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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. CAPTAIN K.M. ESAU, A COMPANY, 2/3 PIONEER BATTALION, EXAMINES A JAPANESE 75 MILLIMETRE ARTILLERY SHELL WHICH WAS USED AS A GRENADE AND THROWN BY HOLDING THE ROPE. ONE OF THESE SHELLS THROWN INTO 2/3 PIONEER BATTALION AREA KILLED TWO MEMBERS OF THE UNIT, AND TWO JAPANESE MARINES.
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS BESIDE A CAPTURED 75 MILLIMETRE JAPANESE GUN AT API. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE J.R. NINHAM, (1); PRIVATE K.W. ROBINSON, (2); SAPPER
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. PRIVATE J.A. STORE, A COMPANY, 2/3 PIONEER BATTALION, (3), AND PRIVATE A.E. WALTERS, 2/2 MACHINE-GUN BATTALION, (4), ESCORT A BOMB HAPPY (SHELL SHOCKED) CHINAMAN WHO CAME
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. CORPORAL NORM ROSE, 2/33 BATTALION, HOLDING A 75 MILLIMETRE JAPANESE SHELL FOUND IN A GUN POSITION ON IORIBAIWA RIDGE.
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-15. CORPORAL W.G. WEAVE, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, SETTING A GRENADE BOOBY TRAP TO ILLUSTRATE ONE OF THE DEFENCE MEASURES USED BY THE JAPANESE IN THEIR DEF
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. WARRANT OFFICER II, N.R. CLYNE, (1), WITH SIGNALMAN J.P. SHEEHAN, (2), TAKING MESSAGES AT A COMPANY, HEADQUARTERS 2/3 PIONEER BATTALION, WHILE CAMPED AT COLLINS HIGHWAY.
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-15. THE GRAVE OF PRIVATE T.D. PRIORA, 2/3 PIONEER BATTALION, WHERE HE WAS KILLED IN THE FIGHTING FOR HELEN FEATURE AFTER HE HAD PENETRATED PAST TWO JAPANESE MACHINE-GUN POSITI
