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COCONUT KNOLL, KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. MEMBERS OF 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION READING A COPY OF THE ARMY NEWSPAPER, GUINEA GOLD, DROPPED BY AN ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT ON THEIR POSITION. THE UNIT IS ESTABLISHED ASTRIDE BIG ROAD AND CONTROLS THE KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE R.E. COTTON (1); PRIVATE B. HARDING (2); PRIVATE G.M. JAY (3); PRIVATE D.L. WALKER (4).
COCONUT KNOLL, KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. PRIVATE I.E. JONES, 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION, QUENCHING HIS THIRST FROM A COCONUT, BEFORE THE LONG HIKE DOWN THE KNOLL TO WATER. THE UNIT IS ESTABLISHED A
COCONUT KNOLL, KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. THE NORTHERN END OF KIARIVU VILLAGE STILL BEING HELD BY THE ENEMY. THE JAPANESE NATIVE HUTS CAN BE SEEN THROUGH THE COCONUT TREES. 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALIO
COCONUT KNOLL, KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. A 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION MEDIUM MACHINE-GUN PUMPING THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF ENEMY-HELD KIARIVU VILLAGE WHICH IS SEEN ON THE HIGHER FEATURE IN THE BACKGROU
COCONUT KNOLL, KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. CPL K. ARMSTRONG (1), AND PTE F. FOGARTY (2), MEMBERS OF 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION, SCOUTING AND OBSERVING FOR ANY JAPANESE MOVEMENT IN THE NORTHERN END OF
FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. NX127201 PRIVATE G. HAFEY OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, READING "GUINEA GOLD", AT HIS CAMP ON JOHN'S KNOLL. THE NEWSPAPERS WERE DROPPED BY AIRCRAFT
KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. A 75MM GUN BEING HAULED UP THE BIG ROAD TO A POSITION 300 YARDS EAST OF THE EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND WHERE DIRECT FIRE CAN BE GIVEN ONTO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE JAPANE
