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SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-03-16. AERIAL VIEW OF ONE OF TWO ATTACKS BY BOSTON BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 22 SQUADRON RAAF CARRIED OUT AT LOW LEVEL. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT W. E. NEWTON LED THE ATTACK AGAINST ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 COPRS, ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES ON BOUGAINVILLE FROM LT-GEN M. KANDA, ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. TRANSFERRING A CASUALTY FROM THE AUSTER TO ROAD AMBULANCE FOR TRANSPORT TO HOSPITAL

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY OFFICER OPENING ONE OF TWO BOXES PRESENTED TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDER 2 CORPS BY THE JAPANESE COMMANDER. ..

Airborne En Route to Lindenhafen, New Britain. 1944-01-17. View through the nose of a Beaufort Bomber aircraft of No. 100 Squadron RAAF, showing other Beaufort aircraft of Nos. 6, 8 and 100 ..

OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. JAPANESE BARGE CARRYING AN ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY, DRAWING ALONGSIDE THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS DIAMANTINA, FOR ..

A Japanese surrender envoy reading a message from his commander, Lieutenant-General (Lt-Gen) M Kanda, Commander, 17th Japanese Army, to Commander A E Fowler, RAN, representing Lt-Gen S G Savige, ..

AT SEA, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY (2) ADDRESSING COMMANDER A. E. FOWLER, RAN, REPRESENTING LT-GEN S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL ..

OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. A JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY READING A MESSAGE FROM HIS COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY, TO COMMANDER A. E. ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS, AND THE SENIOR ALLIED OFFICERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS DIAMANTINA, ENTERING TOROKINA HARBOUR WITH MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY ABOARD

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA, 1944-05-29. MAJ M.B. DUNCAN (3) MEDICAL OFFICER, AND LANCE CORPORAL COOMBES, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE (AAMWS) (7) TREATING PATIENTS IN WARD 10, 2/1ST ..