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Photograph 013934 Second World War, 1939-1945PAPUA. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIGHTING. THE TANKS CRASHED THROUGH A JAPANESE CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED PILLBOXES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PAPUA. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIGHTING. THE TANKS CRASHED THROUGH A JAPANESE CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED PILLBOXES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
PAPUA. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIGHTING. THE TANKS CRASHED THROUGH A JAPANESE CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED PILLBOXES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

ALLIED INFANTRY FOLLOWED THE TANKS IN PAPUA. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIGHTING. THE TANKS CRASHED THROUGH A JAPANESE CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED PILLBOXES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIGHTING. THE TANKS CRASHED THROUGH A JAPANESE CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED PILLBOXES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

PAPUA, GIROPA POINT AREA. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN WAIT WHILST AUSTRALIAN TANKS FORGE AHEAD AGAINST A CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED JAPANESE PILLBOXES. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN DURING THE ACTUAL FIGHTING.

BUNA AREA, PAPUA. SOLDIERS IN BATTLE. TANKS HAVE CRASHED THROUGH A JAPANESE CHAIN OF HEAVILY FORTIFIED PILLBOXES. (PHOTOGRAPHER: G. SILK).

Australian manned M3 Stuart light tanks in action leading to the final assault on Buna, Papua, during which they crashed through a Japanese chain of heavily fortified pillboxes.
