The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. BODIES OF JAPANESE DEAD, AROUND A TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" MACHINE GUN AFTER 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION HAD CAPTURED TREVOR'S RIDGE. SHOWN: NX127113 PRIVATE E.O. SMITH (1) AND NX127034 SERGEANT B.J. O'DONNELL.
FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. A JAPANESE TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" MACHINE GUN AND BODIES OF DEAD GUN CREW, AFTER A SUCCESSFUL ACTION AT TREVOR'S RIDGE BY THE 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION.
FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. A JAPANESE 7.7MM TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" MACHINE GUN AND BODIES OF DEAD GUN CREW AFTER A SUCCESSFUL ACTION AT TREVOR'S RIDGE BY THE 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTAL
DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-15. SX17120 CORPORAL C. E. BRINE OF THE 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, LOOKING DOWN THE FARIA VALLEY FROM GUY'S POST AFTER THE TREVOR'S RIDGE ACTION.
A forward post in the Ramu Valley. Australian patrol wiped out this Japanese Type 92 'woodpecker' machine gun post. Members of the patrol examine the body of the dead Japanese.
NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. MEMBERS OF THE A.I.F. TEST A JAPANESE TYPE 92 MACHINE GUN CAPTURED ON KOMIATUM RIDGE. THIS TYPE OF MACHINE GUN IS KNOWN TO THE AUSTRALIANS AS THE "WOODPECKER" BACAUSE OF TH
WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-10. TROOPS OF 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION WITH CAPTURED JAPANESE TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" MACHINE-GUN. WEWAK HARBOUR IS IN THE BACKGROUND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE R.J. JAM
