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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-23. MEMBERS OF D COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION CLIMBING PAST A FALLEN TREE ON THE NARROW PIATERAPAIA TRACK AS THE UNIT MOVES INTO THE FORWARD AREAS TO TAKE OVER ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. TROOPS OF THE 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION CLEARING A ROAD BLOCK CAUSED BY A FALLEN TREE ON THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL DURING THE AUSTRALIAN ATTACK ON THE ENEMY ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-24. THE UNIT SHOWERS AND THE SERGEANTS LINES AT THE TEMPORARY CAMP OF HEADQUARTERS, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. TROOPS OF THE 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION CLEARING A ROAD BLOCK CAUSED BY A FALLEN TREE ON THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL DURING THE AUSTRALIAN ATTACK ON THE ENEMY ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-29. Q100344 PRIVATE N. CAVANAGH, D COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, ENJOYING A DIXIE OF TEA AFTER A HARD MORNINGS WORK ATTACKING AND CONSOLIDATING THEIR ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-29. THE TENTS OF C COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION SCATTERED ALONG MARTIN'S KNOLL, LEADING TO GEORGE HILL DURING THE UNIT PREPARATIONS FOR THE ATTACK ON ..

N130859 Private (Pte) E J Pinney, 9th Infantry Battalion (front, with his arm in a sling) being assisted down the track from George Hill by two natives. Pte Pinney was wounded by a mortar bomb ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1944-11-24. LOCAL ISLAND NATIVES CROSSING A LOG BRIDGE OVER THE LARUMA RIVER TO PICK UP FOOD AND AMMUNITION FOR TRANSPORT BACK TO THE POSITIONS HELD BY D AND C COMPANIES OF THE 9TH ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1944-11-24. QX41357 SIGNALLER H. KLEASE, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION SIGNALS (1) TAKING OVER THE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS FROM 20610512 PRIVATE 1ST CLASS R.W. JOHSNON, 2ND BATTALION, 132ND ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1944-11-24. SX33273 LANCE-CORPORAL D.K. STUART, FIELD SECURITY SECTION ATTACHED TO 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION FILLING HIS WATER BOTTLE FROM A BAMBOO PIPE WHICH CARRIES FRESH WATER FROM A ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. N264013 PRIVATE L.W. CALLAGHAN, D COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, CLEANING HIS RIFLE OUTSIDE HIS DUGOUT ON LITTLE GEORGE HILL, A FEATURE CAPTURED ..

DOYABIE AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-25. TROOPS OF B COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION CLEARING A CAMP AREA ON A PIMPLE AFTER THEY HAD TAKEN OVER THE FRONT LINE POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY THE 2ND ..