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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-08. TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION PUSHING AN IMPROVISED RAFT (WIRE MESH AND A TENT FLY) ACROSS THE PURIATA RIVER WHILE TRANSPORTING A TANK ATTACK GUN TO A FORWARD UNIT SOUTH OF THE RIVER.
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-08. TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION LOADING A TANK ATTACK GUN ON TO IMPROVISED RAFT (WIRE MESH AND A TENT FLY) FOR TRANSPORT TO ONE OF THE UNIT FORWARD COMPANIES SOU
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-08. Q103459 PRIVATE J.K. HEALY, A COMPANY, 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION FILLING A 44 GALLON DRUM WITH DRINKING WATER FROM THE PURIATA RIVER.
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. PERSONNEL OF 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION FERRYING A TRAILER LOADED WITH AMMUNITION FOR 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT MATILDA TANKS, SUPPORTING THE BATTALION ADVANCE SOUTH OF THE HONGORA
Toko, South Bougainville. 26 March 1945. Australian engineers still working on the old McKinna Bridge structure of log and wire mesh across the Puriata River as VX1 General Sir Thomas Blamey GBE KCB C
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-16. A TEMPORARY BRIDGE MADE OF OIL DRUMS AND WIRE MESH ACROSS THE TAVERA RIVER BUILT BY TROOPS OF THE ENGINEER COMPANY, 29TH INFANTRY BRIGADE.
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-04-04. A MATILDA TANK FROM 8 TROOP, B SQUADRON, 2/4TH ARMOURED REGIMENT, CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER, WITH THE OLD MCKINNA BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND. THE TANKS MOVED UP FROM TOKO ALON
