Keywords: Australian assault on pillbox, January 1943, Papua, Giropa Point.jpg en 1943-01-02 PAPUA GIROPA POINT AUSTRALIAN MANNED M3 GENERAL STUART TANKS ATTACKING JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA MEN OF D COMPANY 2/12TH BATTALION FIRE ON 25 JAPANESE NOT SEEN USING BREN MK 1 MACHINE GUNS AND SMLE NO 1 MKIII RIFLES WHO ARE FLEEING FROM A WRECKED PILLBOX 150 YARDS AWAY THE PILLBOX WAS DESTROYED BY THE GENERAL STUART TANK SHOWN HERE IN THE FOREGROUND ARE PRIVATE J SEARLE AND CORPORAL G G FLETCHER THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN DURING THE ACTUAL FIGHTING Australian War Memorial copyright expired public domain Image 014001 1943-01-02 014001 Photographer George Silk PD-AustraliaGov PD-1996 Australia Uploaded with UploadWizard Shooting Military combat New Guinea campaign World War II forces of Australia in New Guinea Photographs by George Silk |