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Manggar, Balikpapan. A Japanese 6inch naval gun which destroyed three A Squadron, 1st Australian Armoured Regiment Matilda tanks. The gun was captured by the 2/14th Battalion. A sign below the barrel reads "A Section D[on] [Company] took this knoll. The Niponese(sic) paid the toll. The organisers captured by 7 Section D Coy 2/14th Battalion under Lt Doyle, 6/7/45". A Japanese helmet, two shells and two springs are close by.
PENADJAM AREA, BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-08-17. MEMBERS OF 7 SECTION, 9 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION. THEY ARE SEATED ON THE BARREL OF A JAPANESE DUAL PURPOSE ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN CAPTURED
MANGGAR, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/14 INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING A JAPANESE 75MM GUN, ON A NAVAL MOUNTING, WHICH WAS CAPTURED BY MEMBERS OF THE UNIT DURING THEIR ADVANCE PAST MAN
MANGGAR, BORNEO, 10 JULY 1945. CORPORAL A E NAGEL, 2/14 INFANTRY BATTALION, LOOKING AT A JAPANESE 75MM GUN, ON A NAVAL MOUNTING, WHICH WAS CAPTURED BY MEMBERS OF THE UNIT DURING THEIR ADVANCE PAST MAN
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-05. TROOPS FIRING AT JAPANESE FROM SLATER'S KNOLL AFTER MATILDA TANKS HAD MOVED THROUGH TO CLEAR THE GULLY RUNNING WEST. SMOKE IN THE BACKGROUND IS FROM A 2-POUNDER TANK ATTACK G
FORTIFICATION POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-08. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THREE ROUNDS OF 75MM HOLLOW CHARGE AMMUNITION FIRED FROM A RANGE OF 150 YARDS BY MEMBERS OF THE 2/14TH FIELD REGIMENT USING A CAPTURED
FORTIFICATION POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-08. THE EFFECT OF THREE ROUNDS OF ARMOUR PIERCING PROJECTILE FIRED FROM A RANGE OF 150 YARDS BY MEMBERS OF THE 2/14TH FIELD REGIMENT USING A CAPTURED JAPANESE
