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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-06. A BULLDOZER, WORKING WITH 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS, DIGGING A COMMUNAL GRAVE IN A GULLY RUNNING WEST FROM SLATER'S KNOLL, TO BURY JAPANESE TROOPS KILLED IN THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK. THE SITES WERE SIGNPOSTED TO INDICATE THE NUMBER BURIED. DEAD JAPANESE LIE SCATTERED ABOUT THE AREA.
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-06. A GENERAL VIEW SHOWING GULLY RUNNING WEST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SLATER'S KNOLL, WHERE TANKS SUPPORTED BY 25 INFANTRY BATTALION MOPPED UP THE REMAINING JAPANESE. TROOPS AND BUL
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-06. 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS PLACING JAPANESE BODIES INTO A COMMON GRAVE DUG BY A BULLDOZER. THESE MEN DIED IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE SLATER'S KNOLL (RESTRICTED).
Members of 58/59 Battalion use a bulldozer to bury the bodies of 125 Japanese soldiers in a common grave. The Japanese soldiers died in an unsuccessful attempt to capture Slater's Knoll on 5 April 194
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-06. JAPANESE DEAD SCATTERED THROUGH THE AREA AFTER THEIR ATTACK AGAINST SLATER'S KNOLL. THE POSITION HELD BY B COMPANY, 25 INFANTRY BATTALION IS IN THE BACKGROUND.
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-05. TROOPS FIRING AT JAPANESE FROM SLATER'S KNOLL AFTER MATILDA TANKS HAD MOVED THROUGH TO CLEAR THE GULLY RUNNING WEST. SMOKE IN THE BACKGROUND IS FROM A 2-POUNDER TANK ATTACK G
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-06. 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS PLACING JAPANESE BODIES IN A GRAVE FOR COMMON BURIAL. THE ENEMY LOST 311 MEN IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO TAKE SLATER'S KNOLL.
