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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 ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-09. WO I, C. MURRAY, PRESIDENT OF THE SGTS MESS, HQ 2 CORPS (3), WITH SENATOR J.M. FRASER, ACTING MINISTER FOR THE ARMY (2), AND WO I, G. MATHESON, VICE-PRESIDENT OF ..

DAGUA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-04. A NATIVE FOOD LINE, ESCORTED BY 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS, COMMENCING THE LONG AND TEDIOUS CLIMB OVER "1410" FEATURE AS THEY MOVE SUPPLIES TO FORWARD TROOPS ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-11. LT-GEN J. NORTHCOTT, CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF (4), WITH A GROUP OF OFFICERS ABOUT TO LEAVE PIVA AIRSTRIP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- BRIG S.F. LEGGE (1); ..

RUSEI, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08. A WARNING "TINKLER" ON THE WIRE JUST FORWARD OF THE GUN POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY NO. 4 BATTERY, 2ND FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY. THE SHELLCASE, WHICH HAS A ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-11. SQUADRON LDR J. O'BRIEN, RAAF (1), AND HIS CREW STANDING BEFORE THEIR LIBERATOR WHICH TOOK SENATOR J. M. FRASER, ACTING MINISTER FOR THE ARMY, AND PARTY, BACK TO ..