NOW IN CONTROL
AUSTRALIANS ON BOUGAINVILLE SUCCESSFUL NATIVE RISINGS , MELBOURNE, (Rec. 9.15 p.m.) M ? r - Australian forces are now m control of approximately a quarter of Bougainville Island. The remainder of the area still harbours about 15.000 Japanese, who are fighting against a sealed fate. Announcing this a Department of Air spokesman said that a feature of the campaign during recent weeks had been the increasingly effective co-operation between units oi tne army, the Australian Air Force, and the New Zealand Air Force Aircraft were systematically destioyjng enemy strongpoints, huts, and transport concentrations, he stated. Official estimates of Japanese casualties on Bougainville since the beginning of the Australian campaign placed the total at more than 2000, including 1200 counted dead. Native risings against the Japanese were said to be one of the most successful movements in any theatre of war and were giving valuable help to the Australian forces.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25798, 20 March 1945, Page 9
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