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Photograph 072749 Second World War, 1939-1945MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. JAPANESE TRUCKS ABANDONED BEYOND BOGADJIM ON THE ROAD TO MADANG WHICH WERE CAPTURED BY THE ADVANCE OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION.

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MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. MEMBERS OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION BESIDE AN ABANDONED JAPANESE STAFF CAR OUTSIDE NATIVE HUTS ON BOARD THE BOGADJIM ROAD NEAR BOGADJIM. THE HUTS WERE USED AS A JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX89776 PRIVATE C. V. HOOPER (1); V23147 PRIVATE R. OTTEA (2); VX142249 CORPORAL R. G. THOMPSON (3); SERGEANT WELLINGTON, ARMY PUBLIC RELATIONS (4).
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. JAPANESE TRUCKS ABANDONED BEYOND BOGADJIM ON THE ROAD TO MADANG WHICH WERE CAPTURED BY THE ADVANCE OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION.

BOGADJIM, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. VX81112 LIEUTENANT G. H. ATKINSON (1), WHO LED A PATROL FROM C COMPANY, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION, HAVING COFFEE WITH MEMBERS OF HIS PATROL AT A SALVATION ARMY RED S

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. JAPANESE TRUCKS, ABANDONED IN A RUBBER PLANTATION AT BOGADJIM, WHICH WERE CAPTURED DURING THE ADVANCE OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION.

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. A JAPANESE TRUCK, ABANDONED IN A RUBBER PLANTATION AT BOGADJIM, WHICH WAS CAPTURED DURING THE ADVANCE OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION.
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. A JAPANESE TRUCK, ABANDONED IN A RUBBER AND COPRA PLANTATION AT BOGADJIM, WHICH WAS CAPTURED WITH OTHER VEHICLES DURING THE ADVANCE OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION.

YAULA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-09. VX87461 PRIVATE J. CLARKE, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PLACES SCENES IN AN OVEN ALONGSIDE THE BOGADJIM ROAD. THE OVEN HAS BEEN IMPROVISED FROM ABANDONED JAPANESE PATROL
