RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-11. FULL OPERATIONAL STATUS PREVAILED WHEN TROOPS OF 4 INFANTRY ...

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Accession Number 096513
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-11. FULL OPERATIONAL STATUS PREVAILED WHEN TROOPS OF 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE LANDED AT RABAUL TO OCCUPY THE JAPANESE BASE AND SECURE THE AREA. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS MEMBERS OF 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION, PREPARING A DEFENSIVE POSITION AT OLD CORNER ROAD, TALILI BAY. PRIVATE J.P. CARWOOD (1) STANDS GUARD WHILE PRIVATE P.G. SORENSEN (2) AND PRIVATE V. CARLSON (3), DIG A BREN GUN PIT.