The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-29. TOW JEEP DRIVERS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT HAVING A ROUGH RIDE WHEN THEY HOOKED ON TO A TRACTOR TRAIN RUNNING ALONG THE BUIN ROAD, WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER. CONTINUOUS RAIN FOR THE MONTH HAS TURNED ROADS INTO QUAGMIRES DELAYING OUR OPERATIONS.
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-29. A TRACTOR TRAIN OF 29 INFANTRY BRIGADE BOGGED IN THE QUAGMIRE WHICH ONCE WAS THE BUIN ROAD, OUR MAIN SUPPLY ROUTE. AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RAINS TRAFFIC IS HELD UP EAST OF
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-21. JEEPS OF 29 INFANTRY BRIGADE CARRYING STORES WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER AND A TRACTOR TRAIN TRAVELLING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION MEET ON THE NARROW BUIN ROAD, WHICH DUE TO HEA
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-21. NATIVES LOADING RATIONS INTO TRACTOR TRAIN TRAILERS AT THE DETAIL ISSUING DEPOT, HEADQUARTERS 3 SUPPLY DEPOT COMPANY, WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER. OWING TO THE HEAVY RAIN
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 TRACTOR TRAIN OF 3 SUPPLY DEPOT PLATOON, CARRYING FRESH MEAT, BUTTER AND VEGETABLES, MAKING ITS WAY ALONG THE MUDDY BUIN ROAD, EAST OF THE OGORATA RIVER. FRESH RATION
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-31. AN INFANTRYMAN OF 29 INFANTRY BRIGADE LOOKING ALONG THE BUIN ROAD WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER. DUE TO HEAVY RAINS THE ROAD HAS NOW BECOME A QUAGMIRE AND THE ONLY MEANS OF TRAVE
