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COCONUT KNOLL, KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. A 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION MEDIUM MACHINE-GUN PUMPING THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF ENEMY-HELD KIARIVU VILLAGE WHICH IS SEEN ON THE HIGHER FEATURE IN THE BACKGROUND. THE UNIT IS ESTABLISHED ASTRIDE BIG ROAD AND CONTROLS THE KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND.
COCONUT KNOLL, KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. THE NORTHERN END OF KIARIVU VILLAGE STILL BEING HELD BY THE ENEMY. THE JAPANESE NATIVE HUTS CAN BE SEEN THROUGH THE COCONUT TREES. 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALIO
COCONUT KNOLL, KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. CPL K. ARMSTRONG (1), AND PTE F. FOGARTY (2), MEMBERS OF 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION, SCOUTING AND OBSERVING FOR ANY JAPANESE MOVEMENT IN THE NORTHERN END OF
COCONUT KNOLL, KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. PRIVATE I.E. JONES, 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION, QUENCHING HIS THIRST FROM A COCONUT, BEFORE THE LONG HIKE DOWN THE KNOLL TO WATER. THE UNIT IS ESTABLISHED A
COCONUT KNOLL, KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. MEMBERS OF 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION READING A COPY OF THE ARMY NEWSPAPER, GUINEA GOLD, DROPPED BY AN ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT ON THEIR POSITION
KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. A 75MM GUN BEING HAULED UP THE BIG ROAD TO A POSITION 300 YARDS EAST OF THE EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND WHERE DIRECT FIRE CAN BE GIVEN ONTO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE JAPANE
KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-06. WITH THE OCCUPATION OF A FEATURE WHICH COMMANDED GROUND AROUND THE KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND, THE FIRST AIR DROP OF FOOD TO TROOPS OF 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION ON
