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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-20. GUNNERS OF THE 2ND FIELD REGIMENT, MANHANDLING THEIR 25 POUNDERS INTO POSITION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX148800 GUNNER A.M. OLSEN (1); VX70556 BOMBARDIER I.K. ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-20. VX 136191 GUNNER SAMUEL NEWTON CHAPLIN HURLE OF THE 2ND FIELD REGIMENT, PULLING THE STEEL BRUSH CLEANER THROUGH ONE OF THE UNIT SHORT 25 POUNDERS AFTER A SHOOT

MOTUPINA POINT AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-19. VX140745 GUNNER T.M. BASSETT, 2ND FIELD REGIMENT, DOING HIS TURN OF NIGHT FLASH SPOTTING ON THE BEACH NEAR THE UNIT COMMAND POST

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-20. VX115140 LIEUTENANT G. CHARLTON, 2ND FIELD REGIMENT, SPOTTING FROM ONE OF THE UNIT OBSERVATION POSTS SOME 30 FOOT UP A LARGE TREE

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-20. GUNNERS OF THE 2ND FIELD REGIMENT, CLEANING AND OILING THEIR 25 POUNDERS AFTER A SHOOT

MOTUPINA POINT AREA BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-19. PERSONNEL OF THE 2ND FIELD REGIMENT, MANHANDLING A JEEP AND TRAILER WHICH HAS BECOME BOGGED IN THE LOOSE SAND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- ..

MOTUPINA POINT AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-19. A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST CELEBRATING MASS FOR THE TROOPS OF NO.5 BATTERY, 2ND FIELD REGIMENT, IN A JUNGLE SETTING

MOTUPINA POINT AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-19. 20. VX87040 SERGEANT WALLACE, REGIMENTAL AID POST SERGEANT (2) TREATING VX109384 CORPORAL W.H. EADE (1) AT THE REGIMENTAL AID POST OF NO.5 ..

MOTUPINA POINT AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-20. VX88167 MAJOR F.S.I. POWELL, COMMANDING, NO.5 BATTERY, 2ND FIELD REGIMENT (1), OUTSIDE THE UNIT COMMAND POST WITH HIS OFFICERS. IDENTIFIED ..

MOTUPINA POINT AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-20. PERSONNEL OF "C" TROOP, NO.5 BATTERY, 2ND FIELD REGIMENT

MOTUPINA POINT AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-20. LOOKING UP THE BARREL OF A LONG 25 POUNDER OF THE 2ND FIELD REGIMENT, SHOWING THE CLEARLY DEFINED RIFLING IN THE BARREL

MOTUPINA POINT AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-20. TROOPS OF THE 2ND FIELD REGIMENT, LOADING THEIR LONG 25 POUNDERS IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR FIRE ORDERS DURING THE LAYING DOWN OF A BARRAGE ..