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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 MAIN DRESSING STATION WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER.
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. 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. 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. 1945-07-21. THE FLOODED CAMP SITE OF 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION, WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER. OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN DELAYED OWING TO THE BUIN ROAD, OUR MAIN SUPPLY ROUTE, BECOMING IMPAS
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-16. BRIG J. FIELD, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMAND, HQ 3 DIVISION, TRAVELLING IN A JEEP ALONG THE MUDDY BUIN ROAD EAST OF THE OGORATA RIVER ON HIS WAY TO VISIT HQ 29 INFANTRY BRIGADE.
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-16. A JEEP PULLING A TRAILER LOADED WITH 44-GALLON DRUMS FOR COLLECTING WATER FROM THE OGORATA RIVER, NEGOTIATING A MUDDY SECTION OF THE BUIN ROAD EAST OF THE RIVER. THE CORDUROY
