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SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, CONSOLIDATING THEIR POSITION ON THE "PIMPLE". THIS POSITION WAS ORIGINALLY HEAVILY WOODED, BUT ALL THAT REMAINED AFTER THE BATTLE WERE THESE BATTERED TREE STUMPS, SMASHED BY CONSTANT ARTILLERY FIRE AND AERIAL BOMBARDMENT. IN THE FINAL ATTACK 25 POUNDERS FIRED OVER 3000 ROUNDS IN TO THIS POSITION.
SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, CONSOLIDATING THEIR POSITION ON THE "PIMPLE". THIS POSITION WAS ORIGINALLY H
SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE DIGGING IN AND CONSOLIDATING THEIR NEW POSITIONS ON THE "PIMPLE" AFTER IT'S C
SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE DIGGING IN AND CONSOLIDATING THEIR NEW POSITIONS ON THE "PIMPLE" AFTER IT'S C
Looking along Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea, to the “Pimple” which was captured by the 2/16th infantry Battalion on 27 December 1943. The “Pimple” was subjected to heavy aerial bombing and also battered b
SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE DIGGING IN AND CONSOLIDATING THEIR NEW POSITIONS ON THE "PIMPLE" AFTER IT'S C
SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE DIGGING IN AND CONSOLIDATING THEIR NEW POSITIONS ON THE "PIMPLE" AFTER IT'S C
