BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-24. AUSTRALIAN ARMY OFFICERS BEING BRIEFED BY AMERICAN ARMY OFFICERS ...

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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-24. AUSTRALIAN ARMY OFFICERS BEING BRIEFED BY AMERICAN ARMY OFFICERS PRIOR TO THE AUSTRALIANS TAKING OVER THE FRONT LINE POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY THE AMERICANS ON THE LEFT BANK OF THE LARUMA RIVER AT THE FOOT OF THE PIATERAPAIA AND SISIVA TRAILS. SEEN ARE:- NX148471 LIEUTENANT A.L. LAZARUS, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 9TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (1); LIEUTENANT L.B. BERGLUND, 132ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY (2); LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J.F. RYNESKA, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2ND BATTALION, 132ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY (3); SX1442 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL G.R. MATTHEWS, COMMANDING OFFICER, 9TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (4); VX112235 CAPTAIN C.J. DEYOUNG, OFFICER- IN- CHARGE, NO. 12 BATTERY, 4TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT (5); QX40830 CAPTAIN C.G.E. HOLLOWAY, ADJUTANT, 9TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (6).