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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. PERSONNEL OF 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION FERRYING A TRAILER LOADED WITH AMMUNITION FOR 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT MATILDA TANKS, SUPPORTING THE BATTALION ADVANCE SOUTH OF THE HONGORAI RIVER. THEY ARE CROSSING THE HONGORAI RIVER AT MAYBERRY'S CROSSING USING A RAFT CONSTRUCTED OF WIRE MESH COVERED WITH A TENT FLY.
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. TROOPS OF 24 INFANTRY BATTALION USING ALL AVAILABLE SPACE ON MATILDA TANKS TO TRANSPORT GEAR TO C COMPANY POSITION ON EGAN'S RIDGE. THEY ARE HOOKING UP AN AMMUNITION TRAILER
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-23. JEEPS AND TRAILERS CROSSING THE POROREI RIVER, TAKING SPARE PARTS FOR REPAIR WORK ON A MATILDA TANK OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, WHICH HAD A MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN WHI
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-08. TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION PUSHING AN IMPROVISED RAFT (WIRE MESH AND A TENT FLY) ACROSS THE PURIATA RIVER WHILE TRANSPORTING A TANK ATTACK GUN TO A FORWARD
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-08. TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION LOADING A TANK ATTACK GUN ON TO IMPROVISED RAFT (WIRE MESH AND A TENT FLY) FOR TRANSPORT TO ONE OF THE UNIT FORWARD COMPANIES SOU
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-20. MEDIUM MACHINE-GUNNERS OF 24 INFANTRY BATTALION CROSSING THE HONGORAI RIVER AT MACKLIN'S CROSSING. THE JEEP AND TRAILER IS LOADED WITH GUNS AND EQUIPMENT DURING THE BATTALION
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. A MATILDA TANK OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT BEING PULLED FROM A BOG BY ANOTHER TANK WHICH HOOKED UP AND HOISTED IT BACK TO THE ROAD DURING THEIR ADVANCE TOWARDS THE HONGORAI RIVE
