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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 AND OBSERVATION POST. THEY USED THE OBSERVATION POST TO DIRECT THE FIRE OF OUR 25-POUNDERS.
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
ALLIED ADVANCE ON BUNA. ALLIED TROOPS EXAMINING ONE OF TWO JAPANESE 3 INCH NAVAL GUNS USED BY THE ENEMY IN THEIR DEFENCE OF BUNA. THIS GUN WAS CAPTURED BY AUSTRALIANS ON THE AIRSTRIP AT BUNA. IT WAS P
ALLIED ADVANCE ON BUNA. ALLIED TROOPS EXAMINING ONE OF TWO JAPANESE 3-INCH NAVAL GUNS USED BY THE ENEMY IN THEIR DEFENCE OF BUNA. THIS GUN WAS CAPTURED BY AUSTRALIANS ON THE STRIP AT BUNA. IT WAS PROB
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
BUNA. A 25 POUNDER BEING CAMOUFLAGED IN A GUN-PIT FROM WHERE IT CAN SHOOT AT ENEMY PILLBOXES OVER OPEN SIGHTS. AN OFFICER WATCHES FOR ANY MOVEMENT BY THE JAPANESE, SO THAT HE CAN SHOUT A WARNING TO TH
PAPUA. BUNA. A 25 POUNDER BEING CAMOUFLAGED IN A GUN-PIT FORM WHERE IT CAN SHOOT AT ENEMY PILLBOXES OVER OPEN SIGHTS. AN OFFICER WATCHES FOR ANY MOVEMENT BY THE JAPANESE, SO THAT HE CAN SHOUT A WARNIN
