Keywords: 013856 FO climbing tree to OP Gona.JPG en 1942-12-16 PAPUA GONA FORWARD OBSERVATION OFFICER WITH 55/53RD BATTALION LIEUTENANT W M FINLEY OF NSW CLIMBS A TREE TO DIRECT FIRE FROM HIS 25 POUNDER GUN WHEN THE 25 POUNDERS FIRST ARRIVED BY PLANE AND OPENED FIRE ON THE JAPANESE TROOPS STOOD UP AND CHEERED AT THE SOUND OF THE FIRST SHELL WHICH SCREAMED OVERHEAD NEGATIVE BY G SILK http //www awm gov au/collection/013856/ Australian War Memorial 1942 1942-12-16 PAPUA GONA 55/53RD INFANTRY BATTALION CREW OF 25 POUNDER UNIT NEAR THE MUZZLE OF THEIR GUN WHEN THE 25 POUNDERS FIRST ARRIVED BY PLANE AND OPENED FIRE ON THE JAPANESE TROOPS STOOD UP AND CHEERED AT THE SOUND OF THE FIRST SHELL WHICH SCREAMED OVERHEAD NEGATIVE BY G SILK PD-Australia World War II in the Pacific |