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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-17. WX6152 BRIGADIER R.F. MONAGHAN, DSO, COMMANDING, 29TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (1), WITH QX42393 LIEUTENANT F.E. BROWN IN HIS OFFICE AT THE ADVANCED BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-16. QX56044 PRIVATE J. PARDON, 47TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1), WHO WAS WOUNDED BY AN ENEMY MORTAR SHELL, AT THE ADVANCED DRESSING STATION OF THE 7TH FIELD AMBULANCE. ..

TAGESSI, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-17. NX203114 STAFF SERGEANT T. HAWKINS, DISPENSER, WORKING IN THE MEDICAL STORE OF THE ADVANCED DRESSING STATION "ADELE", 7TH FIELD AMBULANCE

TAGESSI, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-17. A SECTION OF THE MEDICAL WARD AT THE MEDICAL DRESSING STATION OF THE 7TH FIELD AMBULANCE

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-16. Q128411 PRIVATE R.E. KRIES, "D" COMPANY (1) NX122368 LANCE CORPORAL BENTICK (2) AND NX179367 PRIVATE R.F. NETTLETON "B" COMPANY (3), 47TH INFANTRY BATTALION LOOKING ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-16. MEMBERS OF "D" COMPANY AND "B" COMPANY, 47TH INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING A JAPANESE TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" MACHINE GUN AND OTHER ARMS CAPTURED BY "B" COMPANY IN AN ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-16. TROOPS OF THE FIELD SECURITY SECTION AND THE 47TH INFANTRY BATTALION GOING THROUGH JAPANESE MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOUND IN A CAPTURED JAPANESE PILLBOX ON THE BANK OF THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-16. A TEMPORARY BRIDGE MADE OF OIL DRUMS AND WIRE MESH ACROSS THE TAVERA RIVER BUILT BY TROOPS OF THE ENGINEER COMPANY, 29TH INFANTRY BRIGADE

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-16. A JEEP OF THE 47TH INFANTRY BATTALION CROSSING A TEMPORARY BRIDGE MADE OF OIL DRUMS AND WIRE MESH ACROSS THE ADELE RIVER. THIS BRIDGE WAS BUILT BY MEMBERS OF THE ..

TAGESSI, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-17. A PATIENT OF THE MEDICAL DRESSING STATION, 7TH FIELD AMBULANCE BEING TAKEN ABOARD A LAUNCH FOR TRANSPORT TO TOROKINA

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-16. NX137564 MAJOR S.B. CLIPSHAM, MEDICAL OFFICER (1) ASSISTED BY QX43509 PRIVATE A.H. TRACEY (2) QX58320 PRIVATE R. MCDERMANT (3) AND Q126946 PRIVATE L.W. HAM (4), ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-16. QX40671 PRIVATE J. BIGGERS, 47TH INFANTRY BATTALION GIVING COVERING FIRE WITH HIS BREN GUN TO A PATROL MOVING OUT FROM "A" COMPANY POSITIONS IN THE HUPAI-SAPANI ..