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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-22. PRIVATE R.W. MALSON, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), SITTING ON A PIT EDGE ROLLING A SMOKE, WHILE PRIVATE F. NEAL (2), TAKES HIS TURN AT DIGGING A SLEEPING PIT ON EGAN'S RIDGE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. CORPORAL G.T. MILLS (1) AND PRIVATE R.A. WHITE (2), MEMBERS OF D COMPANY, 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION, CHATTING TO A FRIEND ABOUT THE ACTION WHILE AWAITING JEEP AMBULANCE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-20. TROOPS CARRYING PORTABLE FLAME THROWERS MOVING ALONG THE TRACK TO A COMPANY, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, DURING THE BATTALION'S OUTFLANKING MOVE AROUND JAPANESE FORCES ALONG ..

VX104461 Sergeant (Sgt) Jack Allan Charles Knight (right)) and VX147137 Pte Francis Cyril Barr (holding a rifle), both 24 Infantry Battalion troops, on a mine clearing operation. Pte Knight ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-20. NATIVE CARRIERS WERE THE FIRST TO REAP THE HARVEST OF SWEET POTATOES (KAU KAU), FROM JAPANESE GARDENS AFTER THE 24 INFANTRY BATTALION HAD ADVANCED SOUTH OF THE HONGORAI ..

WIDE BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-05-10. TROOPS OF A COMPANY, 37/52 INFANTRY BATTALION, ON BARGES WAITING FOR THE MOVE TO KALAI PLANTATION, DURING THEIR TREK FROM RILE TO MAVELU, OPEN BAY

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-05-18. A 15 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, JEEP AMBULANCE WITH A PRIORITY SIGN, TRANSPORTING BATTLE CASUALTIES FROM 57/60 INFANTRY BATTALION DURING THE ADVANCE SOUTH ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-05-20. CAPTAIN K. ROWE, ARMY AIRWAYS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (1), WITH LIEUTENANT L.F.C. BLUNT (2), WAITING TO PUSH OUT INTO THE STREAM FOR THE START OF THE DOUBLE ..

WIDE BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-05-10. TROOPS OF A COMPANY, 37/52 INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING BY BARGE TO KALAI PLANTATION DURING THEIR TREK FROM RILE TO MAVELU, OPEN BAY

GAZELLE PENINSULA, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-05-14. TROOPS OF A COMPANY, 37/52 INFANTRY BATTALION, ON THE MARCH DURING THEIR TREK FROM RILE TO MAVELU, OPEN BAY

GAZELLE PENINSULA, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-05-15. TROOPS OF A COMPANY, 37/52 INFANTRY BATTALION, ARRIVING AT THE BEACH ON THE NORTH COAST OF NEW BRITAIN, PREPARE FOR EMBARKATION TO WATU PLANTATION

GAZELLE PENINSULA, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-05-15. TROOPS OF A COMPANY, 37/52 INFANTRY BATTALION, EMBARKING FOR WATU PLANTATION AT THE END OF THEIR TREK FROM RILE TO MAVELU, OPEN BAY