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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-21. MEMBERS OF A PATROL FROM "D" COMPANY, 42ND INFANTRY BATTALION CROSSING BOYLAN BRIDGE AS THEY COMMENCE A PATROL THROUGH THE SWAMP AREA NEAR THE UNIT CAMP. THIS ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-21. VX145882 PRIVATE K.T. LAVELLE, "D" COMPANY, 42ND INFANTRY BATTALION HAULING HIMSELF OUT OF THE SWAMP AFTER FALLING OFF A LOG WHICH THE PATROL WAS USING AS A BRIDGE ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-20. Q36779 PRIVATE J. MORRISON, 42ND INFANTRY BATTALION WASHING HIS CLOTHES IN A BUCKET OUTSIDE HIS COCONUT LOG DUGOUT

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-21. Q39645 CORPORAL K.R. ROLSTON, "D" COMPANY, 42ND INFANTRY BATTALION MAKING HIS WAY ALONG THE LINDSAY TRACK DURING A PATROL THROUGH THE SWAMPS NEAR THE UNIT CAMP

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-21. Q39645 CORPORAL K.R. ROLSTON, "D" COMPANY, 42ND INFANTRY BATTALION PLACING HIS TOBACCO AND MATCHES IN HIS BERET BEFORE MOVING OUT FROM CAMP ON A PATROL THROUGH THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-21. NX43081 PRIVATE W.T. RAE, 42ND INFANTRY BATTALION RESTING BESIDE HIS WATER-FILLED FOXHOLE AFTER AN ALL-NIGHT VIGIL AGAINST POSSIBLE JAPANESE INFILTRATION

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-20. QX35894 CORPORAL E.L. GREGSON (1) AND Q41912 PRIVATE E.J. HASTING (2), "A" COMPANY, 42ND INFANTRY BATTALION PITCHING A CANVAS ROOF OVER THEIR FOXHOLE DURING THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-21. QX62583 PRIVATE G.S.J. PAYNE (1) AND SX33240 PRIVATE A.J. LEMM (2) IN THEIR WATER FILLED DUGOUT COVERING AN AREA WHERE JAPANESE RAIDERS COULD MOVE IN AGAIN AND ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-21. QX53505 LIEUTENANT M. ANDERSON, 42ND INFANTRY BATTALION CONTACTING THE BATTALION HEADQUARTERS FROM HIS WATER-LOGGED DUGOUT AFTER AN ALL NIGHT VIGIL AGAINST POSSIBLE ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-21. PERSONNEL OF THE 42ND INFANTRY BATTALION ENJOY A SPELL ON THEIR RETURN TO CAMP AFTER A PATROL THROUGH THE JUNGLE SWAMPS IN THE AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- ..

QX62698 Private Hector Gordon Alexander MacDonald, a 42nd Battalion medical orderly (left) giving a drink of water to Q272652 Private Kenneth George Merritt, also 42nd Battalion, who was wounded ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-21. Q36799 CORPORAL J.J. BEATON, 42ND INFANTRY BATTALION LIGHTS A CIGARETTE IN HIS WATER FILLED FOXHOLE AFTER AN ALL NIGHT VIGIL AGAINST POSSIBLE JAPANESE INFILTRATION