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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-10-08. CAPT W.J. STONEY, DENTAL SECTION, 105 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, PACKING GAUZE INTO AND AROUND TUBE IN PATIENT'S THROAT TO PREVENT HIS BREATHING THROUGH HIS MOUTH ..

AT SEA, EN ROUTE TO SINGAPORE. 1945-09-03. MEMBERS OF 2 AUSTRALIAN POW RECEPTION GROUP TRAVELLED TO SINGAPORE ABOARD THE MV DUNTROON TO ESTABLISH RECEPTION CAMPS FOR AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR ..

NG2191 Sergeant J B McAdam, New Guinea Volunteer Rifles, and Damien Parer, Official Cinematographer, observe Japanese movements from a secret tree top observation post above Nuk Nuk. This post was ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-10-29. MEMBERS OF NO. 13 PLATOON, 15 INFANTRY BATTALION. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 24 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR NAME INDEX)

View from the observation post above Nuk Nuk, manned by members of the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles. The cleared area in the centre is the airstrip. Salamaua itself is situated on the Flat Isthmus ..

MUBO-SALAMAUA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-05. MEMBERS OF 2/5TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY MOVE FORWARD WITH SUB-MACHINE GUNS AFTER AN IMPROVISED BOMB WAS USED TO SHATTER A NATIVE HUT BELIEVED TO ..

BISMARCK SEA. 1943-03-03. JAPANESE TRANSPORT SHIP UNDER ATTACK FROM A BEAUGHTER OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF, PILOTED BY 260353 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. F. UREN DURING THE BISMARCK SEA BATTLE. (FILM STILL)

BISMARCK SEA. 1943-03-03. PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A BEAUFIGHTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY 260353 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. F. UREN OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF. A JAPANESE TRANPORT SHIP ON FIRE DURING THE BATTLE ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-10-29. MEMBERS OF NO. 8 PLATOON, 15 INFANTRY BATTALION. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 24 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR NAME INDEX)

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-11-21. PERSONNEL OF HQ COMPANY, 42 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 31 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR NAME INDEX)

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-11-21. MEMBERS OF 1 SECTION, 2 LANDING CRAFT WORKSHOP. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 33 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR NAME INDEX)

Members of No 11 Platoon, 15 Infantry Battalion. Identified back row, left to right: N479130 Private (Pte) A P Williams; Q31629 Pte C H Crouch; S114896 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) W A Kotz; VX92981 Pte ..