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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. CORPORAL B.A. DENNE (1) AND TROOPER W.R. YOUNG (2), OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, UNLOADING THREE INCH AMMUNITION FROM A MATILDA TANK FOR DRYING AFTER THE INTERIOR WAS FLOODED ..

HOMBU HOMBU, NEW GEORGIA ISLAND. 1945-03-28. PERSONNEL OF THE BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS DEFENCE FORCE AT THE BRITISH RESIDENCE, WHICH CONTROLS THE NATIVE LABOUR CORPS AND MAINTAINS NATIVE PATROLS. ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-03. NAGOVISSI NATIVES INDICATING JAPANESE POSITIONS AND TRACKS ON MOSAIC PHOTOGRAPHS TO CAPTAIN F.D. PERCIVAL, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER 3 (AIR), 3 DIVISION (1), AND LIEUTENANT ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-06. 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS DRAGGING JAPANESE BODIES OFF FOR BURIAL. TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX JAPANESE WERE KILLED DURING THE ENGAGEMENT ON SLATER'S KNOLL AND AN ..

PURIATA RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-03. MUSIAMO, THE BLACK BRIGADIER AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE WEARING THE LOYAL SERVICE MEDAL PRESENTED TO HIM FOR ORGANISING ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-06. JEEPS PLOUGHING THROUGH MUD ALONG BUIN ROAD, SOUTH OF THE PURIATA RIVER. THE ROAD, CONSTRUCTED BY AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, IS THE LINE OF COMMUNICATION TO 25 INFANTRY ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-08. SENATOR J.M. FRASER, ACTING MINISTER FOR THE ARMY (2), SPEAKING WITH INFANTRYMEN ON THEIR REST DAY. THEY ARE ON THE BANKS OF THE WUNUNG RIVER WHICH FLOWS ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-08. BUILT BY 4 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, THIS CLASS 12 PILE BRIDGE WAS ERECTED OVER THE TAUT RIVER IN THE RECORD TIME OF 16 DAYS. THE BRIDGE IS ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-08. SENATOR J.M. FRASER, ACTING MINISTER FOR THE ARMY (1), ACCOMPANIED BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL S.C.M. HIATT (2), INSPECTING THE REGIMENTAL AID POST AT 105 CASUALTY ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-08. SENATOR J.M. FRASER, ACTING MINISTER FOR THE ARMY (3), AND MAJOR GENERAL A.H. RAMSEY, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 5 DIVISION (1), SPEAKING WITH SISTER H.K. ..

WONGINARA MISSION, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-04. SERGEANT J.J. RICHARDS, 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION DISPLAYS A JAPANESE SWORD AND FLAG FOLLOWING HIS RETURN FROM FORWARD POSITIONS IN THE TORRICELLI MOUNTAINS, ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-08. A 75-FOOT TRUSS SUSPENSION TYPE BRIDGE BUILT OVER A SMALL CREEK NEAR THE TAUT RIVER BY 13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. IT HAS A SPAN OF 54 FEET ..