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PURIATA RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-03. CORPORAL PARAURI (1), AND CORPORAL KALAMEN (2), MEMBERS OF A COMPANY, NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION, ATTACHED 7 INFANTRY BRIGADE, WHO ARE ENGAGED IN ACTIVE PATROLLING AHEAD OF OUR TROOPS OPERATING IN SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE.
PURIATA RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-03. WARRANT OFFICER II MCCALLUM (1), TALKING TO PATA MANDE, SHORTEST MEMBER OF A COMPANY, NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION, ATTACHED 7 INFANTRY BRIGADE (2), WHO
PURIATA RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-03. NATIVES OF ANGAU, ATTACHED 7 INFANTRY BRIGADE, LOADING 155 MM SHELLS ONTO A TRUCK FOR TRANSPORT TO AN AMMUNITION DUMP AFTER UNLOADING FROM A BARGE AT TOKO
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-26. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (5), ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR OFFICERS, CROSSING THE MCKINNA BRIDGE OVER THE PURIATA R
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-04-04. A MATILDA TANK FROM 8 TROOP, B SQUADRON, 2/4TH ARMOURED REGIMENT, CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER, WITH THE OLD MCKINNA BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND. THE TANKS MOVED UP FROM TOKO ALON
TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-28. MAJOR F.G.B. PULLEN, 3 DIVISION (1), WITH HEADQUARTERS 7 INFANTRY BRIGADE PERSONNEL AT THE TOKO COMMAND AREA, WHERE ALL STORES AND TROOPS OPERATING IN THE SOUTH BOUGAIN
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-04-04. A MATILDA TANK FROM 8 TROOP, B SQUADRON, 2/4TH ARMOURED REGIMENT ENTERING THE PURIATA RIVER AFTER IT HAD BEEN WATERPROOFED BY THE CREW. THE TROOP MOVED UP FROM TOKO ALONG THE
