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SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. PERSONNEL OF 29 INFANTRY BRIGADE, LOADING MAIL INTO AN RAAF AUSTER AIRCRAFT AT THE AUSTER AIRSTRIP CONSTRUCTED BY THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS AT MOBIAI RIVER. ..

SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. TROOPS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT CONSTRUCTING A TEMPORARY BRIDGE OVER A ROAD WASHAWAY ON THE BUIN ROAD, EAST OF THE OGORATA RIVER. THE MATILDA TANK, "BULLECOURT", AT ..

SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-29. THREE TONNERS CARRYING URGENTLY REQUIRED ENGINEERS STORES FOR 15 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, BEING TOWED BY BULLDOZER THROUGH MUD AND SLUSH ON THE ..

SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. A BULLDOZER OPERATING A RAFT ACROSS THE MOBIAI RIVER CARRYING 29 INFANTRY BRIGADE SUPPLIES. A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT FLIES OVERHEAD TO DROP FOOD ..

SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. MATILDA TANKS OF 4 TROOP, A SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, CROSSING A CULVERT ON BUIN ROAD EAST OF THE MOBIAI RIVER. THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD TO RELIEVE 2 TROOP ..

SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-29. A TRACTOR TOWING TWO JEEP TRAILERS LOADED WITH STORES THROUGH HEAVY MUD ON THE BUIN ROAD IN 2 FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY. THE ROAD, OUR MAIN SUPPLY ROUTE, ..

SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. AN RAAF AUSTER AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF FROM THE AUSTER AIRSTRIP AT MOBIAI RIVER, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. AIRCRAFT ARE OPERATED IN ..

SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. PRIVATE R.A. TUMNEY, 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE, FINDING IT HARD TO KEEP A DRY SEAT IN HIS JEEP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE FLOODED MOBIAI RIVER ..

SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. TROOPS OF V FIELD SECURITY SECTION, ATTACHED 3 DIVISION, ASSISTING TO PULL A BOGGED JEEP AND TRAILER OUT OF ONE OF THE MANY MUD HOLES ON THE BUIN ROAD, BETWEEN THE ..

SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-29. A TRACTOR TRAIN OF 29 INFANTRY BRIGADE BOGGED IN THE QUAGMIRE WHICH ONCE WAS THE BUIN ROAD, OUR MAIN SUPPLY ROUTE. AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RAINS TRAFFIC IS HELD UP EAST ..

SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-29. A TRACTOR TRAIN OF 3 SUPPLY DEPOT PLATOON, CARRYING FRESH MEAT, BUTTER AND VEGETABLES, MAKING ITS WAY ALONG THE MUDDY BUIN ROAD, EAST OF THE OGORATA RIVER. FRESH ..

SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. A JEEP AND TRAILER OF 6 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, LOADED WITH TROOPS, FAILED TO CROSS THE FLOODED MOBIAI RIVER. A BULLDOZER PULLED ..