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PAPUA. GONA. 55/53RD INFANTRY BATTALION CREW OF 25 POUNDER UNIT NEAR THE MUZZLE OF THEIR GUN. WHEN THE 25 POUNDERS FIRST ARRIVED BY PLANE AND OPENED FIRE ON THE JAPANESE, TROOPS STOOD UP AND CHEERED AT THE SOUND OF THE FIRST SHELL WHICH SCREAMED OVERHEAD. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
FORWARD OBSERVATION OFFICER WITH 55/53RD BATTALION, LIEUTENANT W. M. FINLEY OF NSW, CLIMBS A TREE TO DIRECT FIRE FROM HIS 25 POUNDER GUN. WHEN THE 25 POUNDERS FIRST ARRIVED BY PLANE AND OPENED FIRE ON
GONA, PAPUA. CHURCH OF ENGLAND PADRE A.E. BEGBIE IN A SMALL BURIAL GROUND IN A CLEARING PUSHING A CROSS INTO THE GROUND AT THE HEAD OF ONE OF THE GRAVES OF SOLDIERS, MANY FROM 55/53RD BATTALION, WHO D
GONA, PAPUA. CHURCH OF ENGLAND PADRE A.E. BEGBIE IN A SMALL BURIAL GROUND IN A CLEARING PUSHING A CROSS INTO THE GROUND AT THE HEAD OF ONE OF THE GRAVES OF SOLDIERS, MANY FROM 55/53RD BATTALION, WHO D
PAPUA - GONA. AUSTRALIANS CAPTURED THE EASTERN PART OF GONA VILLAGE. BURIAL OF JAPANESE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. THIS JAPANESE STAFF CAR WAS FOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF GONA VILLAGE. IT WAS COMPLETELY WRECKED BY MACHINE-GUN AND RIFLE FIRE. THE CAR WAS PORTION OF THE EQUIPMENT CAPTURED BY THE JAPA
PAPUA - GONA. JAPANESE AMMUNITION CAPTURED WHEN THE AUSTRALIANS ATTACKED THE EASTERN PORTION OF GONA VILLAGE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
