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BORAM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-11-21. INFORMAL GROUP PORTRAIT OF COMPANY OFFICERS OF 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION

SAMANSO ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-11-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE 17TH ARMY. HIGH RANKING JAPANESE OFFICERS WERE DETAINED IN A CONCENTRATION AREA ON THE ISLAND AFTER THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. TWO BULLDOZERS TOWING A B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT MATILDA TANK THROUGH THE PURIATA RIVER AFTER IT HAD BECOME BOGGED IN THE SOFT SAND BOTTOM

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-05. TROOPS COVERING MATILDA TANKS FROM SLATER'S KNOLL, FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF A JAPANESE COUNTER ATTACK AGAINST BATTALION HQ AND B COMPANY, 25 INFANTRY BATTALION. THE ..

Pte James Stanley (Jim) Perejuan of Geraldton, WA, resting on the edge of his dugout on Slater's Knoll after the failure of a fierce Japanese counter attack against Battalion HQ and B Company, 25 ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-05. TROOPS FIRING AT JAPANESE FROM SLATER'S KNOLL AFTER MATILDA TANKS HAD MOVED THROUGH TO CLEAR THE GULLY RUNNING WEST. SMOKE IN THE BACKGROUND IS FROM A 2-POUNDER TANK ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07-11. AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSEMEN AGAIN. REVIVING THE AUSTRALIAN TRADITION OF FINE HORSEMANSHIP BUILT BY THE FAMOUS LIGHT HORSEMEN OF THE LAST WAR, AN AUSTRALIAN LIGHT ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-05. 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS MOVING THROUGH A GULLY, COVERED BY B SQUADRON 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT MATILDA TANKS, DURING ATTACK AGAINST JAPANESE FORCES WHO HAD OCCUPIED THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-05. 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS SIPPING A BREW AFTER THE MAIN ATTACK IN THE SLATER'S KNOLL LOCALITY HAD ENDED AND WHILE MOPPING UP OPERATIONS WERE CONTINUING. CPL C.R. HOCKEY ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-05. DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS SCATTERED OVER THE AREA AFTER THE ATTACK AGAINST 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS ON SLATER'S KNOLL. LATER INTERROGATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR REVEALED ..

Troops of 25 Battalion searching Japanese bodies for documents and equipment after the action on Slater's Knoll. A bulldozer was brought forward to dig graves after the search. The soldier standing ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-06. A BULLDOZER, WORKING WITH 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS, DIGGING A COMMUNAL GRAVE IN A GULLY RUNNING WEST FROM SLATER'S KNOLL, TO BURY JAPANESE TROOPS KILLED IN THEIR ..