The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-02. TARAKAN HILL BEING SHELLED BY FIRE DIRECTED FROM AN OBSERVATION POST OPERATED BY 13 BATTERY, 2/7 FIELD REGIMENT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY AND SITUATED ON HORSESHOE RIDGE. TWO PLATOONS FROM D COMPANY, 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING THROUGH THE FLAT GROUND WERE FORCED TO WITHDRAW BECAUSE OF HEAVY OPPOSITION SNIPER FIRE.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-02. PRIVATE K.D. PIGRAM, (1), WITH PRIVATE J.C.O. CLARKE, (2), FIRING A VICKERS MEDIUM MACHINE-GUN AT JAPANESE POSITIONS ON TARAKAN HILL, DURING THE FIGHTING FOR TARAKA
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-02. 2 SECTION MORTAR PLATOON, ATTACHED TO D COMPANY, 2/23RD INFANTRY BATTALION, ON HORSESHOE KNOLL DIRECTING MORTAR FIRE ONTO TARAKAN HILL, DURING THE FIGHTING FOR TARA
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-02. DURING THE FIGHTING FOR TARAKAN HILL AND OILFIELDS, MEMBERS OF 1 SECTION, 2 PLATOON ATTACHED D COMPANY, 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION, GIVE SUPPORTING FIRE TO D COMPANY P
View of the flat Vietnamese countryside from the Fire Support Base (FSB) on Horseshoe Hill. Fortifications visible in the foreground comprise trenches and, at left, a heavily sandbagged gun position.
Hill 355 area, Korea, 1952-04. View of 'Jive Ridge' from the position occupied by D Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), on 'Cemetery Ridge'. Defended by the battalion's 2 and
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-02. A TANK MANNED BY 13 TROOP, 2/9 ARMED REGIMENT PERSONNEL MOVES UP TO HORSESHOE KNOLL PAST MEN OF THE 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON WHO ARE ALSO MOVING UP TO SUPPORT D COMPAN
