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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 BATTALION.
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
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.
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.
WANDOKAI, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-01. A 7.7MM JAPANESE TYPE 92 MACHINE GUN (WOODPECKER) MOUNTED AND READY FOR ACTION FOUND BY PERSONNEL OF THE 9TH DIVISION SALVAGE UNIT.
KALAI PLANTATION, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-16. CAPTURED JAPANESE WEAPONS A HEADQUARTERS 6TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. THE WEAPON IN THE FOREGROUND IS A 7.7 MM TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" HEAVY MACHINE GUN. IN THE BACKGR
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.
