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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 THE JAPANESE, TROOPS STOOD UP AND CHEERED AT THE SOUND OF THE FIRST SHELL WHICH SCREAMED OVERHEAD.
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 A
AN AUSTRALIAN CLIMBING TO A JAPANESE OBSERVATION POST BUILT HIGH UP IN A TREE TO ALLOW THE ENEMY TO DIRECT THE FIRE OF TWO 3-INCH NAVAL GUNS AGAINST ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCING ON BUNA. AUSTRALIANS CAPTUR
AN AUSTRALIAN CLIMBING TO A JAPANESE POST BUILT HIGH UP IN A TREE TO ALLOW THE ENEMY TO DIRECT THE FIRE OF TWO 3-INCH NAVAL GUNS AGAINST ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCING ON BUNA. AUSTRALIANS CAPTURED THE GUNS
BULATAGI, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-31. OBSERVATION POST OFFICER, NX71707 LIEUTENANT M.H. SLATER, D TROOP, 28TH FIELD BATTERY, (2) DIRECTING THE FIRE OF THE UNIT 25 POUNDERS FROM A FEATURE SOME 8000 YARDS F
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 2 May 1944. A soldier mans a .50 Browning machine gun on one of the three Motor Launches (MLs) that fired on Japanese hutments and gun positions on the shore during a sweep of
Alexishafen, New Guinea. 2 May 1944. The 2-pounder gun (right) on a motor launch in action against Japanese gun positions on the coast north of Alexishafen. Three Motor Launches (MLs) made a sweep of
