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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-25. TROOPS OF 2 FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, USE A BULLDOZER TO TOW A 25-POUNDER ALONG THE CORDUROY SECTION OF THE BUIN ROAD TO PROVIDE ARTILLERY SUPPORT FOR ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-29. TROOPS AT WORK ON A BUILDING TO HOUSE ORDNANCE STORES AT THE FIELD MAINTENANCE CENTRE

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-23. JEEPS AND TRAILERS CROSSING THE POROREI RIVER, TAKING SPARE PARTS FOR REPAIR WORK ON A MATILDA TANK OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, WHICH HAD A MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-26. ENGINEERS OF 58 CORPS FIELD PARK, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, USING MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 3-TONNER ROAD ALONG THE OLD BUIN ROAD. THE TRACTOR IN ..

WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-29. THE VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE POINT LOOKING SOUTHWEST SHOWING THE FLAT, SWAMPY PENINSULA, WITH THE NARROW NECK OF DRY LAND RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE BEACH. THIS ..

WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-29. THE VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE POINT LOOKING SOUTH SHOWING THE FLAT, SWAMPY PENINSULA, WITH THE NARROW NECK OF DRY LAND RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE BEACH. THIS GROUND ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-22. A MATILDA TANK OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, MAKING A DETOUR THROUGH SHRAPNEL TORN JUNGLE. NOTE THE JAPANESE TANK TRAP DUG ACROSS THE ROAD IN THE FOREGROUND. C ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. THE ONLY CASUALTY FROM THE ATTACK BY C COMPANY, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, AGAINST JAPANESE POSITIONS ON EGAN'S RIDGE WAS AN INFANTRYMAN WHO FELL DOWN A SLOPE WITH A HEAVY ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. TROOPS OF 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION LIFTING PRIVATE L. FULLER (3), WHO WAS WOUNDED BY JAPANESE ARTILLERY SOUTH OF THE HONGORAI RIVER, ONTO A JEEP AMBULANCE FOR TRANSPORT TO ..

VX52907 Private (Pte) Edgar Norman Douglas Ward (left) and Pte G W Fisher (probably VX118680 Pte Geoffrey Wilson Fisher), members of 2/8 Infantry Battalion, operating a 108 wireless set to contact ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-23. BRIGADIER J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE (1), TAKING THE SALUTE DURING THE MARCH PAST OF A COMPANY, PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION, AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. PRIVATE G. H. BURNETT, A MEMBER OF A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), PEERING THROUGH THE REAR ENTRY HATCH TO THE DRIVING ..