AWM Collection Record: P04580.030

AWM image P04580.030

ID Number: P04580.030
Maker: Bohane, Ben
Place made: Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Honiara
Date made: 24 July 2003
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Unidentified Australian soldiers secure the beachhead at Red Beach, as a bulldozer prepares the way for vehicles to drive off an Army Landing Craft Medium (LCM8) (serial number AB 1050 or 1059). The troops have been landed from HMAS Manoora, operating in Iron Bottom Sound, on the first day of Operation Anode, Australia's military and policing contribution to the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). Having secured the area, Australian soldiers established a base camp nearby, at the former Guadalcanal Beach Resort. Red Beach had also been the location for American amphibious landings during the Guadalcanal campaign during the Second World War.
Credit line: Acquired 2005
Copyright: AWM Licensed copyright
Copyright holder: Bohane, Ben
Copying provisions: Copy provided for personal non-commercial use
Copyright details: Ben Bohane, PO Box 296, Port Vila, Vanuatu; telephone: +678 57757; email: bbohane@netspace.net.au
Related subject: Peacekeeping operations
Related unit: Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)
Related conflict: Period 2000-2009; Solomon Islands (RAMSI), 2003-

Last-Modified: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:40:25 GMT

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