The Battle of the Hongorai River took place during the Second World War and involved Australian, New Zealand and Japanese forces. Part of the wider Bougainville Campaign of the Pacific theatre, the ba
Australian engineers move up the escarpment south of the Hongorai River in May 1945. Engineers played a vital part in the Australian advance.
RAAF Boomerang with RNZAF Corsairs on Bougainville 1945
A bulldozer clears a path through the jungle so that supplies can be brought up during the 57th/60th Infantry Battalion's advance along Commando Road.
Soldiers from the 57th/60th Infantry Battalion cross the Hongorai River
The 2/4th Armoured Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army, which served during World War II. The regiment was formed in November 1942 as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force
A 2/4th Armoured Regiment Matilda II advancing with Australian infantry on Bougainville in March 1945