078513 Accession Number: 078513

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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-16. QX56840 PRIVATE L. WILKINSON (1), NX111979 LIEUTENANT A.D. ELBOURNE (2) AND NX124093; SERGEANT R. ROGERS (3), 47TH INFANTRY BATTALION DIRECTING A MORTAR BARRAGE IN SUPPORT OF AN INFANTRY ASSAULT BY "B" COMPANY ON JAPANESE PILLBOXES ON THE HUPAI-SAPANI RIVER PRIOR TO THE CAPTURE OF MAWARAKA.

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078513
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
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Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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