| Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna |
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| Accession Number | ART27547 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 174.5 cm x 312.5 cm x 10.7 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Maker |
Mainwaring, Geoffrey |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Ballarat |
| Date made | 1962 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Australian action at Buna
Description
This painting shows an attack by troops of the 18th Australian Infantry Brigade, supported by General Stuart tanks of the 2/6th Australian Armoured Regiment during the struggle for Buna. The combined assault,though costly, succeeded in breaking through the enemy defences of bunkers and fox-holes that had previously delayed Allied advance, the battle of the beaches raged from November 1942 until all Japanese resistance was finally overcome late in January 1943. In sixteen days the 18th Brigade lost 55 officers and 808 men, including 22 officers and 284 men killed, New Guinea.