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A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), EXAMINES A CAPTURED JAPANESE LATE MODEL TYPE 89 MEDIUM TANK, PROBABLY B MODEL WITH A DIESEL ENGINE, WHICH WAS DUG IN AND USED AS A PILLBOX BY THE ENEMY NEAR RURI BAY IN NORTH BOUGAINVILLE. THIS VEHICLE WAS FIRST PRODUCED BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. PRIVATE G H BURNETT LOOKS FROM THE TURRET.
CHABAI/SORAKEN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-16. BRIG J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, INSPECTING A TYPE 89 TANK FOUND BY C COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AIF).The Battalion war diary for
CHABAI/SORAKEN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-16. BRIG J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, INSPECTING A TYPE 89 JAPANESE TANK FOUND BY C COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AIF). (REAR VIEW) The B
CHABAI/SORAKEN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-16. BRIG J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE (3), INSPECTING A TYPE 89 JAPANESE TANK FOUND BY C COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AIF). IDENTIFIED PE
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. PRIVATE G. H. BURNETT, A MEMBER OF A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), HOLDS A TYPE 91 6.5 MM LIGHT MACHINE-GUN TAKEN FROM A JAPANESE
CHABAI/SORAKEN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-16. BRIG J. R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE (2), INSPECTING A TYPE 89 JAPANESE TANK FOUND BY C COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AIF) (REAR VIEW).
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. PRIVATE G. H. BURNETT, A MEMBER OF A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), PEERING THROUGH THE REAR ENTRY HATCH TO THE DRIVING COMPARTMENT
