE MEN WERE LATER LANDED AT SORAKEN PENINSULA BY 42 ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. PRIVATE G. H. BURNETT, A MEMBER OF A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), HOLDS A TYPE 91 6.5 MM LIGHT MACHINE-GUN TAKEN FROM A ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), PASS A DEAD JAPANESE KILLED IN EARLIER FIGHTING. TROOPS OF 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE HAVE BEEN ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-25. TROOPS OF 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION COMING ASHORE FROM BARGES ONTO THE BEACH IN THE NORTH BOUGAINVILLE AREA WHERE THEY WILL GO INTO ACTION UNDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-25. TROOPS OF 42 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY CARRYING 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS MOVING INTO SHORE FOR THE LANDING ON THE BEACH AT SORAKEN PENINSULA

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. STRETCHER BEARERS PLACING A SPLINT ON THE LEG OF SERGEANT V.C. ROBERTS (4), WHICH WAS BROKEN BY A JAPANESE BULLET WHILE ON A FIGHTING PATROL WITH D COMPANY, 58/59 INFANTRY ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-25. TROOPS OF 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION LANDING ON THE BEACH AT SORAKEN PENINSULA FROM AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT'S 15

NATIVES CARRYING BACK A 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION CASUALTY, WX26764 SERGEANT VICTOR COLE ROBERTS, OF DARRADUP,WA, WOUNDED DURING A PATROL CLASH WITH THE JAPANESE SOUTH OF THE POROREI RIVER. HEAVY ..