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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-22. A MATILDA TANK OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, MAKING A DETOUR THROUGH SHRAPNEL TORN JUNGLE. NOTE THE JAPANESE TANK TRAP DUG ACROSS THE ROAD IN THE FOREGROUND. C ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. THE ONLY CASUALTY FROM THE ATTACK BY C COMPANY, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, AGAINST JAPANESE POSITIONS ON EGAN'S RIDGE WAS AN INFANTRYMAN WHO FELL DOWN A SLOPE WITH A HEAVY ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. TROOPS OF 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION LIFTING PRIVATE L. FULLER (3), WHO WAS WOUNDED BY JAPANESE ARTILLERY SOUTH OF THE HONGORAI RIVER, ONTO A JEEP AMBULANCE FOR TRANSPORT TO ..

VX52907 Private (Pte) Edgar Norman Douglas Ward (left) and Pte G W Fisher (probably VX118680 Pte Geoffrey Wilson Fisher), members of 2/8 Infantry Battalion, operating a 108 wireless set to contact ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-23. BRIGADIER J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE (1), TAKING THE SALUTE DURING THE MARCH PAST OF A COMPANY, PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION, AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. PRIVATE G. H. BURNETT, A MEMBER OF A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), PEERING THROUGH THE REAR ENTRY HATCH TO THE DRIVING ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. PRIVATE L.J. LENNARD, D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), PREPARES LUNCH FOR THE COMPANY IN THE COOKHOUSE

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. CAPTAIN K.R.G. COLEMAN, OFFICER COMMANDING D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE) (1), SHAVES WHILE PRIVATE J.B. CRACE (2), SHOWS HIM REPORTS OF THE ..

A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), EXAMINES A CAPTURED JAPANESE LATE MODEL TYPE 89 MEDIUM TANK, PROBABLY B MODEL WITH A DIESEL ENGINE, WHICH WAS DUG IN AND ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-25. THE METHOD OF STORAGE OF DENTAL STORES AT 54 DENTAL UNIT. THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT THE REQUEST OF DR. WARNER, SCIENTIFIC LIAISON SECTION ATTACHED FIRST ARMY, WHO ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-23. A MATILDA TANK OF A SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, CROSSING THE NEW MCKINNA BRIDGE OVER THE PURIATA RIVER. THIS AUSTRALIAN PANEL BRIDGE WAS THE FIRST OF ITS TYPE USED IN ..

SAPOSA ISLAND, SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-26. A GROUP OF PERSONNEL OF 42 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY