NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION ENJOYING THEIR LUNCH UNDER A LARGE TREE BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG RAISING CEREMONY

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-13. AUSTRALIAN AND JAPANESE OFFICERS CONFERRING PRIOR TO THE SIGNING OF THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA ABOARD THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. AUSTRALIAN SERVICE PERSONNEL LOOKING OVER THE BOMBED OUT INSTALLATIONS OF THE BRITISH PHOSPHATE COMMISSION WHARF SOON AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF THE ISLAND BY PERSONNEL OF ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. A SECTION OF THE NATIVE AUDIENCE WHO ARE ATTENDING THE FLAG RAISING CEREMONY SOON AFTER TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION TOOK OVER THE AREA

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. A SECTION OF THE NATIVE AUDIENCE WHO ARE ATTENDING THE FLAG RAISING CEREMONY SOON AFTER TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION TOOK OVER THE AREA

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. PRIVATE (PTE) J. STEPHENSON (1), AND PTE G. ALLEN, 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION, EXAMINING A JAPANESE SIGN ON A BOMB WRECKED BUILDING DURING A PATROL THROUGH THE TOWN AREA

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 ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. JAPANESE ARMY OFFICERS EXPLAINING THE DETAILS OF ONE OF THEIR RANGE FINDERS TO AN OFFICER OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION SOON AFTER THE UNIT HAD TAKEN OVER THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON DSO, COMMANDING 11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE AND MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY RECEIVING NATIVE CHIEFS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE AUSTRALIAN ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. A SECTION OF THE NATIVE AUDIENCE WHO ARE ATTENDING THE FLAG RAISING CEREMONY SOON AFTER TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION TOOK OVER THE AREA

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. PRIVATE (PTE) G. ALLEN (1) AND PTE L. WHITMARSH (2), OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION GOING THROUGH A STACK OF JAPANESE PUMPKINS WHILE CHECKING THE JAPANESE FOOD RESERVES ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. PILOT OFFICER L. MARQUIS, INTERPRETER, RAAF, CHECKING THE DETAILS OF A JAPANESE 25MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN FOUND SOON AFTER THE ISLAND WAS OCCUPIED BY TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST ..