Operation Chronicle
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Operation Chronicle was the Allied invasion of Woodlark and Kiriwina Islands, in the South West Pacific, during World War II. The operation was a subordinate action that formed part of the wider Opera
American troops disembarking from an LCI
Operation Chronicle, 30 June 1943
Clearing on Kiriwina for an airfield
Battle of Buna–Gona
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The battle of Buna–Gona was part of the New Guinea campaign in the Pacific theatre during World War II. It followed the conclusion of the Kokoda Track campaign and lasted from 16 November 1942 until 2
Operation Chronicle
…during mid-1942 and early 1943 had been defeated during the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Kokoda Track campaign, while the Japanese beachhead at Buna–Gona had also been destroyed, albeit with heavy casualties on both sides. Subsequently, the Japanese had been forced to abandon their efforts on Guadalcanal…
On 25 December 1942, near Buna, Papuan orderly Raphael Oimbari aids Australian soldier Private George "Dick" Whittington, who died of scrub typhus in February 1943. (Photo by George Silk, AWM014028)
On the road to Buna, Australian troops cross a stream on an improvised bridge. AWM013755
The Allied advance across the Owen Stanley Range, 26 September – 15 November
Rain turned the tracks to mud. AWM014187