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PAPUA. BY EXPERIENCE ALLIED TROOPS HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE NO CHANCES WITH ENEMY TREE TOP SNIPERS. ...
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Maker: Silk, George
PAPUA. BY EXPERIENCE ALLIED TROOPS HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE NO CHANCES WITH ENEMY TREE TOP SNIPERS. EVERY TREE TOP THAT COULD HOUSE SNIPERS WAS SPRAYED WITH HUNDRED OF ROUNDS FROM AUTOMATIC WEAPONS. ONE B...013952
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PAPUA, GIROPA POINT. MEMBERS OF 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION ADVANCE AS GENERAL STUART M3 LIGHT ...
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Maker: Silk, George
PAPUA, GIROPA POINT. MEMBERS OF 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION ADVANCE AS GENERAL STUART M3 LIGHT TANKS MANNED BY B SQUADRON, 2/6TH ARMOURED REGIMENT, BLAST JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA....014008
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PAPUA. INFANTRY BACK UP ATTACK ON BUNA BY AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART TANKS. THE AUSTRALIAN ...
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Maker: Silk, George
PAPUA. INFANTRY BACK UP ATTACK ON BUNA BY AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART TANKS. THE AUSTRALIAN IN THE PHOTO IS FIRING AN M1 GARAND RIFLE AT JAPS IN A PILLBOX 30 YARDS AWAY. HE GOT THREE. THE AUSTRAL...013930
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PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. NX14359 LIEUTENANT J. M. DONALDSON ...
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Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. NX14359 LIEUTENANT J. M. DONALDSON OF SYDNEY, MEMBER OF 2/7TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, WHO SHOT DOWN SEVEN SNIPERS FROM TREES AT SANANANDA. HIS UN...014217
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PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. TROOPER FRED BEALE OF BRISBANE SHOWS ...
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Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. TROOPER FRED BEALE OF BRISBANE SHOWS HIS METAL SHAVING MIRROR WHICH PREVENTED HIS BEING A CASUALTY. BEALE WAS CARRYING THE MIRROR WHICH A S...014226
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PAPUA. ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF FREEING THE COCOANUT GROVES OF JAPANESE SNIPERS WAS TO ...
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Maker: Silk, George
PAPUA. ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF FREEING THE COCOANUT GROVES OF JAPANESE SNIPERS WAS TO SPRAY TOPS OF COCOANUT TREES WITH INTENSE GUN FIRE. THE PHOTO SHOWS THE EFFECT OF THIS INTENSE GUN FIRE...013950
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Pattern 1914 Enfield No 3 Mk I* (T) Sniper Rifle : Australian Army
Technology
Pattern 1914 Enfield No 3 Mk I* (T) Sniper Rifle. Receiver marked left side arrow within a 'D' and right side the serial number. Butt marked arrow over IW within a circle over PATT.14. Under the fore-...REL/06068.001
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Saipan, Mariana Islands. 1944-06-15. US Marines falling from wounds from Japanese snipers during ...
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Saipan, Mariana Islands. 1944-06-15. US Marines falling from wounds from Japanese snipers during the US landing on Saipan. the subsequent battle lasted a month. US casualties, killed wounded or missin...073543
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SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-18. WARRANT OFFICER R. P. LOVEDAY (LEFT) AND NX8930 PRIVATE ...
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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-18. WARRANT OFFICER R. P. LOVEDAY (LEFT) AND NX8930 PRIVATE A. D. PATTERSON (RIGHT) BOTH OF A COMPANY, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ADVANCING ALONG A JAPAN...060626
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SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-20. OFFICERS OF A COMPANY 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, HAVING A ...
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Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-20. OFFICERS OF A COMPANY 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, HAVING A FINAL CONFERENCE WITH THEIR SENIOR NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS PRIOR TO THE ATTACK ON GREEN SNIPERS PIMPLE....063626
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Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No 1 Mk III* HT Sniper Rifle
Technology
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No 1 Mk III* HT bolt action, high mount, sniper rifle. There are no markings on the butt or the receiver apart from the serial number. The serial number is also on the bayon...RELAWM37030.001
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Song Valley, New Guinea. Corporal R. Amsberg of Kalgoorlie, WA, was wounded in the hand by a ...
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Maker: Brown, Norman
Song Valley, New Guinea. Corporal R. Amsberg of Kalgoorlie, WA, was wounded in the hand by a Japanese sniper while leading a section of a patrol into the Song Valley.016164
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Street fighting
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Maker: Glendenning, Raymond Army Film and Photographic Unit
An Army Film Unit production for the Ministry of Information, commentator Raymond Glendenning. Shows how British soldiers are training in street fighting in preparation for the invasion of Europe. Sol...F01599
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-02. PRIVATE J. HAYWOOD, NO. 9 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 2/23 INFANTRY ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-02. PRIVATE J. HAYWOOD, NO. 9 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION BEING CARRIED OUT AFTER RECEIVING A STOMACH WOUND FROM A SNIPER'S BULLET.089114
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-02. A NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES SOLDIER OF 2 COMPANY, 1 BATTALION, ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-02. A NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES SOLDIER OF 2 COMPANY, 1 BATTALION, (1), WOUNDED IN THE ARM AND SHOULDER BY A JAPANESE SNIPER, DURING THE FIGHTING AND CAPTURE OF TARAKAN H...089413
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. RAAF ENGINEERS UNPERTURBABLY STARTED WORK ON THE TARAKAN ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. RAAF ENGINEERS UNPERTURBABLY STARTED WORK ON THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP FIVE DAYS AFTER THE LANDING EVEN THOUGH THE JAPANESE IN NEARBY HILLS WERE STILL SNIPING. SHOWN: 56...OG2535
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-04. 7 SECTION, 15 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-04. 7 SECTION, 15 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS PATROL COUNTRY ON A SPUR EAST OF PAMUSIAN VILLAGE IN WHICH SNIPERS WERE ACTIVE. A PHOTOGRAPHER FROM...089414
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. SOME OF THE 10,000 TONS OF HEAVY MACHINERY OF NO. 1 AND NO. 8 ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. SOME OF THE 10,000 TONS OF HEAVY MACHINERY OF NO. 1 AND NO. 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRONS RAAF ASSEMBLED AT ONE END OF THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP ON WHICH WORK WAS CO...OG2536
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-02. TARAKAN HILL BEING SHELLED BY FIRE DIRECTED FROM AN ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-02. TARAKAN HILL BEING SHELLED BY FIRE DIRECTED FROM AN OBSERVATION POST OPERATED BY 13 BATTERY, 2/7 FIELD REGIMENT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY AND SITUATED ON HORSESHOE...089403
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. TROOPER R.C. DONNELLEY, (1), AND CORPORAL C.C. DONNELLEY, ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. TROOPER R.C. DONNELLEY, (1), AND CORPORAL C.C. DONNELLEY, (2), MEMBERS OF THE 2/4 COMMANDO REGIMENT, CROUCHING IN A FOXHOLE TO AVOID SNIPER FIRE.089446