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WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-15. PRIVATE CRANIS, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION CHECKING OVER WHAT WAS A WELL SITED JAPANESE TYPE 92 WOODPECKER MACHINE-GUN. THE MISSION AND AREA WAS VERY HEAVILY DEFENDED WITH A VARIETY OF WEAPONS, INCLUDING 75 MILLIMETRE DUAL PURPOSE GUNS AND OTHERS RECOVERED FROM AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN AND BOMBED ON THE WEWAK AIRSTRIP.
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-15. PRIVATE C.F. SADLER, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING A BROWNING MACHINE-GUN. THE MISSION AND AREA WAS VERY HEAVILY DEFENDED WITH A VARIETY OF WEAPON
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-15. A TUNNELLED DUGOUT BEHIND A 20 MILLIMETRE GUN. IT IS ONE OF A VARIETY OF WEAPONS USED BY THE JAPANESE FORCES AGAINST 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS. T
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-15. PRIVATE J.A. DONNELLY, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION INSPECTING A 20 MILLIMETRE GUN. IT IS ONE OF A VARIETY OF WEAPONS USED BY JAPANESE FORCES FROM ENTRENCH
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-15. CORPORAL W.G. WEAVE, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, SETTING A GRENADE BOOBY TRAP TO ILLUSTRATE ONE OF THE DEFENCE MEASURES USED BY THE JAPANESE IN THEIR DEF
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-15. 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS STANDING BESIDE GUNS TO PIN- POINT THE HEAVILY DEFENDED POSITIONS USED BY JAPANESE FORCES DURING THEIR DEFENCE OF THE A
WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-12. CORPORAL C.S. PROSSER (1) AND PRIVATE W.F. RYLES (2), 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION MEMBERS, CLEANING WEAPONS OUTSIDE THEIR "DOOVERS" (TEMPORARY STRUCTURES). WIRUI MISSIO
