P00071.009 Accession Number: P00071.009

P00071.008

Photograph P00071.008 Second World War, 1939-1945

WATER POINT, PURIATA RIVER, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08.

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Photograph 018371 Second World War, 1939-1945

Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945. An engineering triumph in New Guinea. Bush timber and wire mesh was used to build this nine ton bridge across the Puriata River. The old McKinna Bridge was complet

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Photograph 079972 Second World War, 1939-1945

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-26. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1) CROSSES THE PURIATA RIVER

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Photograph 090314 Second World War, 1939-1945

PURIATA RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-03. LT D. KINNA, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, STANDING NEXT TO THE MCKINNA BRIDGE SIGNPOST. THE BRIDGE IS NAMED AFTER LT-COL J.G. MCKINNA, COMMANDING OFFICER 25

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Photograph 079973 Second World War, 1939-1945

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLAND. 1945-03-26. PHOTOGRAPHERS AND WAR CORRESPONDENTS CROSS THE PURIATA RIVER ON THE OLD MCKINNA BRIDGE TO RECORD THE VISIT OF VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, C

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Photograph 090315 Second World War, 1939-1945

Puriata River, Bougainville Island. 1945-04-03. A tractor of 15th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, towing a carryall across the old McKinna Bridge. The carryall was used for top dressing roa