The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-06-28. TROOPS OF 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION TEST FIRING A CAPTURED JAPANESE TYPE 92 MACHINE GUN. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE R.L. SHEARER (1); LIEUTENANT J.M. TRETHOWAN (2); PRIVATE P.A. TAYLOR (3).
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-06-28. TROOPS OF 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION CLEANING A CAPTURED JAPANESE TYPE 92 MACHINE GUN BEFORE TESTING IT. CAPTURED AMMUNITION IS AVAILABLE AND THE MEN INTEND USING IT AG
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-27. TROOPS OF 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION ADVANCING UP THE SIDE OF THE FEATURE DURING THE FINAL ASSAULT ON HEAVILY DEFENDED JAPANESE POSITIONS ON MOUNT SHIBURANGU. IDENTIFIE
WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-10. TROOPS OF 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION WITH CAPTURED JAPANESE TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" MACHINE-GUN. WEWAK HARBOUR IS IN THE BACKGROUND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE R.J. JAM
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-13. TROOPS OF 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION MARCHING ALONG THE BEACH NEAR WEWAK ON THEIR WAY TO RELIEVE THE 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- CORPORAL W.A. CA
NEW GUINEA. KOMIATUM RIDGE. MEMBERS OF THE A.I.F. TEST A JAPANESE TYPE 92 MACHINE GUN CAPTURED ON KOMIATUM RIDGE. THIS TYPE OF MACHINE GUN IS KNOWN TO THE AUSTRALIANS AS THE "WOODPECKER" BACAUSE OF TH
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-06-11. PRIVATE (PTE) A. PACEY (1) AND PTE R. HOWLETT (2) OF 2/2ND MACHINE GUN BATTALION USING THEIR CAPTURED JAPANESE 7.7 MM TYPE 92 MACHINE GUN ON JAPANESE POSITIONS ON JOYCE FEA
