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BUNA, PAPUA. 1952. AN AMERICAN GENERAL STUART M3 LIGHT TANK ABANDONED AMONGST THE KUNAI GRASS. IN 1942-12 THIS WAS MANNED BY 2/6TH ARMOURED REGIMENT IN SUPPORT OF 2/10TH BATTALION TROOPS ATTACKING JAPANESE POSITIONS NEAR THE OLD AIRSTRIP. (DONOR M. KEARY)
BUNA, PAPUA. 1952. AN AMERICAN GENERAL STUART M3 LIGHT TANK ABANDONED AMONGST THE KUNAI GRASS. IN 1942-12 THIS WAS MANNED BY 2/6TH ARMOURED REGIMENT IN SUPPORT OF 2/10TH BATTALION TROOPS ATTACKING JAP
Australian-manned General Stuart M3 Light Tanks bust Japanese pillboxes in the final assault on Buna. Men of D Company, 2/12th Battalion, close in on tank-blasted Japanese positions. In the foreground
BUNA, PAPUA. 1952. PLAQUE (SINCE REMOVED) INSCRIBED: "18TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE. THE 2ND/10TH BATTALION, SUPPORTED BY AUSTRALIAN TANKS AND ARTILLERY AND BY UNITED STATES INFANTRY, CAPTURED THIS
PAPUA, GIROPA POINT. MEMBERS OF 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION ADVANCE AS GENERAL STUART M3 LIGHT TANKS MANNED BY B SQUADRON, 2/6TH ARMOURED REGIMENT, BLAST JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA.
PAPUA. AUSTRALIAN-MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 LIGHT TANKS ATTACK BUNA. THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN DURING THE ATTACK. AFTER THE FIRST WAVE OF THE TANK ATTACK AT BUNA HAD PASSED. IN THE FOREGROUND ONE OF IT
Australian-manned General Stuart M3 Light Tanks bust Japanese pillboxes in the final assault on Buna. Members of D Company, 2/12th Battalion, await the order to move forward after the tank has finishe
