TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. TX2002 BRIGADIER J. FIELD, DSO, ED, COMMANDING, ...

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Accession Number 077345
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Keam, Ronald Noel
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. TX2002 BRIGADIER J. FIELD, DSO, ED, COMMANDING, 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (2) ACCOMPANIED BY SX1442 LIEUTENANT COLONEL G.R. MATTHEWS, COMMANDING OFFICER, 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1), WX6440 CAPTAIN H.G. ROBSON, BRIGADE MAJOR (LEARNER) (3) AND VX21054 CAPTAIN T.F. TIMSON, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, HEADQUARTERS, 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (4) CLIMBING THE TRACK UP PIATERAPAIA RIDGE TO GEORGE AND LITTLE GEORGE HILLS DURING HIS INSPECTION OF THE AREA HELD BY THE 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION.