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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. TROOPER T.J. RYAN LOOKING OUT FROM THE COCKPIT OF A B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT MATILDA TANK WHICH WAS FLOODED WHEN THE TANK WAS CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER.
Bougainville. 30 March 1945. The driver, Trooper T. J. Ryan of Sydney, NSW, looking out from the cockpit of an Australian-manned Matilda tank of B Squadron, 2/4th Armoured Regiment which was flooded w
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. CORPORAL B.A. DENNE (1) AND TROOPER W.R. YOUNG (2), OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, UNLOADING THREE INCH AMMUNITION FROM A MATILDA TANK FOR DRYING AFTER THE INTERIOR WAS FLOODED CR
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. A MATILDA TANK OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT COMING OUT OF THE WATER AFTER CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER DURING THE MOVE FORWARD TO SUPPORT 25 INFANTRY BATTALION.
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. A B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT MATILDA TANK CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER DURING THE ADVANCE FROM TOKO ALONG THE MAIN BUIN ROAD. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL:- TPR D.M. HOPKINS (2)
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. WATER POURING OFF THE HULL OF A MATILDA TANK OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, DURING THE CROSSING OF THE PURIATA RIVER. THE TANKS ARE PART OF A MOVE FORWARD TO SUPPORT 2
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. TANK CREWS OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, WATERPROOFING THEIR MATILDA TANKS PRIOR TO CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER DURING THE MOVE FORWARD TO SUPPORT 25 INFANTRY BATTALIO
