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BOUGAINVILLE: 30 MARCH 1945. PRIOR TO CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER THE AUSTRALIAN MANNED MATILDA TANKS OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT WERE MADE WATERPROOF BY THE USE OF THICK GREASE. TANK 72754 IS IN THE FOREGROUND.
Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 30 March 1945. Prior to crossing the Puriata River the Australian-manned Matilda tanks of B Squadron, 2/4th Armoured Regiment were made waterproof by the use of thick gr
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. TANK CREWS OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, WATERPROOFING THEIR MATILDA TANKS PRIOR TO CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER DURING THE MOVE FORWARD TO SUPPORT 25 INFANTRY BATTALIO
Bougainville. 30 March 1945. The driver, Trooper T. J. Ryan of Sydney, NSW, looking out from the cockpit of an Australian-manned Matilda tank of B Squadron, 2/4th Armoured Regiment which was flooded w
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. TANK CREWS OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, LIFTING ENGINE FLAPS TO WATERPROOF THE ENGINES BEFORE CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER TO SUPPORT 25 INFANTRY BATTALION. THIS IS TH
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. WATER POURING OFF THE HULL OF A MATILDA TANK OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, DURING THE CROSSING OF THE PURIATA RIVER. THE TANKS ARE PART OF A MOVE FORWARD TO SUPPORT 2
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. TROOPER T.J. RYAN LOOKING OUT FROM THE COCKPIT OF A B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT MATILDA TANK WHICH WAS FLOODED WHEN THE TANK WAS CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER.
