OCEAN ISLAND, 1945-10-01. WAR CORRESPONDENTS INTERVIEWING GILBERTESE ISLANDER NABETARI WHO LIVED AT SEA FOR 7 MONTHS IN ESCAPING FROM THE JAPANESE DURING THE OCCUPATION. MAJ R.F. WAKEFIELD, BRITISH ..

OCEAN ISLAND, 1945-10-01. LT- CDR NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES ON OCEAN ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIG J.R. STEVENSON, COMD 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD ABOARD HMAS ..

OCEAN ISLAND, 1945-10-01. A 6-INCH NAVAL DEFENCE GUN, BUILT BY THE JAPANESE IN A STEEL, PHOSPHATE AND CONCRETE EMPLACEMENT. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE TROOPS OF 31/51 INFANTRY ..

OCEAN ISLAND, 1945-10-01. THE REMAINS OF THE OCEAN ISLAND RESIDENCY WHICH WAS BOMBED TWO DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOUR. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE, TROOPS OF 31/51 INFANTRY ..

OCEAN ISLAND, 1945-10-01. A 6-INCH NAVAL DEFENCE GUN, BUILT BY THE JAPANESE IN A STEEL, PHOSPHATE AND CONCRETE EMPLACEMENT. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE TROOPS OF 31/51 INFANTRY ..

OCEAN ISLAND, 1945-10-01. NABETARI, A GILBERTESE ISLANDER WHO LIVED AT SEA FOR 7 MONTHS WHILE ESCAPING FROM THE JAPANESE DURING THEIR OCCUPATION OF THE ISLAND. MAJ R.F. WAKEFIELD, BRITISH DISTRICT ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-13. COLONEL V. FOX-STRANGWAYS, RESIDENT COMMISSIONER FOR THE GILBERT AND ELLIS ISLANDS, ABOUT TO BOARD THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL HMAS DIAMANTINA TO TAKE PART IN THE ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON DSO, COMMANDING 11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE INSPECTING PERSONNEL OF THE GILBERT AND ELLIS ISLAND ARMED NATIVE CONSTABULARY DURING THE ..

A German landing party from the Nurnberg standing beside a crane and rail equipment on Fanning Island. The island was the site of a central Pacific telephone cable relay station. The party cut ..

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE JAPANESE ENVOY GOING ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA TO NEGOTIATE THE SURRENDER OF APPROXIMATELY 530 JAPANESE TROOPS ON THE ISLAND

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-01. GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY, HMAS DIAMANTINA, AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA WHEN LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE ..

TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. BEIAUN AND TABUNAWATI, OPENING BATSMEN FROM THE GILBERT ISLAND CRICKET TEAM, MOVING TO THE WICKETS. THE MEN ARE TAKING PART IN A MATCH ..