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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
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).
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).

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).

Buna, Papua. Australian infantry advance through a coconut plantation near Buna after Australian manned General Stuart tanks had crashed through a chain of heavily fortified, Japanese pillboxes.
