The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-20. NATIVE CARRIERS WERE THE FIRST TO REAP THE HARVEST OF SWEET POTATOES (KAU KAU), FROM JAPANESE GARDENS AFTER THE 24 INFANTRY BATTALION HAD ADVANCED SOUTH OF THE HONGORAI RIVER. THE NATIVES ARE WASHING THE POTATOES IN PREPARATION FOR COOKING.
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. TROOPS OF 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION REAPING THE HARVEST OF SWEET POTATOES FROM A JAPANESE GARDEN ALONG THE BUIN ROAD SOUTH OF THE HONGORAI RIVER. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PR
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-20. NATIVE CARRIERS TRANSPORTING A 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION BATTLE CASUALTY BACK TO THE ADVANCED DRESSING STATION DURING THE DRIVE AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE.
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-05-18. PRIVATE J.W. BARRETT, B COMPANY, 57/60 INFANTRY BATTALION, BEING CARRIED BY NATIVES ACROSS A FAST FLOWING RIVER ON HIS WAY BACK TO AN ADVANCED DRESSING STATION. HE WAS WOUNDE
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-22. LANCE-CORPORAL R. STONE (1), AND NATIVE CARRIERS MOVING ALONG HATAI TRACK WITH ROLLS OF BARBED WIRE FOR A COMPANY, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, DURING THE BATTALION'S PUSH SOUTH TO
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-05-31. NATIVE CARRIERS CROSSING THE HONGORAI RIVER ON THEIR WAY FROM NIHERO TO MORAKAIMORO WHERE THE 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON ARE OPERATING AGAINST THE JAPANESE.
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-20. TROOPS CARRYING PORTABLE FLAME THROWERS MOVING ALONG THE TRACK TO A COMPANY, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, DURING THE BATTALION'S OUTFLANKING MOVE AROUND JAPANESE FORCES ALONG THE B
