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PRAED POINT, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-15. TOMARO AND TURLURA, TWO NATIVES WHO WORKED ON THE EMPLACEMENT OF AUSTRALIAN 6-INCH GUNS AT PRAED POINT, PROUDLY WEAR AGAIN, THE IDENTIFICATION DISCS GIVEN TO ..

KARAWOP, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-18. SGT N. MCDONALD, ONE OF MANY INSTRUCTORS AT 2/6 CAVALRY COMMANDO REGIMENT'S EDUCATION SECTION, TAKING ONE OF HIS DAILY CLASSES

RABAUL,NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-15. PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE TOWNSHIP AND SIMPSON HARBOUR, LOOKING T0 THE CRATER VULCAN ON THE FAR SHORE. (JOINS WITH PHOTOGRAPH NO.96797)

KARAWOP, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-18. LT-COL E.C. HENNESSY (1) AND CAPT N.V. WOODHOUSE (2), MEMBERS OF 2/6 CAVALRY COMMANDO REGIMENT, EDUCATION SECTION, DISCUSS PROPOSED CAMP SITE AND TAKE NOTES FROM ..

PRAED POINT, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-15. LT A.T. SCOTT, 37/52 INFANTRY BATTALION, INSPECTING ONE OF THE 6-INCH GUNS IN PRAED POINT FORTRESS AREA. THE UNIT IS OCCUPYING THE AREA FOLLOWING THE JAPANESE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-15. JAPANESE WORKING PARTY CLEANING AN AREA NEAR THE FORMER GOVERNMENT HOUSE FOR HQ 11 DIVISION CAMP SITE. JAPANESE TROOPS ARE BEING USED TO PREPARE CAMP SITES FOR HQ ..

RAPOPO - BITA PAKA ROAD, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-19. AN AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL IN THE KABAKAUL AREA BEARING THE INSCRIPTION: "IN THIS VICINITY FELL THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS IN THE GREAT WAR - 1914-18". ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-15. PANORAMIC VIEW OF RABAUL TOWNSHIP AND SIMPSON HARBOUR, SHOWING THE WHARF AREA AND THE DOUBLE TRACK OF MALAGUNA ROAD. THE AREA ON RIGHT OF MALAGUNA ROAD IN THE ..

PRAED POINT, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-15. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS OF 37/52 INFANTRY BATTALION GUARDING A 6-INCH BRITISH NAVAL GUN AT PRAED POINT FORTRESS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE E A LANGDON ..

MATAPI CRATER, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-15. OVERSHADOWED BY THE CRATER IS THIS SMALL JAPANESE CEMETERY WHERE LIE BURIED JAPANESE SOLDIERS KILLED BY ALLIED BOMBING. IT ALSO CONTAINS, ACCORDING TO NATIVE ..

NAMANULA, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-10-08. MEMBERS OF 11 DIVISION SIGNALS ON PARADE DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE UNIT BY MAJ-GEN K.W. EATHER, GOC 11 DIVISION

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. 60-TON TRADING SCHOONER "ROYAL ENDEAVOUR" CARRYING SUPPLIES TO KANGA FORCE, EN ROUTE FROM PORT MORESBY TO LAKEKAMU RIVER, WHERE THE SUPPLIES WILL BE UNLOADED FOR ..