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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 RAIN IN THREE WEEKS MADE THE ROADS IMPASSABLE TO JEEP AMBULANCE.
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-21. A BATTLE CASUALTY OF 15 INFANTRY BATTALION, PROTECTED FROM THE WEATHER BY A BANANA LEAF, BEING CONVEYED BY NATIVE STRETCHER BEARERS ALONG THE MUDDY BUIN ROAD TO THE MAI
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
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-21. PRIVATE L.N. DENNIS (1) AND PRIVATE C. ROBERTSON (2), MEMBERS OF 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION, SALVAGING GEAR FROM THEIR FLOODED TWO-MAN TENT AT A COMPANY POSITION WEST OF
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 M
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-21. A 3-TON VEHICLE OF 2/11 FIELD REGIMENT TOWING A JEEP ACROSS THE FLOODED OGORATA RIVER. OWING TO HEAVY RAINFALL THE RIVERS ARE NOW IMPASSABLE TO JEEP TRAFFIC.
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
