At Ulunkohoitu Ridge, near Yamil, Private Jack Beard and Corporal Cecil Hutchinson of the 2/6th Battalion fire their Vickers machine-gun in reply to fire from Japanese occupying the higher slopes on 18 July 1945. Australians captured the ridge that day. AWM 094353 Source AWM 094353 Copyright Australian War Memorial See also Aitape-Wewak 1944-1945