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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-24. AUSTRALIAN ARMY OFFICERS BEING BRIEFED BY AMERICAN ARMY OFFICERS PRIOR TO THE AUSTRALIANS TAKING OVER THE FRONT LINE POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY THE AMERICANS ON THE LEFT BANK OF THE LARUMA RIVER AT THE FOOT OF THE PIATERAPAIA AND SISIVA TRAILS. SEEN ARE:- NX148471 LIEUTENANT A.L. LAZARUS, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 9TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (1); LIEUTENANT L.B. BERGLUND, 132ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY (2); LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J.F. RYNESKA, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2ND BATTALION, 132ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY (3); SX1442 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL G.R. MATTHEWS, COMMANDING OFFICER, 9TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (4); VX112235 CAPTAIN C.J. DEYOUNG, OFFICER- IN- CHARGE, NO. 12 BATTERY, 4TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT (5); QX40830 CAPTAIN C.G.E. HOLLOWAY, ADJUTANT, 9TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (6).
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-24. SX1442 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL G.R. MATTHEWS, COMMANDING OFFICER, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1) SHAKING HANDS WITH LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J.F. RYNESKA, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2ND BAT
TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. TX2002 BRIGADIER J. FIELD, DSO, ED, COMMANDING, 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (2) ACCOMPANIED BY SX1442 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL G.R. MATTHEWS, COMMANDING OFFICER, 9TH
TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. TX2002 BRIGADIER J. FIELD, DSO, ED, COMMANDING, 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (2) ACCOMPANIED BY SX1442 LIEUTENANT COLONEL G.R. MATTHEWS, COMMANDING OFFICER, 9TH
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-25. TROOPS OF A COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION CROSSING A LOG BRIDGE OVER THE LARUMA RIVER NEAR THE BATTALION HEADQUARTERS AS THEY MOVE FORWARD TO TAKE OVER THE FRONT LIN
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-25. AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE CARRIERS CLIMBING THE WINDING SISIVA TRAIL WITH AMMUNITION AND WEAPONS FOR A COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION WHICH IS
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-25. AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE CARRIERS CLIMBING THE WINDING SISIVA TRAIL WITH AMMUNITION AND WEAPONS FOR A COMPANY, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION WHICH IS
