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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 ENEMY-HELD KIARIVU VILLAGE. 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. 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 BACKGROU
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. TROOPS OF 15 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING ACROSS THE LAST NATURAL BARRIER TO THE EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND DURING THEIR TREK FROM BERIMU TO THE KIA
