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SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-21. PRIVATE A. O'CONNOR, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION TAKING THE MAIL ALONG THE BUIN ROAD TO THE FIELD POST OFFICE WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER, FOUND THE GOING A LOT EASIER IN THE MUD BY ROLLING UP HIS TROUSERS. THE CONDITIONS WERE CAUSED BY 20 INCHES OF RAIN IN JULY.
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-21. TROOPS OF 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, PLOUGHING THEIR WAY ALONG THE BUIN ROAD WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER. THE MUDDY CONDITIONS WERE CAUSED BY 20 INCHES OF RAIN IN JULY. IDENT
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-29. GUNNER W. JONES, 2 FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY, FOUND IT HARD GOING THROUGH HEAVY MUD ON THE BUIN ROAD, WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER, CARRYING HIS GEAR WHILE ON
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-16. SAPPER H. BISH, 6 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ATTACHED 3 DIVISION, USING A VOLUME GUN TO GREASE THE TRACK BEARINGS OF A BULLDOZER. HE IS WORKING ON THE BUIN ROAD EAST OF TH
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. TROOPS OF V FIELD SECURITY SECTION, ATTACHED 3 DIVISION, ASSISTING TO PULL A BOGGED JEEP AND TRAILER OUT OF ONE OF THE MANY MUD HOLES ON THE BUIN ROAD, BETWEEN THE OGOR
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-21. NATIVE CARRIERS SQUELCHING THROUGH MUD EVACUATING A BATTLE CASUALTY OF 15 INFANTRY BATTALION TO THE MAIN DRESSING STATION WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER. TWENTY INCHES OF RA
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-29. A JAPANESE PRIME MOVER BEING USED BY 29 INFANTRY BRIGADE, WALLOWING THROUGH ONE OF THE MANY MUD HOLES IN THE BUIN ROAD, WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER. TRACKED VEHICLES ARE
