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WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEW OF THE FEATURE WHERE PRIVATE E. KENNA VC, NO.5 SECTION, NO.8 PLATOON, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION EARNED THE VICTORIA CROSS ON THE 1945-05-15. THE NO.8 PLATOON LINE OF ADVANCE WAS ALONG THE RIDGE ON THE RIGHT FLANK WHERE THEY BECAME PINNED DOWN BY ENEMY HEAVY MACHINE-GUN FIRE. THE FEATURE IS NOW OVERGROWN WITH KUNAI AND UNDERGROWTH.
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. JAPANESE WEAPON PIT, ONE OF TWO, WHICH PINNED DOWN TWO SECTIONS OF NO.8 PLATOON, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, ON 1945-09-07. BOTH WEAPON PITS WERE ACCOUNT
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. JAPANESE WATER COOLED .5 INCH BROWNING TYPE HEAVY MACHINE-GUN, FOUND IN ONE OF THE TWO JAPANESE WEAPON PITS WHICH PINNED DOWN TWO SECTIONS OF NO.8 PL
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. JAPANESE AIR COOLED .5 INCH BROWNING TYPE HEAVY MACHINE-GUN, FOUND IN ONE OF THE TWO JAPANESE WEAPON PITS WHICH PINNED DOWN TWO SECTIONS OF NO.8 PLAT
WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. JAPANESE AIR COOLED .30 INCH BROWNING TYPE MACHINE-GUN, FOUND IN ONE OF THE TWO JAPANESE WEAPON PITS WHICH PINNED DOWN TWO SECTIONS OF NO.8 PLATOON,
WIRUI MISSION, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. ON 1945-05-15, DURING THE ATTACK ON THE WIRUI MISSION FEATURES, TWO JAPANESE WEAPON PITS CONTAINING HEAVY MACHINE-GUNS PINNED DOWN TWO SECTIONS OF NO. 8 PLATOON,
WIRUI MISSION, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. PTE J.J. KENNA, NO. 5 SECTION, NO. 8 PLATOON, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, BROTHER OF PTE E. KENNA, ALSO OF NO. 5 SECTION, NO. 8 PLATOON, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO
