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SORAKEN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-16. CAPTAIN W. KENNEDY, OFFICER COMMANDING 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE SIGNALS (2), LIEUTENANT W.R. THOMPSON, GUARD PLATOON, 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE (1) AND NATIVES GETTING ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-07. CORPORAL E.J. PAYNE, 2/3 FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, HAMMERING THE LAST STEEL PEG INTO THE GROUND TO HOLD THE BASE PLATE OF THE GUN IN POSITION, ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-07. LANCE-CORPORAL D.W. HOWARD, 2/3 FIELD REGIMENT (1), FITS THE DIAL SIGHT TO A 25-POUNDER WHILE SERGEANT E.L. BUXTON, GUN SERGEANT (2), WATCHES PROCEEDINGS

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-17. JUST DOWN FROM WIDE BAY, BARGE AB2027, MANNED BY MEN OF 41 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY DISCHARGING A CARGO OF MEDICAL GEAR FROM 6 FIELD AMBULANCE, A UNIT WHICH HAS ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-16. MATILDA TANKS OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT ATTACHED 3 DIVISION, MOVING ALAONG THE BUIN ROAD SOUTH OF THE PURIATA RIVER TO SUPPORT THE INFANTRY ADVANCE TOWARDS THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-17. CORPORAL R.L. MAAS, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, OPERATING A 108 MK III PORTABLE WIRELESS FROM BATTALION HEADQUARTERS DURING AN ATTACK IN THE HATAI JUNCTION - BUIN ROAD AREA

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-14. THE ENTRANCE TO THE 2/7 GENERAL HOSPITAL. THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS ARE SITUATED ON THE RIGHT AND THE COMPANY OFFICES ARE LOCATED ON THE LEFT

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-16. TROOPER R.W. BROWN (1), AND TROOPER L.M. O'SULLIVAN (2), B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT PERSONNEL DIGGING IN FOR THE NIGHT AS A PROTECTION AGAINST JAPANESE ARTILLERY. ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-17. NATIVES CARRY A 24 INFANTRY BATTALION BATTLE CASUALTY ALONG BUIN ROAD DURING ACTION AT HATAI JUNCTION

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-16. TROOPER W.F. HOLE (1), AND TROOPER T.L. CUSOCK (2), MEMBERS OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, UNLOADING GEAR FROM THE BACK OF THEIR MATILDA TANK AFTER THEY HAD MOVED ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-17. A BOGGED BULLDOZER OF 15 FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS BEING TOWED BACK TO THE ROAD BY MATILDA TANKS. IT WAS MAKING A CROSSING FOR MATILDA TANKS OVER DAWE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-18. 15 FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS SAPPERS MANHANDLING STEEL HORN BEAMS FROM TRANSPORT TO ROLLERS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE ACROSS DAWE CREEK. THE ..