The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 TANK CAPTURED NEAR RURI BAY, NORTH BOUGAINVILLE. THIS GUN IS HOPPER FED FROM THE TOP.
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
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 USE
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), MOVING THROUGH KUNAI GRASS IN THE RURI BAY AREA, NORTH BOUGAINVILLE. TROOPS OF 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), MOVING THROUGH KUNAI GRASS IN THE RURI BAY AREA, NORTH BOUGAINVILLE. TROOPS OF 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. RURI HEAD VIEWED FROM A TREE OBSERVATION POST AT D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE).
Type 11 Light Machine Gun. Gas operated, fully automatic weapon, firing from an open bolt. All steel construction body with an air cooled barrel. Barrel has machine turned 'Hotchkiss-style' disc fins
