The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
KANGU HILL, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. THE BEACH FRONT LOOKING TOWARDS TONELEI HARBOUR. JAPANESE 4-INCH ANTI-AIRCRAFT FUN IN FOREGROUND. THE AREA IS NOW OCCUPIED BY TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS.
KANGU HILL, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. A JAPANESE RANGE FINDER AT AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT OBSERVATION POST. IT PROTECTED THE AERIAL APPROACH TO THE BUIN AREA. TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS NOW OCCUPY THE HIL
KANGU HILL, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. KAHILI VIEWED FROM KANGU HILL WITH TONELEI HARBOUR IN THE BACKGROUND. JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVY HEADQUARTERS SOUTH OF BOUGAINVILLE, WERE LOCATED IN THIS AREA. THE AR
KANGU HILL, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. JAPANESE POWER STATION CONSTRUCTED IN SIDE OF KANGU HILL. IT WAS USED TO RELAY POWER TO WIRELESS STATIONS IN THE BUIN AREA. THE AREA IS NOW OCCUPIED BY TROOPS OF
KANGU HILL, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. KANGU HILL, SITE OF THE PRE- WAR GOVERNMENT STATION. THE JAPANESE DESTROYED THE STATION AND CONSTRUCTED UNDERGROUND POWER AND RADIO STATIONS. THE AREA IS NOW OCCU
KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. JAPANESE 6-INCH NAVAL GUN, WELL CAMOUFLAGED, MOUNTED AT THE ENTRANCE TO BOUGAINVILLE STRAIT. THE AREA IS NOW OCCUPIED BY TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS.
BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. A JAPANESE BARGE, NOW OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS, WHICH RAN ASHORE AT KANGU HILL, A JAPANESE ANTI-AIRCRAFT STRONGPOST, AFTER ALLIED BOMBING NEAR BUIN NAVAL HEADQUARTERS.
