The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PURIATA RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-03. LT D. KINNA, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, STANDING NEXT TO THE MCKINNA BRIDGE SIGNPOST. THE BRIDGE IS NAMED AFTER LT-COL J.G. MCKINNA, COMMANDING OFFICER 25 INFANTRY BATTALION.
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-23. A MATILDA TANK OF A SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, CROSSING THE MCKINNA BRIDGE OVER THE PURIATA RIVER. NAMED AFTER THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF 25 INFANTRY BATTALION, THIS AUS
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-20. 15 FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS SAPPERS CLEARING THE DAMAGE TO MCKINNA BRIDGE OVER THE PURIATA RIVER AFTER A JAPANESE PATROL WHICH PENETRATED 3500 YARDS BEHIND OU
Puriata River, Bougainville Island. 1945-04-03. A tractor of 15th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, towing a carryall across the old McKinna Bridge. The carryall was used for top dressing roa
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-26. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J.G. MCKINNA, 25 INFANTRY BATTALION.
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-26. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (5), ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR OFFICERS, CROSSING THE MCKINNA BRIDGE OVER THE PURIATA R
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-06. LIEUTENANT COLONEL J.G. MCKINNA, COMMANDING OFFICER, 25 INFANTRY BATTALION (3), WITH SENIOR OFFICERS VIEWING THE SCENE OF ACTION ON SLATER'S KNOLL. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:-
