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WIRUI MISSION, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. REMAINING MEMBERS OF NO. 5 SECTION, NO. 8 PLATOON, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO WERE IN THE ACTION ON WIRUI MISSION FEATURES, 1945-05-15, WHEN PTE E. KENNA EARNED HIS VICTORIA CROSS. OF THE EIGHT ORIGINAL MEMBERS, THREE HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AND PTE E. KENNA, WHO WAS WOUNDED THREE WEEKS AFTER THE ACTION, IS IN HEIDELBERG MILITARY HOSPITAL. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PTE E.A. RAU (1); PTE J.J. KENNA, BROTHER OF PTE E. KENNA (2); PTE F.C. HOBBS (5); PTE T.E. BARRETT (4).
WIRUI MISSION, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. PTE J.J. KENNA, NO. 5 SECTION, NO. 8 PLATOON, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, BROTHER OF PTE E. KENNA, ALSO OF NO. 5 SECTION, NO. 8 PLATOON, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO
WIRUI MISSION, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. ON 1945-05-15, DURING THE ATTACK ON THE WIRUI MISSION FEATURES, TWO JAPANESE WEAPON PITS CONTAINING HEAVY MACHINE-GUNS PINNED DOWN TWO SECTIONS OF NO. 8 PLATOON,
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEW OF THE FEATURE WHERE PRIVATE E. KENNA VC, NO.5 SECTION, NO.8 PLATOON, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION EARNED THE VICTORIA CROSS ON THE 1945
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. JAPANESE WATER COOLED .5 INCH BROWNING TYPE HEAVY MACHINE-GUN, FOUND IN ONE OF THE TWO JAPANESE WEAPON PITS WHICH PINNED DOWN TWO SECTIONS OF NO.8 PL
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. JAPANESE AIR COOLED .5 INCH BROWNING TYPE HEAVY MACHINE-GUN, FOUND IN ONE OF THE TWO JAPANESE WEAPON PITS WHICH PINNED DOWN TWO SECTIONS OF NO.8 PLAT
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. THE TWO FIGURES IN THIS PICTURE INDICATE THE POSITION OF SECTION NO.5, NO.8 PLATOON, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, IN RELATION TO THE JAPANESE WEAPON PITS
