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CHABAI/SORAKEN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-16. BRIG J. R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE (2), INSPECTING A TYPE 89 JAPANESE TANK FOUND BY C COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AIF) (REAR VIEW). IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: MAJOR (MAJ) D. R. MILSON (1); MAJ P. C. TAYLOR, MEDIUM TANK REGIMENT (3); LIEUTENANT COLONEL (LT COL) B. J. CALLINAN, COMMANDING OFFICER, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (4).
The Battalion war diary for 14 June 1945 notes: "At 1230L a patrol located an enemy tank at 326708, the tank was dug in and in good mechanical condition except for a missing generator. The tanks was a type similar to that found at RURI BAY (medium tank model 89 B (1929)). The 57 mm gun and ammunition is on the ground beside the tank. " AWM 52/8/3/64/21 March June 1945 folio 86. This photograph shows the rear deck of the tank.
CHABAI/SORAKEN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-16. BRIG J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, INSPECTING A TYPE 89 JAPANESE TANK FOUND BY C COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AIF). (REAR VIEW) The B
CHABAI/SORAKEN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-16. BRIG J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE (3), INSPECTING A TYPE 89 JAPANESE TANK FOUND BY C COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AIF). IDENTIFIED PE
CHABAI/SORAKEN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-16. BRIG J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, INSPECTING A TYPE 89 TANK FOUND BY C COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AIF).The Battalion war diary for
A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), EXAMINES A CAPTURED JAPANESE LATE MODEL TYPE 89 MEDIUM TANK, PROBABLY B MODEL WITH A DIESEL ENGINE, WHICH WAS DUG IN AND USE
CHABAI/SORAKEN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-16. A DUG-IN SIGNAL SWITCH BOARD AT 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AIF) TACTICAL HEADQUARTERS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SIGNALMAN T. FAEHRMAN (1); SGT N.L. DOWNEY
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. PRIVATE G. H. BURNETT, A MEMBER OF A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), PEERING THROUGH THE REAR ENTRY HATCH TO THE DRIVING COMPARTMENT
