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TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. TX2002 BRIGADIER J. FIELD, DSO, ED, COMMANDING OFFICER 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (1), CHATTING WITH MEMBERS OF ONE OF THE MORTAR CREWS WHICH PUT DOWN THE ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. TX2002 BRIGADIER J. FIELD, DSO, ED, COMMANDING, 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (2) ACCOMPANIED BY SX1442 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL G.R. MATTHEWS, COMMANDING OFFICER, ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-01. 419588 SERGEANT R.R. PERRY (1) RELEASING A METEOROLOGICAL BALLOON WHILE 421473 SERGEANT A. STRATTEN (2) PREPARES TO USE HIS SLIDE RULE TO MAKE THE NECESSARY WIND ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. N150633 PRIVATE P.J. CLACK, C COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, SETTING BOOBY TRAPS WITH A GRENADE AND TRIP WIRE ON THE TRACK FROM LITTLE GEORGE HILL ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. TX2002 BRIGADIER J. FIELD, DSO, ED, COMMANDING, 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (3) CHATTING WITH MEMBERS OF D COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION ON LITTLE GEORGE ..

DOYABIE AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-25. PERSONNEL OF B COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION DIGGING WEAPON PITS ON THE PIMPLE OVERLOOKING THE LARUMA RIVER FOR THE PROTECTION OF BATTALION ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. Q16828 PRIVATE F.W.A. TIMM, C COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, WRITING A LETTER HOME, SEATED IN FRONT OF HIS DUGOUT ON LITTLE GEORGE HILL, A FEATURE ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-25. AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE CARRIERS CLIMBING THE WINDING SISIVA TRAIL WITH AMMUNITION AND WEAPONS FOR A COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION WHICH ..

NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-14. BOXES OF AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND GOODS READY FOR DESPATCH TO THE TROOPS IN THE AREA

DOYABIE AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-25. "SNIFTER", THE SHORT 25 POUNDER GUN WHICH WAS BROUGHT INTO DUMPU BY AIR LAST YEAR AND USED BY THE 4TH FIELD REGIMENT IN THE FINISTERRE RANGES, BEING ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-25. TROOPS OF A COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION RESTING IN A NATIVE LABOUR CAMP AFTER NEGOTIATING A STEEP SECTION OF THE SISIVA TRAIL WHILE ON THEIR WAY TO TAKE OVER ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-01. PERMANENT QUARTERS FOR THE SERGEANTS AND MEN ON THE STAFF OF THE 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN THE 4TH BASE SUB AREA