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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 ..

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 ..

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 ..

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 ..

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE CANTILEVER WHARF WHICH WAS WRECKED BY ALLIED FORCES BEFORE IT FELL INTO JAPANESE HANDS, VIEWED FROM HMAS DIAMANTINA

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE FRIGATE HMAS DIAMANTINA ARRIVING TO TAKE THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE TROOPS

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. 1945-09-30. LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. L. A. KELLY, MILITARY GOVERNOR OF NAURU AND OCEAN ISLANDS AND COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN GARRISON AND MAJOR G. D. CLARKSON, LIAISON OFFICER, LEAVING THE ..

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-01. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER M. G. ROSE, COMMANDER HMAS DIAMANTINA, WITH A GROUP OF HIS OFFICERS, AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA WHEN LIEUTENANT ..