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Images from the Bougainville
Campaign 1944/45 Page 6
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| Matilda tanks of the 2/4th Armoured Regiment cross the ford over the
Sindou River, on the Buin Road, to support 24th Battalion troops in the relief of an ambushed tractor train, 26 April 1945. (AWM-097229) |
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| In an exercise to strengthen foot muscles, Private Colin Mills, 61st Battalion, plays draughts
with Sergeant Walter Kinninmont, 9th Battalion, at the 2/3rd Convalescent Depot on Bougainville, 26 April 1945. (AWM 097283) |
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| Engineers pass a road sign at Hiru Hiru on the corduroy section of the Buin Road, the main supply route for troops of the 15th Brigade advancing against the Japanese south of the Hongorai River, 16 May 1945.
(AWM 092051) |
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| Corporal Graeme Mills and Private Roy White, 58th/59th Battalion, chat to Private Leslie Fuller while awaiting jeep ambulance transport to the advanced dressing station on 21 May 1945. Private Fuller had been wounded by Japanese artillery south of the Hongorai River.
(AWM 092484) |
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| Men of
57th/60th Battalion carry a case of fresh meat up an escarpment south of the Hongorai River during the advance along Commando Road, 17 May 1945. (AWM 092296) |
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