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Pictorial records of the
Bougainville Campaign Page 5
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| Men of 15th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, manhandle steel beams during the construction of a box girder bridge over Dawe's Creek which would
carry tanks and transport in support of the attack along Buin Road, 18 April 1945. (AWM 097048) |
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| Corporal David Hughan, with the aid of two local men, uses a tractor to drag logs into the Australian Forestry Unit sawmill, Bougainville, 29 March 1945. (AWM
018286) |
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| Warrant Officer
II Francis Gwynne and Private Joseph Hellyer of 25th Battalion fire 2-pounder armour-piercing shells from Slater's Knoll during action against Japanese who had dug in after their attack on battalion HO and B
Company, 5 April 1945. The Japanese were cleared out later by tank action.
(AWM 090347) |
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| Troops of the 25th Battalion search Japanese bodies for documents and equipment after the action on Slater's Knoll, 6 April 1945. (AWM 090365) |
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| A scene from the performance
piece A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody, part of a concert staged by forty-five members of the 7th Field Ambulance for the entertainment of unit personnel, patients and nearby units,12-13 April 1945, Torokina. Left to right: Private Robert McDermant, Sergeant Selwyn Savage, Private Kevin Boyle, Corporal Douglas Siggs, Private James Power, Private Alan Locke and Private Norman Gee.
(AWM 090609) |
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